Written Answers Nos. 694-713
694. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the agency spend at St. James's Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date for 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35098/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
695. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the level of drugs expenditure in the health budget in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the percentage of the health budget spent on drugs in each of those years, in tabular form. [35102/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
696. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the level of high tech orphan drugs expenditure in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the percentage of the drugs budget spent on high tech orphan drugs in each of those years, in tabular form [35103/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
697. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the way in which the State's expenditure on high tech orphan drugs in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 compares to the EU average on both a per capita basis and in terms of a proportion of both health spending and drugs expenditure. [35104/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
698. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours can be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35105/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
699. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 6 July 2017, the funding made available in 2016 and to date in 2017, for the expansion of access to 20-week anomaly scans. [35107/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to this particular query, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
700. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans to construct a maternity hospital at St. James's Hospital Dublin; if planning permission has been sought or granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35114/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs announced in June 2015, the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital will relocate in time to the St James's campus, achieving tri-location of adult, paediatric and maternity services. The National Maternity Strategy, published in January 2016, reaffirms the delivery of tri-located maternity services on the campus with the new children's hospital and St James's Hospital. A site for the proposed maternity hospital is identified in the Site Master Plan for the St James's campus, and the new children's hospital design has incorporated the required operational links with both maternity and adult hospitals.
While the construction of the new maternity hospital on the campus will not commence until the new children’s hospital is completed, consideration will be given to the work required to progress the new maternity hospital design. As the project is at a very early development stage, planning permission has not yet been sought.
701. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery. [35115/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
702. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35121/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
703. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics is nine staff short of the number of staff its director is of the view it requires; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35124/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the HSE has responsibility for this matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this issue.
704. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35131/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
705. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reason a payment under the cross-border directive has not been made to a person (details supplied). [35138/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare in Ireland. In line with practice in other EU Member States, the HSE, through the National Contact Point (NCP) office, provides information for patients on the Cross-Border Directive on its website - http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/schemes/cbd/ - and also by phone. The principal function of the NCP (which is the mechanism specified under the Directive for the dissemination of information on the Directive by Member States) is to facilitate exchange of information for patients concerning their rights and entitlements relating to receiving health care in another Member State, in particular the terms and conditions for reimbursement of cost and the procedures for accessing and determining those entitlements.
The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
706. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to include a helipad at a proposed hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35144/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy may wish to be aware that there is a helipad available already on the Tallaght Hospital Campus.
707. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 795 and 797 of 20 June 2017, if replies will issue without further delay. [35146/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have asked the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the previous parliamentary questions asked.
708. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) will be allocated a bed in St. Mary's, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [35154/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
710. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions received by his Department in the past three years to date in 2017; the number of parliamentary questions his Department has referred to the HSE for direct answer, by year, in tabular form; the number of questions received and referred to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35157/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Total PQs Processed |
HSE Referral |
|
Up to 24 July 2017 |
7615 |
5569 |
|
2016 |
8199 |
5813 |
|
2015 |
8033 |
5258 |
711. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the status of the approval and provision of the drug Translarna for the treatment of persons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [35162/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.
712. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health when section 14 of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35172/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraSection 14 of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014, which relates to training in the use of sunbeds by sunbed business operators or their employees, is still under consideration by my Department.
713. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in CHO area 9; the number of general practitioners that are due to retire in CHO area 9 over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35173/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
