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Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Billy Timmins
596. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dublin 11 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14617/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Michael Healy-Rae
597. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14619/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Jack Wall
598. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received any reply to an application for the renewal of a medical card after four months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14623/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
599. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for glasses in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14625/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Thomas P. Broughan
600. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if persons currently working and paying taxes in Northern Ireland, and availing of the National Health Service there, but who are resident in the Republic of Ireland, will have to pay lifetime community rating on private health insurance if they take out a policy when they retire from working there after 1 May 2015. [14642/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Departmental Budgets
Thomas P. Broughan
601. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the cumulative amount of funding removed from his Department and Health Service Executive budgets since 2009, in view of the fact that he recently reported to Dáil Éireann that those budgets are €1.5 billion lower in 2015 than they were up to 2009; and his estimate of the amount of funding necessary to end all waiting lists greater than three months by the end of 2017. [14643/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Ambulance Service Provision
Thomas P. Broughan
602. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the proposed changes to the ambulance services from Dublin Fire Brigade; if he will provide an update on any proposed changes that his Department and local authorities are examining; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of ambulances dispatched from fire stations in Dublin during the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [14648/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Mental Health Services Provision
Thomas P. Broughan
603. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health his Department's current measures to address access to mental health services for those under 18 years of age; if he will report on the collaborative measures he is taking with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14649/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
Tom Fleming
604. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a new hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14663/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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National Children's Hospital Status
Bernard Durkan
605. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which plans and preparations are progressing in respect of the new children’s hospital; the extent to which previous plans costing in the region of €50 million will be superimposed on the new site, thereby making a considerable saving; if, at this stage, the full suite of facilities required have been agreed; if site preparation is advancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14673/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Thomas P. Broughan
606. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of consultant positions vacant in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the length of time they have been vacant; the effect this is having on waiting lists; the alternatives being offered to patients; and if he will report on progress to fill the positions in an urgent manner. [14680/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Inquiries
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
607. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to find the details of how an investigation into home birth practice (details supplied) was undertaken in view of the fact that the removal of professional indemnity to practise effectively closed down the person's practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14684/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Accident and Emergency Departments Staff
Tom Fleming
608. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine concerns by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation regarding the urgent need for an appropriate increase in staffing levels at the accident and emergency department in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14686/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Promotion
Robert Troy
609. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the policy that is in place to ensure the benefits of breastfeeding are highlighted to new mothers. [14696/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Mattie McGrath
610. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the constitutional protections currently in place for in vitro embryonic human life; the proposals in place to alter such protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13289/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Mental Health Services Provision
Thomas P. Broughan
611. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on mental health services for those under 18 years of age; the number of those under 18 years of age being treated in adult mental health units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14405/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Card Eligibility
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
612. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of anecdotal reports of those with disabilities discontinuing employment to remain in receipt of a medical card and related care; if he is aware of data relating to such cases; the plans that have been put in place to empower and aid those who wish to stay in employment without the fear of losing a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14717/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Services
Michael Healy-Rae
613. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when the new €15 million acute psychiatric unit will open in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14726/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Services Provision
Clare Daly
614. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will open the residential unit on the Navan Road in Dublin 7, which was due to be operated by the Daughters of Charity, without further delay in view of the enormous impact on the children who are awaiting to enter that home and those children who cannot access the respite unit that they are currently occupying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14727/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Orthodontic Services Provision
Michael Healy-Rae
615. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14751/15]