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Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Gerry Adams
191. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of patients from County Louth currently waiting to be seen at an outpatient clinic for the first time [40859/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Hospital Equipment
Gerry Adams
1504. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps now in operation at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. [37041/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Hospital Equipment
Gerry Adams
1505. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for children to be fitted with insulin pumps at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [37042/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Provision
Gerry Adams
1506. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be fitted with an insulin pump. [37043/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Staff
Gerry Adams
1507. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if a care provider (details supplied) in County Louth was engaged by the Health Service Executive to train staff; the reason the training was outsourced; its cost; and his views on whether such practices are cost effective considering that most HSE training takes place within HSE facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37044/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Staff
Gerry Adams
1508. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if, as a result of budget constraints, some Health Service Executive staff are no longer rostered to work on weekends and that instead agency staff are hired to plug these gaps; and the cost or saving implications of measures such as these. [37045/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Staff Issues
Gerry Adams
1682. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1298 of 18 April 2012, if the two posts in the Rian counselling service in the Health Service Executive north east area have been appointed and if staff are now in position. [37906/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Hospital Services
Gerry Adams
1683. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he has been in contact with management of a hospital (details supplied) in County Louth and-or Louth County Hospital in Dundalk in relation to implementing cutbacks or reductions in services which will affect patients between now and the end of 2012; the services that will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37907/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Staff Issues
Gerry Adams
1687. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the report into the circumstances pertaining to the death of a person (details supplied) in County Louth were implemented in full; if any of the decisions announced by the Health Service Executive recently with respect to cuts in agency staffing and overtime hours compromise the implementation of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38025/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Hospital Staff Issues
Gerry Adams
1688. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown, including details on the position, role and grade of staff, the number of posts cut from each of the Louth-Meath hospitals as a result of the Health Service Executive decision to cut back on agency staff and overtime hours. [38026/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Provision
Gerry Adams
1689. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all measures being undertaken to cut costs in the Louth-Meath area, including details on the likely impact on health service users of these measures. [38027/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Provision
Gerry Adams
1690. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the risk assessments carried out in relation to decisions by the Health Service Executive to introduce cost cutting measures including the elimination of agency staff and cuts to overtime in the Louth Meath hospital group. [38028/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Provision
Gerry Adams
1694. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if any reductions in services in mothers' and children's services in the Louth-Meath hospital group are planned as part of the cost-cutting plans between now and the end of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38073/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Staff Issues
Gerry Adams
1695. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a month-by-month breakdown in tabular form of the number of exemptions granted to the recruitment embargo for each Health Service Executive region since March 2011. [38074/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Eating Disorders
Gerry Adams
1704. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the supports or treatments available to persons suffering from bulimia nervosa here; the number of places available in the State to treat patients suffering from bulimia; the number of persons on waiting lists for such treatment; the timeframe patients are on waiting lists before they receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38120/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Eating Disorders
Gerry Adams
1705. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Meath is currently on a waiting list for admittance to a treatment programme for bulimia nervosa; the supports in place or that are being put in place to ensure they get the treatment they require; and the timeframe they will be waiting before they are admitted to a treatment programme. [38121/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
Gerry Adams
1743. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list to be fitted with an insulin pump in the Health Service Executive North East region. [38397/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
Gerry Adams
1744. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the length of time children currently have to wait to be fitted with an insulin pump from when they first go on the waiting list. [38398/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
Gerry Adams
1745. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each Health Service Executive region for children to be fitted with an insulin pump from when they first go on a waiting list. [38399/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
Gerry Adams
1749. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children State wide on waiting lists to be fitted with insulin pumps [38408/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Pharmacy Regulations
Gerry Adams
1756. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if there are loopholes which allow a pharmacist who has been struck off from practising as a pharmacist in the North to be allowed to work as a pharmacist in the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38452/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Departmental Staff Training
Gerry Adams
1758. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38487/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Infectious Diseases Incidence
Gerry Adams
1759. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 15 March 2012 if he has commissioned a report in relation to an outbreak of Clostridium Difficile at a hospital (details supplied) in County Louth in 2010; if that report has been completed; if the report has been forwarded to him; the outcome and findings of that report; if any patient deaths were related or linked to the outbreak; and if so, the number of same; if the report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38503/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Expenditure
Gerry Adams
1765. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of how the €130 million in cuts announced by the Health Service Executive in late August will affect the HSE north east region; the services that will be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38562/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Health Services Expenditure
Gerry Adams
1766. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the date on which he signed off on the decision to cut a further €130 million worth of services between September and the end of 2012; and if he will provide the timeline of events. [38563/12]