Written Answers Nos. 137-144
137. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the numbers over the past two months of patients being placed on trolleys due to lack of beds in Cavan and Drogheda hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45624/14]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
138. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if there are current plans regarding restoration of services at Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45625/14]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
139. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the statutory obligations to publish annual financial accounts for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45628/14]
View answerSection 34 of the Nurse and Midwives Act 2011 provides that the Chief Executive Officer, under the direction of the Board, shall keep proper books of income and expenditure, and of property assets and liabilities of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall account to the Board for such accounts as the Board or Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, direct they should be kept.
The Chief Executive with the approval of the Board is required no later than 3 months from the end of each financial year to submit the accounts for audit to the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Following issue of an audit certificate from the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Board is required, not later than a month, to give the Minister a copy of the certificate and the audit report.
The Board is required no later than three months from receipt of the audit certificate to print and publish the accounts. On publication of the accounts with the certificate the report should be laid before each of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
140. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive access to services for the person's child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45630/14]
View answerAs the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
141. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with an appointment to see a consultant dermatologist as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45631/14]
View answerThe Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.
If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
142. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health when work will commence on the construction of a new primary care centre at Cromcastle Road, Coolock, Dublin 5. [45648/14]
View answerCoolock/Darndale is one of 14 locations to be delivered as part of a single PPP contract. Considerable progress has been made in progressing the PPP project. In late July 2014, the project was handed over to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery. The Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) documents have been issued and tender returns are due in February 2015. Assessment and evaluation of tenders will follow. Construction would be expected to start by early 2016. The NDFA continues to review the scheduled timeframes and to improve these where possible.
Further information can be obtained at the following web address - http://www.ndfa.ie/TenderCompetitions/PrimaryCareCentresPPPProgramme.htm
143. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to public-voluntary hospitals, if he will provide in tabular form for each month in 2014 and for each of those hospitals the number of elective admissions that are private patients and the number that are public patients. [45649/14]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
144. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health if he will grant orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the only reason the person is now out of the system is because of the two-year waiting list for assessment and the person has now attained the age of majority because of the wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45651/14]
View answerThe HSE has been asked to examine the specific query raised by the Deputy and to reply to him as soon as possible. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
