Parliamentary questions

Food Labelling

Bernard Durkan

586. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which food labelling continues to be enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/12]

Medical Card Drugs

Bernard Durkan

595. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56238/12]

Health Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

596. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate and or a motorised transport grant will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56239/12]

Medical Card Drugs

Bernard Durkan

597. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if refusal of a medical card on income grounds can be reviewed or set aside in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56243/12]

Medical Card Applications

Bernard Durkan

529. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55608/12]

Public Procurement Tenders

Bernard Durkan

167. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which Irish providers can supply goods and services to the Health Service Executive in respect of special footwear, clothing or other appliances which are sometimes provided by brokers in such a way as to disadvantage opportunities for the indigenous supplier by the provision of assorted packages, the combination of which may be lower priced and within which individual items are more costly than those available to indigenous suppliers; if in terms of procurement in the future, provision can be made whereby the use of loss leaders is prevented in procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55042/12]

Vaccination Programme

Bernard Durkan

110. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increased incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in Ireland as a result of a side-effect of the Pandemrix vaccine; if he will outline his future plans to support the network of families now affected by this with particular reference to a package of supports he proposes to put in place in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54667/12]

Child Access and Visitation Rights

Bernard Durkan

650. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which an alleged incident reported on the 23 of March resulted in one of the parents being deprived of visitation rights in respect of their children in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if charges have been preferred or are pending; if further action is contemplated in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54335/12]

Medicinal Products Supply

Bernard Durkan

248. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the possible dangers to sufferers of epilepsy arising from the use of generic drugs; if any particular approach has been made to the manufacturers of brand name drugs with a view to a price reduction which would make them more competitive in price with the generic product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53355/12]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Bernard Durkan

698. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given by way of award of National Lottery grant toward the operational running costs of a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the volume and scale of services provided at the centre; if consideration has been given to facilitating a move to a larger premises in a more central location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52833/12]

Medical Card Delays

Bernard Durkan

198. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52087/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Bernard Durkan

579. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health his plans in the forthcoming year regarding home help, home care packages and personal assistant hours with particular reference to ensuring that patients can remain in the familiar environment of their home for as long as possible and ensuring the best possible care for the patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50988/12]

Health Insurance Prices

Bernard Durkan

215. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department continues to monitor activity in the health insurance area with particular reference to the need to retain lower premium payments in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50806/12]

Hospital Services

Bernard Durkan

45. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that any reorganisation of general hospital services throughout the country will not result in the closure or downgrading of existing hospitals on the grounds of being obsolete or outdated particularly if this has been caused by a lack of a proper development plan with adequate funding over the past number of years; if the need to meet patient needs in a particular catchment area will continue to remain the major criterion for the future development of the general hospital services; if the determination of such policy rests with his Department, the Health Service Executive or others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48921/12]

National Children's Hospital Location

Bernard Durkan

47. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if in the determination of the location for the new children's hospital he will have particular regard to the unsuitability of the previously preferred location on planning grounds and that there was general agreement on its unsuitability on the grounds of traffic congestion and parking; if he will ensure that the new location will have regard to this issue and that the soon to be chosen site will represent the easiest possible access from all parts and that such access is measured in time of peak traffic times; if he will further ensure that the need to easy and rapid access for children in need of urgent treatment is strictly observed, that the concerns of the parents of sick children are borne in mind and that preparatory expenditure to date does not become a determining factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48920/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

310. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date toward a reduction of waiting lists and times in respect of all surgical procedures at all public hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49139/12]

Bullying in Schools

Bernard Durkan

311. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the Health Service Executive has been in a position to assist victims of school bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49140/12]

Health Services Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

312. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which it has been found possible to identify areas and causes of expenditure overruns throughout the health services by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49141/12]

Health Services Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

313. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the saving to date achieved throughout the public health sector in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49142/12]

National Children's Hospital Location

Bernard Durkan

314. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself as to the availability of the most suitable readily accessible site for the provision of the proposed new children's hospital; if he has examined the merits of a greenfill site for the project; if the preparatory consultancy and research costs to date are likely to be more beneficial in a greenfield site situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49143/12]