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Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Services for People with Disabilities
Michael Colreavy
603. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health his plans to close the learning disability service based at Cloonamahon, County Sligo by 2018; if so, the location at which the users of the service will be accommodated; the role envisaged for the Cloonamahon campus in relation to health service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49559/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Medicinal Products Supply
Michael Healy-Rae
604. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a time limit on the validity of prescriptions issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49594/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Suicide Prevention
Michael Healy-Rae
605. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his plans to set up a national cross party suicide prevention authority which would be properly staffed and properly resourced to try to reduce the ever increasing number of suicides here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49595/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Hospital Charges
Michael Healy-Rae
606. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on whether introducing a charge on persons who do not attend hospital appointments will lead to another layer of bureaucracy which will be cumbersome and costly to administers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49597/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Michael Healy-Rae
607. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the practice by consultants of block booking appointments, that is 20 persons arriving at 9 a.m., all with appointments to meet the same consultant at the same time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49598/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Disabilities Services Funding
Terence Flanagan
608. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason the voluntary disability sector has been targeted for cuts over the past four years, causing a shortfall in funding of approx 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49601/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Crisis Pregnancy Services
Seamus Kirk
609. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if his Department is investigating recent media reports (details supplied) in relation to advice given at the Dundalk office of Irish Planning Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49622/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Health Services Provision
Robert Dowds
610. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the action he will take in relation to persons who are affected by narcolepsy as a result of the Pandremix vaccine for swine flu given in 2009-10; if a paper will be put to Dáil Éireann on this issue and the timeline for same [49626/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Stephen Donnelly
611. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [49636/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Medical Card Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
612. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49641/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Consultancy Contracts Issues
Billy Kelleher
613. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas of communication, public relations, consultancy, advertising and human resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49654/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
614. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Meath has an appointment for an MRI at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, that the resulting scan will be read in a timely manner and the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49665/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Hospital Staff Issues
Regina Doherty
615. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the position of full-time physiotherapist at Temple Street CUH Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Dublin, will be filled; if an agency physiotherapist will be appointed in the interim period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49674/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Health Services Provision
Derek Keating
616. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health in view of the report on Narcolepsy published on 19 April 2012 regarding the increased incidence of this condition as a result of the vaccination of Pandemrix, if he has studied the report; his response to the parents of children and the organisation called SOUND that a paper would be put to Government regarding the State Vaccination Programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a family (details supplied) County Dublin, are struggling to make sense of their childs condition following their diagnosis on 4 July 2012; if he will bring a paper to Dail Eireann as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49676/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Health Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
617. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if there has been changes to the pre-emergency care cover for Swords, County Dublin in recent weeks; if he will provide the detail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49680/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
Dominic Hannigan
618. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to add rubinstein - taybi syndrome to the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49683/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Hospital Services
Mattie McGrath
619. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans for the proposed downgrading of Waterford Regional Hospital to a district hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the devestating effect this will have for persons across the entire south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49684/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Hospital Acquired Infections
Regina Doherty
620. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the hospitals and or healthcare centres in which Legionnaires disease occurred in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Public Sector Reform Implementation
Niall Collins
621. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will continue to use the PPARS payroll system for the administration of payroll in the health service for the forseeable future. [49701/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Public Sector Reform Implementation
Niall Collins
622. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if an alternative system has been considered to the PPARS payroll system; if so, when he will be inviting submissions for an alternative system for the administration of payroll in the Health Service Executive. [49702/12]