Written answers

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

  • Health Services Staff
    175. To ask the Minister for Health if pay restoration issues for section 39 organisation staff have now been fully resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48273/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    176. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin which has reported a funding shortfall of €7 million since 2012 due to the gap...
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    177. To ask the Minister for Health when additional respite services will be provided (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47885/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    178. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will become available to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47886/19]
  • Dietician Service Provision
    179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitians there should be in place per head of population in each CHO under Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Care Packages Data
    180. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for home care package applications in County Kildare; the number of open home care package applications being considered in the area;...
  • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
    181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE PCRS to re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused phased dispensing without explanation; and if he...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    183. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on purchasing mobile telephones for staff within his Department for work-related business in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    184. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for ENT appointments at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47931/19]
  • Departmental Staff Data
    185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department by gender and pay grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47949/19]
  • Ministerial Advisers Data
    186. To ask the Minister for Health the political advisers used by Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department since the commencement of this Government; the commencement and cessation...
  • Home Care Packages Administration
    187. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed by the HSE for further homecare hours. [47981/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    188. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment to see a paediatric consultant rheumatologist at Our Lady's Children's Hospital,...
  • Nursing Home Services
    189. To ask the Minister for Health the infection control measures in place in nursing and residential homes to prevent and tackle flu outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Vaccination Programme
    190. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE monitors the number of nursing home patients, public and private, that have been vaccinated against flu; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pharmacy Services
    192. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the decision of his Department to propose significant cuts to pharmacy fees from January 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wexford awaiting a hearing aid for more than six, 12, 24 and 36 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the capital funding required to complete the upgrades needed to maintain services at a resort (details supplied). [48016/19]
  • Hospital Services
    195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the quality of day services offered by the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon for elderly persons has diminished recently; the reason the...
  • Medical Conditions
    196. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to improve access to treatments for persons with multiple sclerosis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48020/19]
  • Departmental Data
    197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints of bullying and sexual harassment, respectively received by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
  • National Dementia Strategy
    198. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the level of community and home supports that will be available for persons with dementia nationally in 2020; the position in...
  • Paediatric Services
    199. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement has been hired to replace a person (details supplied) when they cease employment at the end of November 2019; and if not, the procedure in...
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    200. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a 30 hour a week home care package available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48057/19]
  • Departmental Staff Data
    201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees of his Department that were dismissed in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019; the reason for the dismissal of each...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on public relations, promotion and advertising for the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and Project Ireland 2040 since its publication in...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Country Donegal was not provided with ambulance transport back to the county following an operation in Galway...
  • Hospital Admissions
    204. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be provided in the woodville ward, St Joseph’s Community Hospital, County Donegal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    205. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be admitted into full-time residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48157/19]
  • Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
    206. To ask the Minister for Health if the rehabilitative training allowance for new entrants will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48158/19]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    208. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on bottled water and disposable coffee cups by his Department to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48192/19]
  • Freedom of Information Data
    209. To ask the Minister for Health the date of each review and revision of the material published under the publication scheme of his Department as outlined in section 8 of the Freedom of...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
    210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 15 November 2019 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number...
  • Home Help Service Data
    211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 15 November 2019 or the latest date available; the way in which this compares to target...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    212. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; if his attention has been drawn to the gravity of this matter; if he will prevent the closure of the...
  • HSE Reviews
    213. To ask the Minister for Health if the findings of the review of the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision-making process undertaken by a firm (details supplied) will be published; the date...
  • Medicinal Products
    214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the HSE’s best-value biologics process; if the HSE has plans to review this process to drive greater adoption of the...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    216. To ask the Minister for Health if a case (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the matter will be investigated and referred to the HSE for reply; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Services Funding
    217. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will review the funding being made available to an organisation (details supplied) who provide preschool for children with...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    218. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on public relations, promotion and advertising, including multimedia, in his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019...
  • Midwifery Services
    219. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of midwives in HSE maternity units and hospitals; the number by which these staff numbers fall short or exceed the birthrate plus metric;...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of the new medicine trikafta for persons with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48261/19]
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    221. To ask the Minister for Health his views on plans to regulate vaping; if he is considering an outright ban on the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48262/19]
  • Air Quality
    222. To ask the Minister for Health the response of his Department to a recent EPA study carried out for the HSE which highlights the relationship between poor air quality, breathing conditions...

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