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Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Prescriptions Charges
Louise O'Reilly
135. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of lowering the drug payment scheme monthly limit from €144 to €132; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15117/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Medical Card Expenditure
Louise O'Reilly
136. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of extending a medical card to all children who are in receipt of a payment under the domiciliary care allowance scheme. [15120/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Medicinal Products Expenditure
Louise O'Reilly
137. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year savings of immediately setting the ex-factory price for new pharmaceuticals, subject to patent protection, at the price in the lowest priced comparator member state of the European Union. [15121/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Medicinal Products Expenditure
Louise O'Reilly
138. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year savings that would be realised by immediately introducing generic substitutions for the 60 most commonly used off-patent medications, excluding anti-epileptic drugs, based on reference pricing at 70% below the branded equivalent, by cost and by volume. [15122/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Medicinal Products Expenditure
Louise O'Reilly
139. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year savings that would be realised from sourcing the 20 most expensive and the 20 most common on-patent pharmaceuticals from the European Union member state with the lowest cost for the drug, by parallel import. [15123/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Health Services Staff Data
Louise O'Reilly
140. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten community physiotherapists and hospital physiotherapists at entry level, at the levels of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15125/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Health Services Staff Data
Louise O'Reilly
141. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten speech and language therapists at entry level, at the levels of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15126/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Health Services Staff Data
Louise O'Reilly
142. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten occupational therapists, at entry level, at the levels of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15127/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Hospital Staff Data
Louise O'Reilly
143. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten consultants averaged across the specialties and experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15128/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Ambulance Service Data
Louise O'Reilly
144. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing and equipping one ambulance with its complement of personnel and support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15129/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Health Services Staff Data
Louise O'Reilly
145. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of ten suicide crisis assessment nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15130/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Nursing Staff
Louise O'Reilly
146. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten liaison nurses in emergency departments in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15131/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Nursing Staff
Louise O'Reilly
147. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten suicide crisis assessment nurses at entry level; and at the levels of five years’ experience; and at ten years’ experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15132/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Nursing Staff
Louise O'Reilly
148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten liaison nurses in emergency departments in hospitals, at entry level, at the level of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15133/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Nursing Staff
Louise O'Reilly
149. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten midwives in emergency departments in hospitals at entry level, at the levels of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15134/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Medical Card Expenditure
Louise O'Reilly
150. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full-year average cost of granting a person a medical card including the care, services and medications that it entails on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15135/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Dental Services Waiting Lists
Louise O'Reilly
151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for dental assessment and screening between six and eight years and between nine and 11 years of age. [15137/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Dental Services Expenditure
Louise O'Reilly
152. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on the public dental service in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date. [15138/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Orthodontic Services Data
Louise O'Reilly
153. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for orthodontic treatment by HSE area in 2008 and at present. [15139/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Dental Services
Louise O'Reilly
154. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the vocational training scheme in dentistry which was paused in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15140/16]