Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mental Health Guidelines

Simon Harris

806. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health when he expects A Vision for Change to be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1018/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Simon Harris

807. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent inpatient beds available in psychiatric hospitals for young persons experiencing mental health difficulties; the location of these inpatient beds; the number of inpatient beds at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1019/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Simon Harris

808. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to provide mental health services in the community; what such services consist of; in which locations and primary care centres mental health services are now provided; the number of Health Service Executive employed staff now working in this area; the number that are expected to be recruited in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1020/14]

Mental Health Services Funding

Simon Harris

809. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if the €35 million in ring-fenced funding for the development of mental health services in budget 2012 and the further €35 million in ring-fenced funding in this area in budget 2013 has now been fully spent in this area; the way this €35 million in 2012 and the €35 million in 2013 was spent; the number of additional staff that have now been employed in the delivery of mental health services as a result of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1021/14]

Medical Card Applications

Lucinda Creighton

810. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1029/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Tom Fleming

811. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question of 19 September 2013, if he will provide a detailed up-to-date progress report on the new cystic fibrosis unit at Cork University Hospital; if he will honour the commitment given to Build4Life that eight beds will be ring-fenced for adults with cystic fibrosis out of the 20-bed respiratory unit in CUH, along with a dedicated cystic fibrosis team; if he will take into consideration the fact that Build4Life has raised €2.3 million for this unit; if he will accept that would be an outrage if the funds raised by this voluntary group were not invested in the specific project for which they were intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1033/14]

Parliamentary Questions

Tom Fleming

812. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update to a parliamentary question submitted in June 2013, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1036/14]

National Carers Strategy Status

Simon Harris

813. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national carers strategy; if he will also provide in tabular form a list of the recommendations and actions contained within the strategy; the current status of each such recommendation or action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/14]

HSE Funding

Simon Harris

814. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form of all organisations receiving funding under section 39 of the Health Act; the amount received by each organisation in each of the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive; the amount they will receive in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1057/14]

HSE Funding

Simon Harris

815. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form of all organisations receiving funding under section 38 of the Health Act; the amount received by each organisation in each of the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive; the amount they will receive in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1058/14]

HSE Funding

Simon Harris

816. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any discussions he has had with officials in his Department or in the Health Service Executive relating to the funding of organisations under section 38 or section 39 of the Health Act; his views on corporate governance structures within these organisations and across the voluntary health and disability sector as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1059/14]

Hospital Facilities

Simon Harris

817. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the amount of public funding provided by his Department to build, extend or renovate St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; the year in which any such funding was provided; the specific purpose of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1060/14]

Hospital Facilities

Simon Harris

818. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if his Department was made aware by a hospital or health care group of its intention to use one hospital facility (details supplied) as financial collateral for the development of a private hospital; when it was made aware of this; if any record exists in his Department relating to this matter; if his Department consented at official or ministerial level to such an arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1061/14]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Simon Harris

819. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if any records exist in his Department in relation to senior executives or managers in organisations receiving funding under section 38 of the Health Act seeking sanction to be paid above the agreed salary with the Department or latterly the Health Service Executive between the years 1997 and the present day; if he will provide details of any such records which his Department may have; if he will ask the HSE to also check their records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1062/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Finian McGrath

820. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the emergency mental health services available during the Christmas and new year season for an adult who is under enormous stress and possibly suicidal. [1067/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Finian McGrath

821. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with a major disability is not receiving a medical card. [1071/14]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

822. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite and award full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will take into consideration the compelling medical evidence and the fact that the person suffered a stroke and is in urgent need of a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1075/14]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Eoghan Murphy

823. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on making Health Service Executive salaries public knowledge, perhaps on a relevant website, as is the case for PLCs. [1079/14]

Home Care Packages

Dan Neville

824. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be considered for an increase in home help hours with immediate effect under the home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1088/14]

