Written answers
Thursday, 3 October 2019
- Air Ambulance Service Data
132. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to secure the air ambulance service at Custume Barracks, Athlone; the number of missions flown in each year of operation and to date in... - Ambulance Service Data
133. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a service (details supplied) for operations tasked by the National Ambulance Service in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively; the... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the national children’s hospital and ancillary facilities; the amount paid to date; the expected amount that will be paid between... - Hospital Beds Data
135. To ask the Minister for Health the occupancy rate for community beds for each of the hospitals at Tralee, Listowel, Killarney, Dingle and Caherciveen community hospitals in each of the years... - Hospital Appointments Status
136. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [40180/19] - Medicinal Products Availability
137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age restriction on making FreeStyle Libre available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Delays
138. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the seven-year delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40188/19] - Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
139. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to cease the rehabilitative training allowance for new entrants will be reversed in view of the significant educational and personal... - Dental Services Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a periodontist in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/19] - Medical Card Eligibility
141. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card cover does not cover operations conducted by periodontists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40192/19] - Home Care Packages Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health if the position in which some HSE staff are refusing to take representations from TDs in respect of homecare services on the grounds of GDPR will be clarified;... - Disabilities Assessments
143. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40200/19] - Home Help Service Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth on waiting lists for home support hours. [40201/19] - Home Help Service Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Health if only palliative patients in County Louth have been allocated home support hours since June 2019. [40203/19] - Home Help Service Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated to County Louth; and if home help hours are recycled within a county or on a CHO-wide basis. [40204/19] - Home Help Service Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Health the status of extra home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/19] - Tobacco Control Measures
149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the banning of vending machines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [40215/19] - Hospital Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health if x-ray results for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40219/19] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40222/19] - Health Services Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40223/19] - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be available to a service (details supplied) in order for it to hire additional speech and language therapists to prevent cutbacks to the vital... - National Children's Hospital
158. To ask the Minister for Health if all correspondence between his Department and the national paediatric hospital development board since 1 February 2019 will be provided. [40231/19] - Health Screening Programmes
159. To ask the Minister for Health the corrective and preventative actions that have been put in place under the diabetic retina screen programme to ensure the correct results are issued to the... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting scoliosis procedures; the number of these procedures that have taken place on a weekly and monthly basis in the past twelve... - HSE Agency Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters in relation to the employment of agency staff (details supplied) will be examined; if there is a dispute regarding the rates and charges... - Health Services Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be expedited by the HSE to cover the cost of urgent corrective treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Cancer Services Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for breast cancer is prioritised for patients with the BRCA gene and an immediate and extended family history of breast and ovarian cancers; the... - Health Services Access
164. To ask the Minister for Health the process for accessing a community hospital bed in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40267/19] - Hospital Discharges
165. To ask the Minister for Health if funding under the winter initiative will be released to provide respite services in nursing homes to allow for the discharge of older persons from acute... - Health Reports
166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which have been taken to implement recommendation 21 of the trauma steering group report; the plans to fully implement this recommendation; and if he... - Dental Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children receiving dental care under the HSE can only receive extractions and cannot receive repair work such as crowns or fillings. [40303/19] - Health Reports
168. To ask the Minister for Health when the Smile agus Sláinte – National Oral Health Policy will be implemented. [40304/19] - Dental Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the dental care available to children under the HSE. [40305/19] - Proposed Legislation
170. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward legislation to replace the Dentists Act 1985 and reform the regulation of the dental profession in view of concerns that the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a development (details supplied). [40332/19] - Hospital Beds Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in County Kerry; the number of beds in each community hospital in the county; and if he will make a statement on the... - Counselling Services Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available by the... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of September 2019 or the latest date... - Psychological Services Waiting Lists
175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available; and the... - Mental Health Services Data
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2019. [40341/19] - Hospitals Data
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 30 September 2019 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for periods (details... - HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff from 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019 or the latest date available in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [40369/19] - Orthodontic Services Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health if necessary orthodontic treatment remains available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40373/19] - Medical Conditions
201. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for illness or disability benefit in view of their medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Support Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons moved out of congregated settings in each CHO to date in 2019; the number of persons in congregated settings that have died to date in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
204. To ask the Minister for Health when additional capacity will be provided to improve services and reduce waiting times for assessment and procedure (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of September 2019 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number... - Hospital Beds Closures
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 30 September 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated... - Hospital Discharges
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges for each public and voluntary hospital at the end of September 2019; and the total number to date in each, in tabular form.... - Ambulance Service Response Times
226. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; the percentage of clinical status... - Emergency Departments Waiting Times
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during September 2019; the total number... - Home Help Service Data
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided by LHO area to the end of September 2019; and the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours... - Ambulance Service Data
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting for time periods (details supplied); and the same information for other spinal patients for both Our Lady’s... - Health Services Data
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available; and the number... - Home Care Packages
239. To ask the Minister for Health the progress been made regarding the development of a new statutory scheme for home care since his most recent statements on the matter; and if he will make a... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
242. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the children’s hospital; the estimated total cost of the project; when the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the... - HSE Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date in 2019 by the HSE based on the accrual accounting method; the budget for the HSE to date in 2019 under the same method; and if he... - Departmental Budgets
244. To ask the Minister for Health the value of the supplementary estimate that will be required in 2019 for health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/19] - Disabilities Assessments
246. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary resources and personnel will be provided to meet the requirements of assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of undue... - Children in Care
247. To ask the Minister for Health the locations voluntary residential services are situated in the strategic plan for residential care services for children under state care. [40488/19] - Disability Services Data
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours by LHO area at the end of September 2019 or latest date available; the number on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at the end of September 2019 or latest date available by CHO in tabular form.... - Disabilities Assessments
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of September 2019 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005... - Physiotherapy Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list by time periods (details supplied) by LHO area at the end of September 2019 or latest date available in... - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list by time periods (details supplied) by LHO area at the end of September... - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list by time periods and age category (details supplied) by LHO area at the end...
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