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Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Nursing Staff Provision
Bernard Durkan
633. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which agency nursing staff continue to be replaced by part-time, temporary or whole-time staff throughout the public health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30827/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Health Insurance Regulation
Bernard Durkan
634. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health arising from recent announcements by health insurers, the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the health insurance sector with a view to ensuring that the public continue to have access to competitive rates of health insurance and that an urgent evaluation is carried out into the basis for increases in such health insurance over the past five years in view of the fact the commitment to community rating and the need to ensure that cherry picking by health insurers is discouraged or the penalisation of families traditionally provided for by private health insurance needs over a long period of years do not find themselves disadvantaged which tends to discourage participation in private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30828/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Public Procurement Regulations
Bernard Durkan
635. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which central procurement in terms of medicine, drugs or services in the health sector is organised in order to give maximum benefit and efficiency to the taxpayer when possible and that local indigenous providers have ample opportunity to compete for the provision of all such goods and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30829/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Medicinal Products Prices
Bernard Durkan
636. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the cost of prescription drugs to the Exchequer has fluctuated over the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30830/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Hospital Staff Issues
Bernard Durkan
637. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the total number of consultant, non-consultant doctor and nursing posts currently vacant; those likely to be filled in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30831/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Nursing Staff Provision
Bernard Durkan
638. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which graduate nurses are likely to be offered positions over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30832/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Hospital Staff Issues
Bernard Durkan
639. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which nursing assistant posts have been filled in line with requirements in each of the past four years to date; the likely development in this regard in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Bernard Durkan
640. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need to ensure the retention of the widest possible network of local health centres throughout County Kildare with particular reference to all rural and urban areas dependent on such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30834/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Hospice Services
Bernard Durkan
641. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which hospice beds are available to patients throughout north Kildare; the extent to which this number is sufficient to meet requirements; if he or his Department has received any submissions in this regard requesting extra bed accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30835/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Nursing Home Services
Bernard Durkan
642. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continues to monitor developments at St Bridget’s Nursing Home, Crooksling; if any changes have taken place in policy or administration which might affect the future of the hospital, its capacity to accommodate the needs of the indigenous community and the scale of services provided there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30836/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Health Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
228. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a free optical test and glasses will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29705/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Health Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
238. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the level of support and local health services available to persons who suffer with diabetes in County Kildare; if diabetes is considered a long-term illness in terms of the administration of medical cards; if in the context of the integrated care services a diabetes specialist nurse has been appointed to the Kildare area; if not, the length of time it will take to have a nurse appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29763/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Medical Card Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
246. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when eligibility for a medical card will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29937/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Medical Card Applications
Bernard Durkan
247. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29938/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Health Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
248. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the arrangements put in place to meet the transport requirements to day care in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29939/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Speech and Language Therapy
Bernard Durkan
202. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when assessment will be carried out to determine eligibility for speech and language therapy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29468/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Post-Polio Support Group
Bernard Durkan
225. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if any evaluation has been undertaken on the total amount of persons suffering from the after effects of polio; if he has received any submissions from such sufferers; if an examination has been done into the extent of any recurring effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29633/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Public Procurement Issues
Bernard Durkan
546. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he will set out the tendering and or procurement procedures for the provision of various hospital supplies, goods and or services including equipment, special clothing or footwear and prosthesis; if the Health Service Executive specifically sources individual items in order to achieve optimum benefit for the State or if such supplies are handled through a brokerage which in turn sources and supplies a series of components which are then supplied directly to the HSE; the extent to which any preference is given to Irish suppliers in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29129/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Nursing Home Services
Bernard Durkan
227. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when chiropathy services will be restored to the day-care centre at St. Brigid’s Nursing Home, Crooksling, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/13]
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
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Nursing Home Services
Bernard Durkan
228. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which a full evaluation of the potential at St. Brigid’s Nursing Home, Crooksling, County Dublin, has been carried out with a view to maximisation of scale and extent of services there, including the utilisation of all existing buildings, with the objective of achieving economies of scale in line with best practice and the provision of the widest possible extent of services for a maximum of 120 patients, as previously provided at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28614/13]