Hospital Facilities

Simon Harris

825. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive provided funding for the building of a car park at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4; the amount of funding provided; the overall cost of the project; the year that the building work took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1090/14]

Medical Card Reviews

Robert Troy

826. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) is taking so long to process in the client registration unit. [1092/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

827. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive and management of Cork University Hospital did not keep a commitment to allocate eight designated cystic fibrosis beds in a 20-bed ward which is being fully funded by a Kerry charity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1097/14]

Health Insurance Prices

Michael Healy-Rae

828. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason for his proposals to introduce a loyalty bonus for long-standing customers with regard to health insurance; if this will increase the cost and penalise older people by making them pay a higher annual premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1101/14]

Hospice Services

Simon Harris

829. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the position on plans for a hospice in a county (details supplied); if funding is in place for the provision of this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1107/14]

Misuse of Drugs

Jack Wall

830. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health his views in regard to a submission (details supplied) on the liberalisation of cannabis laws here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1110/14]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

831. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1123/14]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

832. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the expansion of the BreastCheck programme to women aged 65 to 69 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1126/14]

HIQA Issues

Michael Healy-Rae

833. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the implementation of Health Information and Quality Authority standards in community hospitals caring for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1127/14]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

834. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the persons in the Rotunda Hospital in receipt of a top-up payment and the amount of same according to the recent Health Service Executive audit. [1131/14]

Hospital Staff Data

Clare Daly

835. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in the context of the Health Service Executive commissioned KPMG study of the three Dublin maternity hospitals in 2009, which stated they were a total of 293 staff short of what is required by best international standards for safety; the midwifery staff numbers in 2009 for each of the three hospitals; and the current numbers of midwifery staff. [1132/14]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

836. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the current starting salary for a newly qualified midwife. [1133/14]

HSE Expenditure

Finian McGrath

837. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the special delivery unit; the way the €900,000 allocated was spent; the reason a hospital (details supplied) gets most of the funding when other small hospitals do not; and the criteria used for allocation of the funding. [1157/14]

Hospital Appointment Delays

Gerry Adams

838. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive an appointment in Waterford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1173/14]

Maternity Services

Thomas Pringle

839. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the situation whereby the majority of maternity units are not routinely scanning pregnant women for foetal abnormalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1176/14]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Gerry Adams

840. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the time at which the first call was received in reference to a stabbing incident in Drogheda at Rathmullan Park on New Year's Day; the number of subsequent calls that were received and the time of same; the location from which the ambulance was dispatched to deal with this incident; the ambulances that were available in the north-east region on New Year's Day to deal with this incident and where they were stationed; the time a person (details supplied) was admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the inquiry or investigation that is taking place into the response of the emergency services to this incident; the optimum time for ambulance cover to reach a patient in the north-east region; if the ambulance arrived on scene; the time at which the ambulance was cancelled; the existing ambulance cover availability for County Louth; where ambulances and emergency vehicles are stationed; and the times at which they are operational. [1179/14]

Medical Card Data

Charlie McConalogue

841. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when the legislation will be passed which will allow families with children aged five years and under to apply for a GP medical card as announced in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1183/14]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

842. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1230/14]

Medical Card Appeals

Bernard Durkan

843. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1231/14]

Dispensing Fees

Michael Healy-Rae

844. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding dispensing of medicines in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1236/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Michael McCarthy

845. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the provision of enhanced hospital facilities and other essential services for patients with cystic fibrosis in Cork University Hospital; the progress made to date in developing an adult cystic fibrosis unit and enhanced paediatric cystic fibrosis facilities on site; and when it is expected that work will commence on same. [1238/14]

Health Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

846. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when an appointment with the Health Service Executive early intervention services will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1241/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

847. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is covered under their parents' medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1243/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Noel Harrington

848. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health the progress made on providing ring-fenced beds for adult cystic fibrosis patients in Cork University Hospital; his plans for the development of facilities for all cystic fibrosis patients in the Cork and south west region in the period from 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1244/14]

