Written answers
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
- HSE Staff Remuneration
330. To ask the Minister for Health the details of pay restoration for healthcare assistants (details supplied) in the HSE since the economic crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Home Help Service
331. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Department has not paid the gratuity due to certain home help workers in lieu of pension payments in line with recommendations of the Labour... - Motorised Transport Grant
332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open the disability car scheme to new claimants; his further plans to offer disability cars that are more than five years old and have been... - Respite Care Services Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite care at another facility for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/19] - Health Services
334. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of the remuneration and reimbursement scheme; if the scheme will reopen to new applicants; if so, when the scheme will... - Hospital Appointments Status
335. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [21363/19] - Medical Card Eligibility
336. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card is still in date in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/19] - Nursing Staff Remuneration
337. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in conjunction with the HSE to increase levels of pay in the nursing sector; the steps being taken to increase the payscale for newly... - Health Screening Programmes
338. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from an organisation (details supplied) on expanding the newborn screening process to include very rare diseases; if proposals are... - Hospital Appointments Status
339. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 18 April 2019, if a date for optical surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21386/19] - Hospital Waiting Lists
340. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in Cappagh hospital. [21393/19] - Health Services Reports
342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the working group report on the model of care for lymphoedema; the actions that will be carried out following same; and if he will make a... - Medical Products Supply
343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 26 March 2019, the position regarding the provision of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement by local health area,... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
345. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pre-fair deal hospital patients must pay an additional €2 of their €5 pension increase to the State; and if he will make a statement... - Ambulance Service Data
346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 8 May 2019, the mileage on each ambulance by location, in tabular form. [21428/19] - HSE Funding
347. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE requested for the drugs budget for 2019; and the amount of new funding requested by the HSE. [21429/19] - Community Care
349. To ask the Minister for Health the section of the HSE or his Department under which social prescribing falls. [21432/19] - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
352. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding under the cross-Border directive for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of freestyle libre being available on the long-term illness scheme for persons over 21 years of age and in the short-term making it exempt from VAT;... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the criteria for the long term illness card (details supplied). [21448/19] - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
355. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the submission of a business plan for additional staffing in a service (details supplied); the position of the HSE on same; when he... - HSE Properties
357. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE property management division for Kilkenny city will examine its portfolio of properties to determine if it can assist an organisation (details... - HSE Waiting Lists
358. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for each of the services in CHO9 by periods (details supplied) in view of the fact that the HSE was contacted directly for this information... - Primary Care Centres
359. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a site for a primary care centre at Hassetts Cross, County Limerick was initially approved by the HSE and then rejected; if his attention has been... - Services for People with Disabilities
360. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to attend the National Rehabilitation Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21461/19] - Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21462/19] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
362. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21472/19] - HSE Expenditure
363. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid for nursing care services provided to the HSE from companies (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the amount paid by a centre... - HSE Staff
364. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff located at a centre (details supplied) have agreed to a redeployment within the HSE; if each staff member has been given details of their original... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) had to spend 110 days in hospital awaiting the provision of the correct type of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
366. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for an urgent surgical procedure. [21489/19] - Hospital Appointments Administration
367. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of outpatient appointments provided and then cancelled in respect of a person (details supplied) will be investigated with a view to clarifying... - Services for People with Disabilities
368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the Rehab Group on an ongoing basis to discuss its financial difficulties which could result in the ceasing of operations in 2020; if... - Healthcare Policy
369. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report from the group set up to examine the public private mix in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/19] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of consultants; if the overall vacancy rate is improving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21493/19] - Cancer Screening Programmes
371. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his officials met following the most recent High Court judgment that required absolute certainty in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the... - Services for People with Disabilities
372. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive adequate speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21496/19] - Advanced Healthcare Directives
373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the multidisciplinary working group to assist in the development and preparation of the code of practice for the advance healthcare... - Home Care Packages Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home care hours can be provided to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21519/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
376. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21533/19] - Health Services Provision
377. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding follow-up procedures for a person (details supplied). [21550/19] - Disability Services Funding
378. To ask the Minister for Health the annual HSE budget for full-time residential care for persons with disabilities nationally. [21557/19] - Home Help Service Provision
379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to review the level of home help hours in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
380. To ask the Minister for Health if the healthcare assessment and needs of children suspected of having foetal valproate syndrome will be prioritised; if there will be no delays in diagnosis... - Clinical Trials
381. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical trials conducted on sodium valproate prior to its licensing in 1975; if no clinical trials were conducted here, the international clinical trial... - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
382. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting list for speech therapy in County Meath from three years. [21566/19] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding the appointment of staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21568/19] - Departmental Expenditure
384. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21582/19] - Hospital Services
385. To ask the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the fact that the management of Cork University Hospital has cancelled the contract for the bone densitometry unit in the... - Cancer Screening Programmes
386. To ask the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/19] - Hospital Facilities
387. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce more beds in Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21594/19] - Home Care Packages Eligibility
388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the abolition of a clause (details supplied) in view of the difficulties arising for parents. [21595/19] - Ambulance Service Provision
389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation affecting the availability of ambulances (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21623/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
390. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21633/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
391. To ask the Minister for Health the supports provided for children diagnosed with autism in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21642/19] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
392. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assisted in securing an appliance. [21644/19] - Paediatric Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the loco parentis rule within paediatric homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21645/19] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
394. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed changes to the fair deal scheme taking into account the position of farming assets held by persons who are under the... - Medical Card Applications
395. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to disallow an application for a medical card will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
396. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can be admitted for surgery. [21660/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
397. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical intervention in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [21663/19] - Hospital Services
398. To ask the Minister for Health if matters regarding University Hospital Kerry will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21684/19] - Respite Care Services Data
399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tenders received for the provision of respite services at a centre (details supplied) with respect to the most recent competition for the... - Information and Communications Technology
400. To ask the Minister for Health if software (details supplied) is being used by the HSE; if not, the reason therefore; the cost breakdown for the software; if new software has been or will be... - Health Services Staff Data
401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the health service in each of the years 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by occupation. [21744/19] - Health Services Staff Training
402. To ask the Minister for Health the reason student nurses are now being calculated as one full whole-time equivalent nurse in view of the fact that previously they were calculated as a 0.5... - Obesity Strategy
403. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the development of an annual bulletin or scorecard to evaluate progress in the national obesity plan further to a debate in Dáil... - Hospital Services
404. To ask the Minister for Health if he or Ministers of State at his Department have visited University Hospital Kerry in view of the developing situation for patients who have had their scans... - Hospital Overcrowding
405. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to increase capacity in view of the continuous overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if additional capacity in Ennis... - Dental Services Provision
406. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/19] - Medical Card Eligibility
407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the reduction in the income threshold for persons over 70 years of age applying for the medical card, which came into effect from 1 January... - Medicinal Products Availability
408. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE Leadership Team met on 14 May 2019 to consider additional information submitted by the manufacturer of the drug Spinraza; and when the team will... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
409. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device (details supplied) is covered under the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21756/19] - Medical Card Applications
410. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21758/19] - Physiotherapy Provision
411. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for therapy; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/19] - Home Help Service Provision
412. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing additional home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21798/19] - Home Help Service Data
414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home support service in each area of CHO2; the number of persons on a waiting list for an increase in home... - Hospitals Capital Programme
415. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for the proposed 50 bed unit for Portiuncula Hospital is ring-fenced in view of the overspend for the national children's hospital; and the... - HSE Staff Recruitment
416. To ask the Minister for Health the status in relation to the recruitment of a key worker for teenagers with physical sensory disabilities for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for patients who are waiting on an appointment with the child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare. [21816/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
418. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [21818/19] - Primary Care Centres Provision
420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Tullow, County Carlow. [21842/19] - Hospital Waiting Lists
421. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a MRI scan to be carried out at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
424. To ask the Minister for Health if reimbursement of FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring systems pursuant to recommendation 2 of the health technology assessment group advice note... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
425. To ask the Minister for Health if fibromyalgia will be included on the long-term illness card scheme in view of the fact that the condition is now recognised as same in Northern Ireland.... - Departmental Communications
426. To ask the Minister for Health the date and time of all meetings, consultations and correspondence, and the purposes of each, between Ministers or officials and a person (details supplied)... - Home Help Service Provision
427. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable homecare hours will be made available to a person (details supplied). [21868/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
428. To ask the Minister for Health the 2019 current funding deficit for section 39 disability organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21870/19] - Disability Services Funding
429. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in advance loans funding given to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE in each of the past five years; the purpose of the funding; the... - Departmental Meetings
431. To ask the Minister for Health the date, attendees and purpose of all meetings between his Department and RehabCare since 1 May 2016; and the date, attendees and purpose of all meetings... - Primary Care Centres
432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of services in Cappoquin health centre since the departure of the regular general practitioner there; the status of all patient records in the... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
433. To ask the Minister for Health if a product (details supplied) will be placed on the list of medications that are covered under the medical card. [21878/19] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the centre of excellence promised for the Ennis region after the downgrading of Ennis and Nenagh hospitals has not been delivered; when it will be... - Hospital Services
435. To ask the Minister for Health the process which was undertaken before the downgrading of Ennis and Nenagh hospitals to ensure that University Hospital Limerick would have the necessary... - Hospital Overcrowding
436. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the research of a person (details supplied) which estimates that as many as 350 patients die each year as a direct result of overcrowding in... - Hospital Services
437. To ask the Minister for Health if all additional capacity in the Limerick, Clare and Tipperary region will be considered to relieve the pressure on University Hospital Limerick (details... - Dietician Service Provision
438. To ask the Minister for Health if access to a dietician will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21891/19] - Coroners Service
439. To ask the Minister for Health the body to which concerned families can refer for accountability in circumstances in which a post mortem report contains serious inaccuracies; and if he will... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
440. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21918/19] - Hospital Acquired Infections
441. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent case of CPE on a children’s ward in University Hospital Limerick; and his views on the fact that the... - National Lottery Funding Data
442. To ask the Minister for Health if funding from the National Lottery to organisations supporting polio survivors has been cut; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on... - Legislative Process
443. To ask the Minister for Health when the national donor conceived person register will be established with regard to the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a... - Medical Products
445. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of surgical mesh is suspended in view of circumstances in the UK; if he is considering launching a full inquiry into this issue; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointments Status
446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 2 April 2019, when a person (details supplied) will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21979/19] - Respite Care Services
447. To ask the Minister for Health if the in loco parentis rule being applied by the HSE in respite care has been revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21980/19] - Mental Health Services Provision
448. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in Mullingar, County Westmeath for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21982/19] - Emergency Departments Data
449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the timeframe for the... - HSE Complaints Procedures
450. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed for clients or relatives that have had a poor care experience with an outsourced company; the department of the HSE which deals... - Health Services Provision
451. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a free foot assessment service for persons with diabetes has been withdrawn from north County Dublin; and the steps he will take to reinstate same.... - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
453. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a mechanism to force a doctor already struck off the register for offences and misconduct to present themselves to answer new... - Disability Definitions
454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to acknowledge that ME can lead to disability from mild to profound; if the HSE will add ME to its list of disabilities (details... - Disease Management
455. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used here to diagnose the neurological disease myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22023/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
462. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [22041/19] - General Medical Services Scheme
463. To ask the Minister for Health if doctors involved in the general medical scheme can charge patients for a routine blood test in circumstances in which they have a medical card; and if he... - Services for People with Disabilities
464. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to a person (details supplied) for respite physiotherapy and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22098/19] - General Practitioner Services Provision
465. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a full-time general practitioner service in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22114/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
466. To ask the Minister for Health the intervention services available to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; his plans to provide services for them; and if he will make a statement on...
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