Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Records

Clare Daly

47. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will describe in detail the Access to Institution and Related Records project established in 2002; and if he will provide the number of name entries in the name database created as part of the project. [26881/14]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent medical report in The Lancet which found that fluoride was a neurotoxin, if he will immediately move to cease adding it to our water supply. [26448/14]

Medicinal Products Prices

Clare Daly

631. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive pays in excess of €2 billion for drugs used by medical card holders; and the checks in place to ensure that these persons are being appropriately charged by their pharmacy. [25353/14]

Medicinal Products Prices

Clare Daly

636. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason massive price variations exist in prices of generic drugs between different pharmacies; and the action his Department is taking to ensure that those availing of the drug reimbursement scheme are not paying over the odds. [25368/14]

Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding health care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23561/14]

Appointments to State Boards

Clare Daly

718. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to change the procedure in the Irish Medical Council whereby those on the board are persons who previously worked in the medical establishments to whom persons are often making complaints; and how he proposes to make it more accountable and transparent. [22164/14]

Health Insurance Claims

Clare Daly

743. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a VHI policy was used to pay a consultant who did not in fact visit or tend to the patient in any way. [22340/14]

Health Insurance Claims

Clare Daly

744. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the remedy available to persons who have made a claim or who believe that medical practitioners fraudulently claimed for expenses in relation to their case; the action they can take regarding same; and his plans to reform the system. [22341/14]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

824. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 28 of 14 May 2014 and No. 212 of 26 March 2014, now that he has established for us that the What’s Up Mum website is a private business enterprise, and in view of the fact that it fails to mention the full range of publicly-funded maternity services which are midwife-led, which services contribute to a reduction in the rate of caesareans now at an unacceptably high level in this country as revealed in two recent rigorous Irish pieces of research, if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to remove its endorsement of this website which signally fails to present current international best evidence on pregnancy and birth. [22739/14]

Medical Card Reviews

Clare Daly

861. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had their medical card withdrawn on the basis of failing to respond to a review letter, even though they did not receive a letter, but a letter was sent to their spouse; his views on whether it is policy to contact the person directly, or if contacting a member of the household is deemed acceptable; and, if so, whether this is a breach of privacy. [22917/14]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

877. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when and the way he and the Health Service Executive will provide funding to clear the backlog of a waiting list for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown weight management clinic. [22968/14]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

878. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to his commitment when will the waiting list for bariatric surgery be reduced to one year. [22969/14]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Clare Daly

906. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 25 February 2014, with regard to the refusal to cover Fampridine tablets under the reimbursement scheme, if he will revisit the decision in view of the serious benefit it was providing for MS sufferers and the fact that to get the drug is now costing them almost €400 per month. [23097/14]

Tobacco Control Measures

Clare Daly

907. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been undertaken in relation to the impact that his proposals to deal with tobacco will have on the 60 family businesses engaged in the tobacco vending business and the 145 people employed in the area. [23098/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Clare Daly

930. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will amend the Health Act 1970 in order to ensure that children are automatically entitled to a medical card upon being diagnosed with a serious illness or congenital condition. [23249/14]

Social Workers Register

Clare Daly

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of social workers who have not had their applications processed by CORU, but are still operating as social workers; if any of these persons have been involved in court proceeding especially with regard to important family law cases and had their lack of qualifications been made available to the court. [21946/14]

Social Workers Register

Clare Daly

239. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in relation to the persons who applied to the CORU but could not be processed while awaiting a professional competence assessment, if they continue to operate as social workers or were they put on gardening leave and were their activities covered by professional liability for the practice. [21947/14]

Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments

Clare Daly

243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive's PCRS will engage in full consultation with patients, specialist nurses and manufacturers of stoma pouches and management products, as not all patient associations representing persons needing to use stoma management products have been contacted in relation to the HSE review, and recognise that access to a full range of high quality, innovative stoma pouches and stoma management products is essential in order that persons can live as normal a life as possible and discreetly manage their stoma care. [21972/14]

Health Services

Clare Daly

28. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 26 March 2014, the reason the Health Service Executive has been permitted to endorse the website of a private company regarding maternity services here (details supplied), which fails to mention the existence of publicly-funded evidence-based midwifery-led care and midwifery led units, and instead promotes the views of obstetricians with private practices, and which does not contribute to informed decision-making on behalf of pregnant women when it signally fails to conform to international research evidence on a range of issues such as pain management. [21141/14]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 813 of 30 April 2014 and in respect of the Health Service Executive service plan, in which he stated that the plan was based on the dual challenge of protecting patient outcomes and reducing costs, the reason midwifery-led maternity care is not being promoted as the best option for safety and cost. [21142/14]