Tobacco Control Measures

Michael Healy-Rae

849. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to formulate and publish a policy document on electronic cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1255/14]

Dental Services Provision

Denis Naughten

850. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to the Topical Issue debate of 18 December 2013, if he has received a response from the Health Service Executive; if he will now hold an independent investigation into all of the circumstances surrounding this case and its handling by HSE management; the steps taken to trace patients of both the public and private dental clinics involved; if he can reassure patients that there is no infection risk as a result of this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1257/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Tom Fleming

851. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will make additional resources available and appoint additional occupational therapists and speech and language therapists for children with autism and special needs in County Kerry between the age of 0 and 18 years; if he will take into consideration that there are cases in the county in which occupational therapists are working a two and a half day week, looking after up to 250 clients; if he will provide a detailed report in respect of the additional resources and services that he will make available for young adults over 18 years of age with autism and special needs in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1276/14]

Health Services Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

852. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding occupational therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1279/14]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Catherine Byrne

853. Deputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the impending closure of the mobile BreastCheck unit in Crumlin; his plans to replace this service for women in Crumlin, Kilmainham, the south inner city and surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1289/14]

Medical Card Appeals

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

854. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [1301/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Michael McGrath

855. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position concerning a matter at Cork University Hospital (details supplied); the current status of the project; if he will intervene to resolve the current dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1305/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Timmy Dooley

856. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of hours of rostered cover on a daily basis at each ambulance location in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1306/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Timmy Dooley

857. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of on-call hours provided for at each ambulance base in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1307/14]

Ambulance Service Staff

Timmy Dooley

858. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of personnel employed in the ambulance service in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1308/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Timmy Dooley

859. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of operational ambulance vehicles deployed in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1309/14]

HSE Staffing

Dara Calleary

860. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 on the hiring of private investigators to monitor the movements of HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1310/14]

Family Support Services

Jack Wall

861. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health if a position (details supplied) is correct in relation to a family's payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1311/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

862. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the ring-fencing of isolated beds in Cork University Hospital for cystic fibrosis patients; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Build4Life raised money for cystic fibrosis beds and now management wish the charity to hand over the money with no guarantee of cystic fibrosis beds; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cystic fibrosis patients are at constant risk of cross-infection due to exposure to the general hospital environment; and his plans to address this situation as a matter of urgency. [1317/14]

Primary Care Centre Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

863. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the disparity in the budget allocation for primary care as outlined in the 2013 and 2014 Health Service Executive service plans; the way the 2013 €400 million primary care allocation as set out in the 2013 service plan became €514 million as detailed in the 2014 service plan and was further revised to €727.3 million; if any services not previously bracketed under primary care are now being described as such and the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1321/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Fleming

864. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a knee replacement at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois under the primary targeting list, PTL, initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1327/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Ciara Conway

865. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update with a timeline on plans to ring-fence beds at Cork University Hospital for children with cystic fibrosis, for the provision of specialist day clinics and in patient beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1329/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Joe Carey

866. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if the medical condition Churg-Strauss syndrome is covered under the long-term illness scheme; if not, if consideration will be given to its inclusion as it is an extremely rare long-term medical condition with only two to five new cases per year per million people (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1331/14]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

867. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1332/14]

Pension Provisions

John McGuinness

868. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will review the pension payments dates for retired staff at St. James's Hospital, Dublin, with a view to reverting to the original arrangement for pension payments and the original dates for payment; if he will expedite the matter as it is causing concern and hardship for some pensioners who want the old arrangement restored and do not want to avail of a loan as has been suggested by the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1351/14]

Public Sector Pensions

Mary Lou McDonald

869. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and year on year, the occasions on which he has signed off on the awarding of added years to public sector workers between March 2011 and December 2013; the grade of the persons awarded the added years; and the number of added years awarded in each instance. [1362/14]

