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Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
Catherine Murphy
583. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the dietary supplement for children with coeliac disease at €6.50 per month is regarded as sufficient; if consideration was given to the adequacy of the supplement in advance of the withdrawal of this support from those in receipt of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49560/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Health Services Provision
Olivia Mitchell
584. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if proposals regarding supports for those suffering from Narcolepsy following vaccination are to hand; and when they will be communicated to sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49407/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Thalidomide Victims Compensation
Jack Wall
585. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health the position regarding negotiation agreements with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49413/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Home Help Service Provision
Regina Doherty
586. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of home help hours paid for by the Health Service Executive, either directly through employment or contracts or through agencies and if they broken down by category or type of care provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49444/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Suicide Prevention
Joe Carey
587. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will report on funding for applied suicide intervention skills training; and the funding he envisages allocating to this service in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49448/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
588. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure the maintenance of the Coolmine Therapeutic Community Centre's mother and child rehabilitation service which is in need of funding, so much so, that they cannot fund a nurse or child specialist for their Dublin West facility. [49461/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
589. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for every €1 spent on drug rehabilitation programmes, €3 is saved from the prison budget; his views on the collaboration programmes and shared budget streams between his Department and the Department of Justice. [49462/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Health Services Expenditure
Eoghan Murphy
590. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the cost breakdown to the Health Service Executive in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 to subsidise antidepressants and anxiolytic drugs [49465/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Eoghan Murphy
591. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the capacity, number of patients per year, within the public services to provide mental health services [49466/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Eoghan Murphy
592. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the cost per day of a hospital bed within the mental health services for psychiatric patients [49467/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Eoghan Murphy
593. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the waiting time in terms of access to mental health professionals within the public services [49468/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Eoghan Murphy
594. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of days, on average, that a patient stays in, once admitted into a hospital for psychiatric care [49469/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Eoghan Murphy
595. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being taken care of every month by psychologists and or psychiatrists in the Health Service Executive [49470/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Eoghan Murphy
596. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients, as a percentage, that are referred to a psychologist after an emergency appointment at a public hospital [49471/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Home Help Service Provision
Dara Calleary
597. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will outline on a county basis, the number of home help cases that have been reviewed; if he will outline on a county basis the number of cases that have had their hours reduced as a result of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49512/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Medical Card Applications
Pat Deering
598. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their medical card application [49518/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Medical Card Delays
Michael McCarthy
599. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49521/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Health Services Provision
Terence Flanagan
600. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding narcolepsy (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [49529/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Care of the Elderly
Arthur Spring
601. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health the projected increase in the over 65 year old population in the coming decade; if any funds or moneys are being set aside or are being planned to provide this section of the population with the future facilities and care that will be needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49532/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Health Services Provision
Seán Kenny
602. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health when he will report to Government on the findings of the final report of the National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee on the investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents based on the commitment given to the members of Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder [49541/12]