Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Gerry Adams

364. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the way the provision for persons to seek a referral to the treatment abroad scheme is applied, where persons are experiencing undue delay in accessing necessary treatments; if he will indicate how long the undue delay, and the criteria applied by the referring consultant, with regard to potential deterioration in the condition of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6821/15]

Medical Records

Gerry Adams

401. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will locate and furnish the coroner's report, inquest report and medical notes in the case of a person from Drogheda (details supplied) who died in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 1981, given that the person's family has been informed that none of the aforementioned notes can be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7127/15]

Health Services Provision

Gerry Adams

393. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if the diabetes watch programme has been discontinued nationally and in County Louth; the alternatives that have been put in place for chiropody services for diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5498/15]

Care Services Provision

Gerry Adams

429. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the availability of supports to family carers in County Louth; if the Health Service Executive currently funds in-home respite care in the county; the agencies that provide such support; if there are any other supports specifically designed to provide the family carer a break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4527/15]

Hospitals Funding

Gerry Adams

634. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by year since 2010 of the budgets for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Louth County Hospital. [1247/15]

Hospitals Funding

Gerry Adams

635. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the projected budget deficit for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, for 2015. [1248/15]

Hospitals Funding

Gerry Adams

636. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the projected budget deficit for Louth County Hospital for 2015. [1249/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

637. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for patients attending outpatient clinics in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and in Louth County Hospital. [1250/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

638. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting to be seen for the first time at outpatient clinics in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Louth County Hospital. [1251/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

639. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of beds available in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Louth County Hospital each year from 2010. [1252/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

640. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of beds closed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital each year since 2010. [1253/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

641. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of beds closed in Louth County Hospital each year since 2010. [1254/15]

Home Help Service Expenditure

Gerry Adams

642. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the financial cuts to the home help budget covering County Louth each year since 2010. [1255/15]

Home Help Service Expenditure

Gerry Adams

643. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours available to patients in County Louth each year since 2010. [1256/15]

Home Help Service Expenditure

Gerry Adams

644. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages available in County Louth each year since 2010. [1257/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

645. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in County Louth each year since 2010. [1258/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

646. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the location of respite beds in County Louth each year since 2010. [1259/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

647. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of long-stay beds in County Louth each year since 2010 and their location. [1260/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

648. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of step-down beds available in County Louth, by location and in each year since 2010. [1261/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

649. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of step-down beds available in the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [1262/15]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

650. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [1263/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Gerry Adams

651. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the promised 100-bed unit for elderly patients announced in 2012 for St. Mary’s Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [1264/15]

Primary Care Centres

Gerry Adams

652. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the primary care centre for north Drogheda, its proposed role and the services to be provided. [1265/15]

Hospitals Building Programme

Gerry Adams

653. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the refurbishment work carried out and to be carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [1266/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

436. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe for the 17 patients currently on the active waiting list for bariatric surgery at St Vincent's University Hospital. [47902/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

437. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm a timeframe for the 202 patients currently awaiting clinical validation, in view of the fact that clinical validation is carried out within a six-month timeframe of a possible surgery date. [47903/14]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Gerry Adams

500. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 30 September 2014, if he will confirm that St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth, will receive promised funding of €750,000 to facilitate a capital build project to ensure the hospital's compliance with Health Information and Quality Authority standards. [48289/14]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Gerry Adams

428. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been waiting more than ten months for cataract surgery; if hospitals may send individuals for treatment abroad in circumstances where they have been waiting in excess of the eight-month maximum wait time target; if this person may be considered for such action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46254/14]

Hospitals Data

Gerry Adams

352. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons who suffered attacks of anaphylaxis during the past year; the number of these attacks that have resulted in hospitalisation; the average duration of hospital stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43753/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Gerry Adams

353. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding the number of persons prescribed Epipen; the figure for Epipen out of stocks; and the number of product recalls over the past year [43754/14]

HSE Properties

Gerry Adams

406. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if a premises (details supplied) in County Louth has been rented by the Health Service Executive; if this premises is being used to provide residential services to young offenders; if planning permission is in place for this change of use; if this premises adheres to fire regulations; the community consultation that has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Gerry Adams

136. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2014 and applied for a medical card in advance of chemotherapy which began on 4 August 2014; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that representation was made to the primary care reimbursement service on behalf of this person, regarding the provision of an emergency medical card in the absence of a decision on their discretionary medical card; if he will examine this application both for emergency and discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43442/14]

Health Services Access

Gerry Adams

176. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who requires associated equipment for a prosthesis; if he is aware that this constituent is not due for an appointment with his consultant for some months and if he will make alternative arrangements for this person to obtain the necessary equipment as soon as possible [42576/14]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

177. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital three times within the past year suffering from abdominal pain; and if he will examine and provide an update on this case. [42578/14]

Addiction Treatment Services

Gerry Adams

672. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the residential addiction treatment facilities available to people living in counties Louth, Meath, Monaghan and Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41427/14]

Medical Card Applications

Gerry Adams

764. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41938/14]

Medical Card Reviews

Gerry Adams

797. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) whose medical card was removed and replaced with a GP visit card; and if she will expedite an early decision. [42112/14]

Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments

Gerry Adams

820. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that within the Primary Care Reimbursement Service any medical evidence submitted by an applicant must be dated within three months of an application being submitted; his views that this evidence is received from consultants and specialists and can take some time for an applicant to gather; his further views that this practise causes undue difficulty for an applicant with serious medical conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42268/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Gerry Adams

422. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not been restored in respect of a person (details supplied) with diabetes who had the card withdrawn in June 2013 in view of the assurance to restore discretionary medical cards. [40033/14]

Nursing Home Services

Gerry Adams

150. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the budget for services for older persons in County Louth; if he will confirm whether nursing care beds for older persons are currently being rented from the National Health Service in Northern Ireland; in the event that such beds are being rented, if he will provide a costing for same and rationale for the reduction in long-term care beds at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth and Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39511/14]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

152. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide financial data for the cost savings, not including staff reductions and removal of services, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth, and St. Oliver Plunkett Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth, over the period 2011 to 2013 associated with the implementation of the national energy efficiency action plan. [39514/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Gerry Adams

311. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures by county for persons currently being considered for reinstatement of discretionary medical cards; if he will provide figures by county for discretionary medical cards returned to date; the eligibility criteria and guidelines used in assessing eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37677/14]

Departmental Schemes

Gerry Adams

312. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his plans to honour previous commitments made to develop an appropriate scheme to replace the mobility allowance scheme and motorised transport grant which were discontinued almost two years ago; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of these schemes to those who cannot access public transport, the fact that many persons would benefit hugely from the assistance afforded by those schemes; the progress made in the development of new schemes; if he will provide a timeframe for the introduction of a new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37696/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Gerry Adams

321. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth who was issued a temporary medical card in July 2013 which was withdrawn in November 2013 and replaced with a GP visit card; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a resubmitted application, following the birth of a sibling was also refused; if he will review this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37783/14]

Medical Card Applications

Gerry Adams

327. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been diagnosed with significant medical conditions and whose medical card was withdrawn in April 2014; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this person made a new application and has now been asked to submit additional financial information and furnish information from UK Pensions Office which they believe should already be on file; if he will review this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37796/14]

Medical Card Applications

Gerry Adams

328. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth where a medical card was withdrawn in October 2013; if he will examine the possibility of reinstating this medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/14]

Health Services

Gerry Adams

376. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if changes have been made to the way appointments are scheduled in respect of trigger point injections for pain management; if an appointment for treatment will be scheduled in respect of person (details supplied) in County Louth noting that this person is in severe pain and has been awaiting treatment for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38108/14]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Gerry Adams

380. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided for a total knee replacement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the current waiting times for such surgeries in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38150/14]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Gerry Adams

351. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive's commitments to allocate €750,000 in capital investment to upgrade a hospital (details supplied) in County Louth to meet Health Information and Quality Authority standards; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this work was to be completed by 2015; if he will provide a progress update on this refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36603/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Gerry Adams

422. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the drug Fampyra and its benefits to sufferers of multiple sclerosis; if the Health Service Executive plans to license the drug here; if the HSE will provide for Fampyra on the medical card or serious illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36951/14]