Written answers
Thursday, 12 December 2019
- Respite Care Services Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the provision of residential respite in CHO 1 in 2020; when a response will issue to a request for additional funding from CHO 1... - Services for People with Disabilities
150. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the provision of care for its users will be reviewed; if the concerns will be addressed; and... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding public health specialists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52191/19] - Community Pharmacy Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the unwinding of FEMPI for community pharmacists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52199/19] - Departmental Budgets
153. To ask the Minister for Health the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year [52213/19] - Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding compensation for the young persons who received the H1N1 swine flu Pandemrix vaccine and subsequently developed narcolepsy in view of a... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting fewer than 13 weeks following a referral for a routine colonoscopy or OGD at the end of November 2019 or the latest date... - Health Services Staff Data
156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in each community healthcare organisation; and the number of whole-time equivalent staff on 30 November in each of... - Health Services Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for treatment to each community intervention team to date in 2019, in tabular form. [52226/19] - Palliative Care Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that received specialist palliative care treatment in their normal place of residence in each month to date in 2019. [52227/19] - Hospitals Data
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures cancelled and postponed in each public hospital to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year since its restoration in 2017 by the type and speciality of each... - Hospitals Data
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists to date in 2019 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions advertised by the Ireland East hospital group to date in 2019; the speciality of each advertised position; if each position... - Nursing Staff Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing positions vacant in the Ireland East hospital group as of 6 December 2019, in tabular form. [52241/19] - Medical Card Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent projection on the number of medical cards to be provided in 2019; and the likely full year costs or savings in 2019 in the case of a variation... - Care of the Elderly
180. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage occupancy rate in public residential care units for the most recent calendar month available and for the previous eleven months in tabular form.... - Home Help Service Data
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community healthcare organisations that have established waiting lists for home care on a standardised basis. [52250/19] - Patient Safety
182. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [52251/19] - Primary Care Centres
186. To ask the Minister for Health the examination undertaken of the use of incentives to support investment by general practitioners, dentists and other professionals in primary care centres,... - General Practitioner Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken to support general practitioner practices in disadvantaged urban areas. [52256/19] - General Practitioner Data
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners employed by the HSE on a salaried basis in each year since 2016. [52257/19] - Health Services Reform
189. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed new structures within the HSE will be put on a statutory basis. [52258/19] - Hospice Services Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospices in each local health office area in tabular form. [52259/19] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments outstanding for more than two, three and four years, respectively, at the end of November 2019 for each reporting... - Health Services Access
192. To ask the Minister for Health the medical assessment units, urgent care centres and minor injuries clinics that extended their Monday to Friday hours of opening since 2016, in tabular form.... - Emergency Services Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in ambulances, EMTs and paramedics that have taken place in each year since 2016. [52263/19] - HSE Data
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the performance management unit in the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent staff employed; the number of reports and... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
196. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to negotiate a new consultant contract. [52265/19] - Health Services Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to base health expenditure on multi-year budgeting supported by a five-year health service plan based on realistic and verifiable... - HSE Staff Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 6 December 2019 or... - HSE National Service Plan
199. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is on target to achieve savings, cost reductions or improved income generation in a number of areas set out in the HSE 2019 service plan (details... - Hospital Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the implementation of the 45 recommendations of the trauma steering group in tabular form. [52269/19] - Cancer Screening Programmes
201. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the implementation of the recommendations of the Scally report in tabular form. [52270/19] - HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on agency staff each month in 2018 and to date in 2019; the proportion of the anticipated agency staff expenditure by the HSE for 2019... - Prescriptions Charges
203. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and the amount projected for 2019. [52272/19] - Hospital Discharges
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital to the end of November 2019. [52273/19] - Ambulance Service Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances decommissioned by the National Ambulance Service; the number of new emergency ambulances acquired; the number of... - General Practitioner Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area in tabular form. [52277/19] - Emergency Departments Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency medicine consultants in each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department; the number of 24-hour emergency departments;... - Hospital Services
210. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate stress tests and heart monitoring will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [52280/19] - Pharmacy Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the possible introduction of inhaler recycling bins in pharmacies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52285/19] - Psychological Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with an intellectual disability on the school age psychology caseload in the Galway region; the number of psychologists available to... - Abortion Legislation
213. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of legislation to create safe zones in the vicinity of places that provide for termination of pregnancies; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Health if home care assistance will be provided for a person (details supplied). [52301/19] - Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging an assessment with the autism team for a child (details supplied); and if the assessment will be expedited as requested... - HSE Records
216. To ask the Minister for Health if errors made by the HSE relative to payments made to a person (details supplied) will be corrected; the reason the erroneous payment records were reactivated... - Disability Services Funding
217. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the additional supports and activities recommended by the professionals taking care of a person (details supplied); and if he... - Hospital Appointments Status
218. To ask the Minister for Health if a date will be set for an operation at St. James's Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [52318/19] - Substance Misuse
219. To ask the Minister for Health the new schemes developed for socially and economically disadvantaged communities to provide targeted, appropriate and effective services for young persons at... - Drug Treatment Programmes Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug treatment episodes provided to date in 2019 across services (details supplied); and the equivalent figures for 2017 and 2018, in tabular... - Drug Treatment Programmes
228. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to provide drug liaison midwives and specialist medical social workers in maternity networks has been assessed to date in 2019; and if so, the... - Mental Health Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions taken to date in 2019 to improve outcomes for persons with co-morbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [52341/19] - Disease Management
239. To ask the Minister for Health if the uptake of hepatitis C treatment has been increased to date in 2019. [52344/19] - Drug Treatment Programmes Data
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outside prisons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment to date in 2019. [52348/19] - Community Pharmacy Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a moratorium on the changes to the fees paid to pharmacies due to be implemented on 1 January 2020; if he will negotiate with pharmacists... - National Children's Hospital
247. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new national children's hospital has chosen to install a system (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to plans to make an existing... - Prescriptions Charges
248. To ask the Minister for Health the details of increased pharmacy charges for blister packs used by elderly and unwell persons nationwide; his plans to ensure that unfair increases are... - Hospital Waiting Lists
249. To ask the Minister for Health when resources will be made available for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52358/19] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a wheelchair that is appropriate to the person's needs. [52361/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
251. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assigned a social worker as a matter of urgency. [52362/19] - Assisted Decision Making
254. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultation process on the recommendations of the multidisciplinary working group submitted to the director of the decision support services... - Hospitals Data
255. To ask the Minister for Health the type of procedures that were cancelled or postponed in regard to the recent cancellations of elective procedures at the children’s hospitals; and if... - Cancer Services Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Health if chemotherapy sessions for children are being delayed; if so, the details of the delays; the causes of same; the number of children affected; the length of... - Commencement of Legislation
258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the minimum unit pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 have not been commenced; when they will be commenced; and if he will... - Occupational Therapy Provision
259. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for occupational therapy services. [52393/19] - Departmental Expenditure
260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year since 2016; the bank... - Disability Services Data
261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams now established; and the CHO breakdown of same. [52410/19] - Respite Care Services Data
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new persons with a disability who commenced respite services (details supplied) to date in 2019. [52411/19] - Medicinal Products Availability
264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with multiple sclerosis here face significant delays in accessing new medicines and treatments in comparison with other European countries;... - Hospital Discharges
265. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 26 November 2019, the national total of delayed discharges by month to date 2019. [52419/19] - Hospital Charges
266. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the cut to the minor injury unit fee will come into effect; if the fee cut is temporary or permanent; if temporary, the date on which the cut... - General Practitioner Data
267. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding being provided to out-of-hours general practitioner services in winter 2020; and the local breakdown of the allocation in tabular form.... - National Maternity Hospital Status
268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to relocate the National Maternity Hospital to the grounds of St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin; the timescale... - Medical Card Reviews
270. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card review for a person (details supplied) is on hold in view of the fact the person is automatically entitled to a card due to being on... - Home Help Service Expenditure
271. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for home support in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52439/19] - Disabilities Assessments
273. To ask the Minister for Health when additional personnel will be recruited and vacant positions filled in respect of a backlog (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
274. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the Mater Hospital as soon as possible to have surgery carried out; and if he will make a statement on the... - HSE Planning
275. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has agreed to fund up to 200 additional beds over the winter; if so, the hospitals in which the beds are to be located,... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
276. To ask the Minister for Health when a required residential programme will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52544/19] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
277. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52545/19]
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