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Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Nursing Home Beds Data
Brendan Smith
358. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the proposals to recruit additional staff to ensure that the full complement of beds is used in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4200/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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HSE Staff Remuneration
Michael Healy-Rae
359. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to the persons's pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4201/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Legislative Programme
Michael Healy-Rae
360. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the Autism Bill legislation which was promised to give Ireland a national strategy on autism; the status of the autism service for adults in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4203/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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General Practitioner Services Provision
Joan Collins
361. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of a payment for a medical test by a person, details supplied, who has a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
362. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of fines imposed on hospitals and the number of hospitals that have been fined, by hospital, as a result of not meeting hospital waiting unit targets in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4244/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospitals Funding
Pearse Doherty
363. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the upgrade of the Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4256/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
364. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health if he will address the long waiting lists for appointments for children diagnosed with scoliosis, given the response from the parliamentary affairs division (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4257/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Services
Bobby Aylward
365. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health why braces for the treatment of scoliosis are not funded in all hospitals, given their obvious importance to patients, especially children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4259/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Services
Bobby Aylward
366. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which fund braces for treatment of scoliosis and those which do not; the reasons why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4260/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Bobby Aylward
367. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health to amend the current protocols to allow children with scoliosis who are under 14 years of age and whose parents pay private health insurance to access surgery through a private facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4261/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Bobby Aylward
368. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health why children with scoliosis whose conditions are deemed as progressive are waiting up to 18 months for a magnetic resonance imagery scan; the measures being implemented to reduce the waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4262/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Bobby Aylward
369. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the supports available to children who suffer with scoliosis and the parents of these children who are enduring mental health issues such as depression and anxiety as a result of exorbitant waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4263/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Services
Bobby Aylward
370. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if children with scoliosis who urgently require serial casts as a result of growth will be prioritised for magnetic resonance imagery scanning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4264/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Health Screening Programmes
Bobby Aylward
371. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health to re-introduce the Adam's forward bend test school scoliosis screening programme to ensure early diagnosis for children suffering from scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4265/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Medical Internships
Pearse Doherty
372. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the educational institutions offering degree programmes and-or training programmes for those wishing to specialise in paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4294/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospitals Funding
Pearse Doherty
373. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in relation to the recently announced capital programme for nursing home facilities 2016 to 2021; if he will provide details of how this plan will affect residential care services at Lifford, St. Joseph's and Ramelton Community Hospitals, County Donegal; if long-term residential care services and community care nursing will end at these facilities; if he will provide the total number of bed reductions which will be made as a result of the plan at each of these three units; if staffing levels at these facilities will be reduced; if he will provide a time frame as to when these facilities will be removed to the new CNU in Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospitals Funding
Pearse Doherty
374. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that will be allocated to Lifford Community Hospital, St. Joseph's Community Hospital and Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal under the capital programme for nursing home facilities, 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4299/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Finian McGrath
375. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4310/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Finian McGrath
376. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health to support this matter (details supplied) regarding the case of a person. [4311/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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General Medical Services Scheme
Finian McGrath
377. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health to support a matter (details supplied) regarding the high cost of gluten free produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4312/16]