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Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Medical Card Applications
Tom Fleming
544. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will expedite same [41696/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Medical Card Applications
Tom Fleming
545. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will expedite same [41697/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Medical Card Delays
Tom Fleming
546. Deputy Tom Fleming 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 [41699/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Medical Card Appeals
Tom Fleming
547. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the decision to grant a general practitioner only card instead of a full medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [41700/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Hospitals Funding
Dara Calleary
548. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form a summary of each application received from the Health Service Executive in County Mayo for support from the special delivery unit, to include a summary of the proposal, the amount of money requested, the current status of the application and for those applications under consideration, when a decision will be made; for those turned down, the reason they were turned down; his views on the operation and management of the special delivery unit [41705/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Health Services Reform
Dara Calleary
549. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans for the future management of Mayo General Hospital in the context of his proposed restructuring of hospital groups; the impact of his proposals on services at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41706/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Accident and Emergency Services Provision
Dara Calleary
550. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his views on the more than 100% increase in admissions to the accident and emergency unit at Mayo General Hospital between July 2011 and July 2012, the fact that the majority of this increase is due to patients from County Roscommon presenting for treatment at Mayo General Hospital as a result of the curtailment of accident and emergency services at Roscommon County Hospital; the reason no extra funding has been given to Mayo General Hospital to account for this increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41707/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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National Lottery Funding Applications
Éamon Ó Cuív
551. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for funding made by an organisation (details supplied) in view of the vital work they are doing in assisting persons with financial difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41711/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Services for People with Disabilities
Arthur Spring
552. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is a resident of the Health Service Executive South Region; if they are entitled to attend respite care on a full time basis; if the HSE South Region refer a person to a different HSE region for respite care; if any reciprocal agreements are currently in place between HSE regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41717/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
Billy Kelleher
553. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if lyme disease sufferers are eligible for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Speech and Language Therapy
Pat Deering
554. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the steps he has put in place and the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting time for speech therapy in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive reported in May of this year that 653 young persons were waiting between nineteen and thirty nine months in Carlow/Kilkenny [41751/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Home Help Service Provision
Billy Timmins
555. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding correspondence from the Health Service Executive Bray to recipients of the home care cash grant informing them that this grant is to be reduced by 10% effective immediately in order for the HSE to operate within its financial allocation from Government in 2012; if this decision will be reversed in view of the essential services that the grant is used to pay for, that is, to enable persons to remain in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41752/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Hospital Staff Issues
Terence Flanagan
556. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding hospital consultants roster arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41811/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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General Medical Services Scheme Administration
David Stanton
557. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health regarding the GP GMS capitation contracts, if any procedure exists whereby when a medical card holder dies the Exchequer can recoup part of the capitation paid to a general practitioner in respect of this person for a full year; the procedures in place for general practitioners to notify the Health Service Executive and his Department of a death of a medical card holder for whom they receive a capitation payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41817/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Home Help Service Provision
Billy Kelleher
558. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41850/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Billy Kelleher
559. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has instructed as part of cost cutting measures that he, the Health Service Executive and State agencies under his remit to use their own offices or facilities owned by the State to conduct meetings, hold press conferences, launches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41853/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Hospital Consultants Remuneration
Billy Kelleher
560. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the implications of the new conditions salary levels for a person who is currently in a post as a consultant temporary at the 156k level, if they are appointed to a permanent position in the near future will they be on the old or new pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41855/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Speech and Language Therapy
Derek Keating
561. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment with a speech therapist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare [41859/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Hospital Consultants Remuneration
Billy Kelleher
562. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consultants are paid for periods when their specialty unit beds are closed over extended holiday period or for any other reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41862/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Primary Care Centres Expenditure
Patrick Nulty
563. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of proposed primary care centres that have been designated to be built by means of one hundred per cent State capital funding; the date on which construction will commence in each case; his policy regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41866/12]