Written answers
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
- Mental Health Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health the details of reduced capacity in the Central Mental Hospital; the way in which waiting lists are being handled, particularly during the transition from... - Mental Health Services Report
140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 27 key recommendations made by the external review into Roscommon mental health services, which signalled a service in crisis mode, that have... - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
141. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce the long waiting times for a first assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare and west County Wicklow; and if he... - National Children's Hospital
142. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no public benchmarking analysis was completed prior to the issuing of a tender in respect of the national children's hospital; and if he will make a... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
143. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the public spending code guidelines may have been ignored with regard to the construction of the national children's hospital; if he... - Citizens Assembly
144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
145. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate additional resources to the health service in view of the recruitment difficulties across the sector; and if he will make a statement on... - Home Care Packages Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to the HSE social care division CHO 1 to allow for a home support service to be put in place for elderly persons who have already... - Services for People with Disabilities
148. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding RehabCare; the level of involvement he will take on this matter; if he has engaged with the HSE on this... - Medical Practitioners
149. To ask the Minister for Health the obligations on the Medical Council of Ireland to report to An Garda Síochána a medical professional who has been struck off the register for... - Home Help Service Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be sanctioned and put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20958/19] - General Practitioner Services
151. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the process that is followed or guidelines that are given by the Medical Council of Ireland to general practices when vetting or hiring general... - Disability Services Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in addressing the shortfall in funding that threatens the future services to clients of RehabCare; if the necessary funding will be provided... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
153. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters relating to the sufficient number of specialist registered consultants (details supplied). [20965/19] - Addiction Treatment Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction beds in the health service; and his plans to increase the number. [20969/19] - Health Services Reports
158. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration will be given to the need for an inquiry into foetal valproate syndrome as soon as the valproate response team of the HSE has... - Disability Services Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the healthcare assessment and needs of children suspected of having foetal valproate syndrome will be prioritised as a matter of urgency; and if there will... - Medicinal Products Licensing
163. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical trials conducted on sodium valproate here prior to its licensing in 1975; and if no clinical trials were conducted here, the international... - Hospital Appointments Administration
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that patients at some hospitals are being given only two days' notice to attend surgical appointments and if they miss... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lymphedema patients are being charged for lymphedema garments that are essential garments for their treatment... - Disease Management
166. To ask the Minister for Health the health services available to persons who have been definitively diagnosed with Lyme disease; if weekly ECG tests and blood tests every two weeks are... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health when the Medtronic 670 g pump will be approved, which has potential long-term benefits to type 1 diabetics and significant long-term health cost savings; and... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make additional funding available to child mental health services in County Louth; if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting lists for... - Drug Treatment Programmes Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 18 December 2018, the latest figures for County Louth and the national figures for 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019... - Addiction Treatment Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by a private health provider (details supplied) for addiction services in receiving recognition for... - Hospital Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health if the needs of a person (details supplied) will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/19] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
172. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in respect of additional charges to clients of nursing homes run by the HSE and the private sector under the fair deal scheme; and if he will... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
173. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce eye care outpatient waiting lists and lengthy waits for cataract surgery nationally significantly in 2019; and if he will make... - HSE Staff Recruitment
174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent announcement by the HSE of a recruitment embargo in respect of candidates who had completed the recruitment process, had made... - Hospitals Funding
175. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is to be withdrawn from a specific unit in a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork and redistributed to a hospital in another county; if all... - Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in the laundry service at University Hospital Galway; the length of time such positions have been vacant; the grade of vacancies; when... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
179. To ask the Minister for Health if an association (details supplied) will be supported in its efforts for justice and compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21039/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
180. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation to remove cataracts will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford for a person (details supplied); the timeline for the treatment; and if... - Patient Transfers
181. To ask the Minister for Health the approval process to have a child referred from St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, for specialist care at a hospital (details supplied); if the case will be... - Vaccination Programme Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of all vaccines; the vacancies included under the childhood vaccination programmes; the vaccines included under medical programmes; the cost of... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for admission to the National Rehabilitation Centre, Dún Laoghaire, since January 2019; and if he... - Irish Cancer Society Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21075/19] - National Counselling Service
185. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Counselling Service in County Louth in each year over the past five years. [21077/19] - Suicide Incidence
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth who died by suicide in each year over the past five years. [21080/19] - Suicide Prevention
190. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated in County Louth each year for the past five years to the implementation of Connecting for Life, Ireland’s National... - Psychological Services Waiting Lists
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting to access primary care psychology services, CAMHS and disability services; and the number of these children who... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
196. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels for the CAMHS team for County Louth; the way in which this compares with the recommended staffing levels in A Vision for Change; and the... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting to access CAMHS services; and the number of these persons who have been waiting three to six, six to 12, 12 to 15 and more than... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the CAMHS service in County Louth in each year over the past five years. [21090/19] - Health Services Access
199. To ask the Minister for Health the appropriate referral pathways for admission to a department of psychiatry facility (details supplied). [21091/19] - Hospital Admissions
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions to hospital of persons from County Louth for anxiety or depression in each year over the past five years; and the average admission... - Mortality Rates
201. To ask the Minister for Health the mortality rates for alcohol-related causes and for drug-related causes by county in tabular form. [21093/19] - Mental Health Services Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health funding allocation for each county for 2019; and the per capita spend in each county for 2019, in tabular form. [21094/19] - Mental Health Services Staff
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioners working within Louth mental health services. [21095/19] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no NTPF initiative in counties Cork and Kerry for ophthalmology outpatient appointments in view of the long wait times; and if he will make... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding is granted by the HSE for breast prostheses, bras and swimwear for CHO area 8; the reason approvals are not being granted to... - Medical Card Applications
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will now be approved on medical grounds; and if he will... - HSE Governance
207. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a chain of command exists throughout the HSE with particular reference to the degree to which specific responsibilities rest with... - Home Care Packages Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which home care packages are being made available nationally; the extent to which provision in this regard to date has alleviated pressure on... - Health Services Staff
209. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staff shortages have shown up in the past six months that may have impeded the delivery and quality of the health services; and if he will... - Health Services Staff Data
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nursing staff at all grades that have been employed by the HSE in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21150/19] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed throughout the public health sector in the past two years; the extent to which vacancies remain to be filled; and if he will... - Health Strategies
212. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he expects to be in a position to implement the recommendations of the Sláintecare report in 2019 and following years; and if he will... - Hospital Beds Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of hospital beds throughout the public health sector needs to be augmented in keeping with demographics; the timescale for such... - Medical Card Data
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued in 2018 and to date in 2019; the extent to which this has contributed to the overall total; and if he will make a statement... - Home Care Packages Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personnel engaged in the delivery of home care packages; the number of outstanding applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Primary Care Centres Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which primary care centres or the upgrading of existing health centres has progressed throughout north County Kildare; the extent to which all... - Orthodontic Services Data
219. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic treatment continues to be made available as appropriate for children and or teenagers who require such treatment; the number of... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff recruited to the public health sector in general over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21160/19] - HSE Waiting Lists
221. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor waiting lists for orthopaedic and cardiac procedures nationally; the extent to which progress is being made in this... - Hospital Procedures
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting spinal fusion procedures; if the waiting lists have improved in recent times with a view to being in a position to offer the... - Hospital Appointments Delays
224. To ask the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to allocating a person (details supplied) an urgent hospital appointment; if it is standard procedure that patients on... - Primary Care Centres
225. To ask the Minister for Health if services have been removed from a centre (details supplied) in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21168/19]
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