Parliamentary questions

General Practitioner Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

168. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of out-of-pocket payments by the public to general practitioners and out-of-pocket payments for medications in each of the past five years. [9529/15]

Health Services Expenditure

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

169. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of out-of-pocket payments by the public to allied health professionals including physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists in each of the past five years. [9530/15]

Dental Services Expenditure

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

170. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of funding of dentistry services over the past three years; the percentage that was funded by out-of-pocket payments; and the percentage that was funded by general taxation in each of the said years. [9531/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

171. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the envisaged basket of care for universal health insurance; what this will include; if an average cost to the public has been calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9532/15]

Community Welfare Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

197. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Migraine Association of Ireland's appeal to Pobal will be granted; when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9425/15]

Physical Education

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

137. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the report, Schools Fitness Challenge 2015, that shows that a high number of 15 to 16 year old boys show early onset of heart disease; her plans to counter this; if sport and exercise for primary school children will be further promoted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7696/15]

Health Services Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

361. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the Health Service Executive health care workers who despite being on contracts for a certain number of hours per week will get hours deducted if some of the persons they are looking after are taken into respite care or into hospital; if the executive can guarantee a certain amount of hours per week for these health care workers and ensure that all will have the full complement to work each week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/15]

Primary Care Centres Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

377. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the spend on primary care centres to date; the spend that is yet to be made; the international examples upon which the roll-out of primary care centres was based; if there have been difficulties in achieving this, including recruitment of health professionals to posts in these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8819/15]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

385. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the subsistence being paid to those medically treated outside the State and to the family members accompanying them; if this will be reinstated in view of the significant financial costs to patients and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8914/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

393. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8952/15]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

395. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if a reimbursement, applied for under the drugs payment scheme, will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [8963/15]

Organ Donation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

439. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding organ donation here; the stage legislation for a soft opt-out system is at; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9329/15]

Health Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

445. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the current supports available in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/15]

HSE Investigations

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

456. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 138 and 139 of 29 January 2015 if he will provide details of the appropriate actions taken, as referred to in the reply, and stated to be in compliance with regulations and national standards; if he will highlight the relevant points of compliance, vis-à-vis the actions taken; the date on which he referred the matter, addressed in the parliamentary questions, to the Health Service Executive for investigation, under the terms of the national policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable persons at risk of abuse; the designated reporting person in this case; when and to whom that person will report; if the report will be made available to the siblings and next of kin of the persons who are the subject of the report; the reason that the next of kin were neither contacted nor consulted regarding their vulnerable relatives' experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9376/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

457. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting lists for consultant neurological review in Cavan hospital; the current allocation of consultant neurologists; the way this compares to the national target per area and population; if a full-time neurologist will be appointed in view of the current waiting list length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9377/15]

Community Care

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

537. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Migraine Association of Ireland will be funded by the SSNO; if a decision has been made on their appeal; when this will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8732/15]

Community Care

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

541. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if extension of funding for the 12 neurological charities will issue; if any other decision has been made; when this will be the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9380/15]

Universal Health Insurance Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

2. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his views on the report by the World Health Organization, WHO, that has raised concerns regarding the Government's plan to introduce universal health insurance, UHI, and mentions European examples where insurer competition has proved ineffective in improving efficiency and controlling costs, including the fact that no country has been identified in which costs went down on the introduction of such a model based on competing insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

5. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the review of the funding of the fair deal scheme; if there are plans to charge older persons more for their care under the scheme; the percentage of assets and income planned to be taken; if a further proportion of the funding will come from the public purse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

19. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the roll-out of free general practitioner care for the whole population; and his views on reports that it is to be delayed by three years, or more; the stage the negotiation regarding free general practitioner care for children under six years of age is currently at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7970/15]