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Tue, 14 May 2013
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Nursing Home Accommodation
Bernard Durkan
137. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor the retention and development of nursing homes in the public sector; if his attention has been drawn to the suggestions that upgrading and refurbishments are sometimes excessively costly leading to a danger of closure; if he will ensure that the maximisation of available accommodation is achieved and continues to be a central mission objective; if he will further ensure that all works undertaken are necessary and in the long-term interest of the institution and the care and welfare of its patients; if he will ensure that piecemeal stripping out of elements of service in a self-serving way is not allowed to continue in any public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22500/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Medical Card Applications
Bernard Durkan
580. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22162/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Home Help Service Provision
Bernard Durkan
595. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if an increase in home help assistance is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose home help has recently been reduced to one hour per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22232/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Generic Drugs Substitution
Bernard Durkan
696. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which central procurement and generic prescribing have been each identified and assessed for potential to reduce health service costs without in any way affecting the quality and efficacy of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23012/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Health Services, Cost of Medicines
Bernard Durkan
697. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which drug costs have fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; the way this has affected the budgetary situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23013/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Health Services, Cost of Medicines
Bernard Durkan
698. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which a rise in costs of any particular or specific drugs has been identified over the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23014/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Nursing Staff Numbers
Bernard Durkan
699. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the total number of fully-qualified nurses employed in the public health sector in each of the past five years to date; the extent if any to which resignations, retirements or movement to the private sector has affected staff levels in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23015/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Nursing Assistant Numbers
Bernard Durkan
700. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing assistants currently employed throughout the public health sector; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23016/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Orthodontic Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
701. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic services continue to be made available to children and teenagers with particular reference to follow-up on school medical examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23017/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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General Practitioner Services
Bernard Durkan
702. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding availability of free general practitioner care services; the extent to which costing has been done; the way such issues are likely to affect the budgetary situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23018/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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General Practitioner Services
Bernard Durkan
703. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the total cost of free general practitioner services has been evaluated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23019/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Health Services Expenditure
Bernard Durkan
704. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that budgetary cuts he and his Department are forced to undertake arising the Memorandum of Understanding will not damage the structure of the health services to such an extent as to make the delivery of services impossible; if he will carefully review the needs and requirements of each sector throughout the health services in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23020/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Primary Care Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
705. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the implications of the implied closure of numerous local health centres throughout the country and the possible implications for the delivery of locally-based convenient services to the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23021/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Primary Care Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
706. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the role played by local health centres throughout County Kildare in the delivery of high-quality community based and conveniently located services; if he will re-examine any proposals for the downgrading and or closure of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23022/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Hospital Bed Numbers
Bernard Durkan
707. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the full complement of general hospital beds currently available on a regional basis throughout the country in the public health sector; the number of similar beds in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Health Services Expenditure
Bernard Durkan
708. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which it is intended and expected to apply savings across the health services in such a way as to ensure that extra cost-cutting is not required towards the end of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23024/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Nursing Home Accommodation
Bernard Durkan
709. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which he will continue to support public sector nursing homes and hospitals caring for older persons in view of the high quality of service available to the public sector, notwithstanding competition from the private sector; if he will ensure that the application of standards by Health Information Quality Authority are not used as a means to increase the costs in the public sector over the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23025/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Care of the Elderly
Bernard Durkan
237. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor activities at St Bridget's Nursing Home, Crooksling, County Dublin, with the objective of ensuring that the full scale of activities previously provided there continues, that the maximum utilisation of the facilities thereat remain intact and that endeavours be made to ascertain to the extent to which further services can be provided in what is an ideal institution; if he will report on the extent if any to which services have diminished in the past twelve months and make provision for the immediate restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22110/13]
Thu, 2 May 2013
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Hospital Services
Bernard Durkan
246. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has had two faulty hip replacements and one subsequent repair; if any particular special provision is being made available in such circumstances in view of the fact that there have been numerous complaints in relation to such replacements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21052/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
Bernard Durkan
581. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the financial assistance available by way of motorised transport grant or otherwise to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20343/13]