Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health regarding a meeting in his Department on 27 February 2015 at which it was stated that it is proposed that consultants from the Saolta university health care group would travel to Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal as a medium to long-term solution in alleviating pressure on breast cancer services at the hospital, if this measure has been successfully introduced; the frequency of these visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26930/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health regarding a meeting in his Department on 27 February 2015, at which it was stated that further efforts were being made to fill vacant posts for two general practitioner positions in the breast cancer service in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, if these vacancies have been successfully filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26932/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

305. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health regarding a meeting in his Department on 27 February 2015, at which it was stated that an application for the appointment of a general surgeon with an interest in gastrointestinal surgery was to be made by the Saolta university health care group for Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, if this application was made by the group; if an appointment has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26933/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

306. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health following the retirement of a person (details supplied) from Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, if a permanent replacement has been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/15]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Michael McCarthy

307. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if national lottery funding will be provided in respect of a sports club (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26938/15]

Dental Services

Michael Healy-Rae

308. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26939/15]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Mattie McGrath

309. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate and clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding Muintir na Tíre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/15]

Rare Diseases

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

310. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the way he ensures information regarding different genetic rare disorders and other conditions that result in deafblindness are available to persons who are deafblind and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27005/15]

Obesity Strategy

Fergus O'Dowd

311. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27041/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

312. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at Tullamore Hospital in County Offaly in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [27045/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Finian McGrath

313. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service for a hospital in Dublin in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27059/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Mattie McGrath

314. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the Health Service Executive nursing homes support scheme, a fair deal, in the last full calendar year of its operation; the average weekly charge in each executive-administered nursing home taking part in the scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27060/15]

Sexual Offences Data

Billy Kelleher

315. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of sexual abuse allegations reported from 1990 to date in 2015; the number that have been investigated; and that have gone before the criminal courts; the number of health care employees convicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27099/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

316. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2. [27100/15]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

317. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when additional beds will be opened in a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27105/15]

Primary Care Centres

Denis Naughten

318. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the provision of each of the 35 primary health centres prioritised for investment in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27108/15]

Primary Medical Certificates Applications

John McGuinness

319. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for a primary medical certificate will be granted on appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [27123/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

320. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a motorised wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27125/15]

Medicinal Products Supply

Noel Grealish

321. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of the drug, Fampyra under the drugs payment scheme and community drugs schemes; if the Government will approve this drug under these schemes, given that the Health Service Executive has successfully negotiated with the manufacturer, Biogen, to get the drug at a significantly reduced price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27130/15]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Clare Daly

322. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will not be considered for a cataract procedure until the person is a year on the list, and it will be up to 18 months before the person gets the procedure done in the Mater hospital. [27136/15]

Health Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

323. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the embargo will be lifted on the hiring of speech and language therapists; the number of jobs currently vacant in this field; of those, the number that are permanent positions or contract positions; in respect of speech and language courses that are run in our universities, the number of this year's graduates who will be employed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27142/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

324. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/15]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

325. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when additional beds will open in a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27170/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Seán Fleming

326. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27171/15]

Social Workers Recruitment

Seán Kenny

327. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the full cost of hiring an additional 200 social workers on the basis of average pay grades currently paid to social workers and starting pay grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27177/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Billy Kelleher

328. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the personal assistant service for children with special needs to allow them to attend preschool is not filling the hours awarded in the North Lee in Cork, while in the South Lee in Cork personal assistant hours are being fully filled, leaving children in the North Lee unable to attend their full early childhood care and education preschool year; the action the Health Service Executive is taking to resolve this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27180/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Billy Kelleher

329. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have her full personal assistant hours filled to allow the child to attend the early childhood care and education preschool year, as is the child's entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27182/15]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Clare Daly

330. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (detailed supplies) in County Dublin has to wait for 12 months for an appointment to attend the Delanty Norman neurology outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9. [27186/15]

Psychological Services

Billy Kelleher

331. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is currently no child psychologist in County Meath, leaving children and families without the necessary assessments they require; the action that will be taken to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27189/15]

Abortion Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

332. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health based on the report published on 29 June 2015, the number of terminations carried out under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act that resulted in a live birth in 2014 broken down between terminations arising out of suicidal ideation and by a direct medical risk to the life of the mother; the number of these children who are still alive; the gestation period at which all the terminations reported were carried out; the main medical conditions that caused the terminations to be carried out in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27190/15]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Derek Nolan

333. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the extension of the BreastCheck programme for those between 65 and 69 years of age will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27191/15]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Jerry Buttimer

334. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is recruiting speech and language therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27211/15]

Patient Safety

Olivia Mitchell

335. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if individual health identifiers have been provided to patients accessing health and social care services; and the services that are using individual health identifiers. [27213/15]

Patient Safety

Olivia Mitchell

336. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if individual health identifiers will be used by Health Service Executive staff based in community health centres. [27214/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

337. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of the renewal of a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who have provided additional information and who are awaiting a decision since the beginning of June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27218/15]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Terence Flanagan

338. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the emergency department task force set up in December 2014; the frequency with which it has met; and the frequency with which it expects to continue to meet. [27219/15]

Nursing Home Services

Terence Flanagan

339. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health in addition to the €74 million provided in 2015 to increase the number of long-term nursing home care places, as well as providing additional transitional care beds and home care packages for those no longer needing hospital care, the amount of money that has been directly provided to hospitals to alleviate the crisis in emergency departments. [27220/15]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Terence Flanagan

340. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the time-defined actions recommended by the emergency department task force in its action plan to address the crisis in emergency departments; and the actions that have already been implemented. [27221/15]

Health Services Staff Training

Arthur Spring

341. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who wishes to enrol in an adaptation course, in order to be considered eligible for a position as a registered child's nurse with the Health Service Executive. [27224/15]

Health Services Funding

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

342. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to providing a long-term funding solution to the organisations currently funded under the scheme to support national organisations, organisations that have to deal with uncertain futures and difficulties in planning long-term campaigns and service provision, in particular the Irish Stammering Association, which, as a national organisation, only receives €25,000 funding annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27225/15]

Respite Care Services Availability

Bernard Durkan

343. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if respite care will be urgently facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/15]

Mental Health Services

Finian McGrath

344. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health services as a model of good practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27233/15]

Abortion Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

345. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health in relation to the report on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, the number of pregnancies that were delivered by caesarean section, the mother having requested a termination; the gestation period of the pregnancies terminated in the report; the way the real and substantial risk to the life level of risk was assessed; if this will be made aware to clinicians so that this information may be fed into clinical decision-making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27240/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Thomas P. Broughan

346. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the delay for funding for a wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a person with a disability, requiring a wheelchair would be expected to wait for more than one year for the wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27247/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Thomas P. Broughan

347. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons awaiting wheelchairs for more than three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, and 18 months, in the years 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 to date; the reasons for these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27248/15]

Hospitals Discharges

Joe Costello

348. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are adequate support services provided for patients who are discharged from hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27250/15]

Prescriptions Charges

Joe Costello

349. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient must fill a prescription within 24 hours of leaving a hospital or pay a doctor for a new prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27251/15]

Medical Card Applications

Willie Penrose

350. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive medical card division to immediately issue a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27257/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

351. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 26 May 2015, if a review of eligibility to a medical card has been arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27263/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

352. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a hospital appointment as soon as possible [27269/15]