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Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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HSE Expenditure
Dara Calleary
424. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on the purchase of infant formula in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40445/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Disability Services Funding
Brendan Smith
425. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to support the important work of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40453/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Mobility Allowance Review
James Bannon
426. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40454/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Services for People with Disabilities
Jim Daly
427. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide further funding to assist with training assistance dogs for disabled persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40471/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Pension Provisions
Robert Troy
428. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who worked for 40 years at the Midland Health Board dispensary at Kilbeggan, in County Westmeath, is entitled to a pension from the Health Service Executive. [40474/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Jack Wall
429. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation in Tullamore General Hospital in County Offaly. [40475/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Access
Barry Cowen
430. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect to receive transport to respite services from the Health Service Executive. [40476/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Brendan Griffin
431. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a date for a cataracts operation will be provided to a person (details provided) in County Kerry. [40478/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Provision
Bobby Aylward
432. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if services at Children Respite Services on the Callan Road in County Kilkenny have been permanently closed, suspended indefinitely or postponed on a short-term basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40483/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Provision
Bobby Aylward
433. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health when services at Children Respite Services on the Callan Road in County Kilkenny will be re-opened; the provisions he has in place to offer an alternative to parents who are facilitated by same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40484/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Provision
Bobby Aylward
434. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the periods of time services have been postponed, due to previous closures of Children Respite Services on the Callan Road in County Kilkenny, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40485/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Provision
Barry Cowen
435. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a placement under the Health Service Executive, given that the person's family were informed in late August 2015 that the rehabilitation care centre could not facilitate the person's current physical needs, and that therefore the person must be considered for an alternative placement, and given that there has been no communication from the executive in relation to this matter since then. [40486/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Hospital Beds Data
Róisín Shortall
436. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds in use in each of the past ten years and in 2015 to date; if the current provision is adequate relative to best practice in other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40490/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Universal Health Insurance White Paper
Róisín Shortall
437. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the April 2014 White Paper on universal health insurance; if this represents current policy on the health service; his views on a multi-payer model of universal health insurance; when will he produce a Green Paper on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40491/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
438. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason no plan is in place to develop services across the pathway four years after the publication of the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy, given the lack of suitable rehabilitation services from the hospital and back to the community for persons (details supplied) living with an acquired brain injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40493/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
439. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there will be an investment programme in rehabilitation services at every stage, including the development of regional in-patient rehabilitation units, intensive rehabilitation after the hospital stay, and long-term community-based supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40494/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Services for People with Disabilities
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
440. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have sustained high-level life-changing injuries, some of whom are ventilated and have spent long periods of time in nursing homes and acute hospitals; and if he has considered allocating a budget nationally, as there are inconsistencies in personal assistant services across the different Health Service Executive areas. [40495/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Services for People with Disabilities
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
441. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a budget will be allocated to supporting persons (details supplied) who have sustained a life-changing spinal cord injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40496/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Tom Fleming
442. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has submitted all relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40498/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Nursing Staff Recruitment
Pearse Doherty
443. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the timeframe as to when the recruitment process to be employed in order to fill nursing posts which will form part of a home care package afforded to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be formally completed; the progress made to date in filling these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40502/15]