Appointments to State Boards

Mary Lou McDonald

870. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of commercial and non-commercial State agency board positions under the aegis of his Department filled between March 2011 and December 2013; the number of these positions that were publicly advertised; and the number of female appointments. [1378/14]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Mary Lou McDonald

871. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and year on year, the number of JobBridge interns taken on in his Department in 2013. [1394/14]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Mary Lou McDonald

872. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of positions in the Health Service Executive that have been filled in 2013 using the JobBridge internship scheme. [1409/14]

Departmental Correspondence

Finian McGrath

873. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied). [1416/14]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

874. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1419/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

875. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the curtailment in Beechpark services, including occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, which is having a serious affect on the ability of north Dublin schools to provide a proper service for the children under their care. [1427/14]

Pharmacy Services

Kevin Humphreys

876. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the recent incident (details supplied) is not repeated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1429/14]

Health Services Staff

Gerry Adams

877. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the unsatisfactory situation on Inishturk Island, County Mayo, where on occasions when the full-time public health nurse is absent residents of the island are not provided with a locum nurse (details supplied); in view of the fact that an absence of a locum nurse is contrary to his policy the action he will take to address this issue; his plans to have a locum nurse allocated to Inishturk when necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1445/14]

National Children's Hospital Status

Terence Flanagan

878. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of the new national children's hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1452/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Gerry Adams

879. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health in recognition of the fact that there are not enough nursing home beds available to meet the needs of the elderly in the Louth-Meath area; the reason the fair deal scheme is not transferable for long-term or temporary care in the North when patients can be funded for respite care in facilities in the North; the reason it became practice not to fund long-term care in the North; if he will consider providing funding for long term care in the North through the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1468/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Seamus Kirk

880. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health the manner in which farms are taken into account when assessing applications for the fair deal scheme; if family farms are treated the same as the family home or if there are other factors in play; if so, if he will provide the details of those factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1470/14]

HSE Investigations

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

881. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 26 November 2013, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [1488/14]

Hospital Facilities

Seán Kenny

882. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the roads access to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, for ambulances taking emergency patients to the hospital is adequate from a patient safety perspective. [1491/14]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

883. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of cardiology services in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1521/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Jack Wall

884. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1527/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Jack Wall

885. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1532/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Tom Fleming

886. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1558/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Denis Naughten

887. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to date by the National Ambulance Service on foot of a report on a series of incidents in Health Service Executive west presented to ambulance management by SIPTU; if he will confirm that such incidents are not presently happening with the service; the further steps to be taken on foot of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1560/14]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Seamus Kirk

888. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties of the ambulance service in Drogheda, County Louth, and the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1571/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Ciaran Lynch

889. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that funding raised by an independent charity is to be used to refurbish 20 isolation beds at Cork University Hospital and that there is an agreement in place (details supplied) that eight of these beds are to be ring-fenced for cystic fibrosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1572/14]

Orthodontic Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

890. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1599/14]

Orthodontic Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

891. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [1600/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Denis Naughten

892. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake an independent review of the mental health services in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1602/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Denis Naughten

893. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will review the policy whereby access to an acute mental health facility is determined by address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1603/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Michael McGrath

894. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug, anafranil, which is prescribed to patients with severe depression; and if he will confirm its continued availability here for patients who are taking it long term. [1605/14]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Joe McHugh

895. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that ambulance responses in County Donegal follow internal Health Service Executive guidelines or the pertinent Health Information and Quality Authority standards; if HIQA will set out its views on two relevant experiences (details supplied); if he will outline HSE plans to improve national consistency in response times. [1617/14]

Health Services

Joe McHugh

896. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the deliveries to date by public hospitals of targets that were set out by the special delivery unit; the rewards system that may apply in respect of the delivery or surpassing of targets set out by the special delivery unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1623/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Finian McGrath

897. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland in relation to funding for 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1646/14]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

898. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a specific timeframe for the transfer of the elderly day care service from Beaumont Hospital to St. Joseph’s, Raheny, Dublin 5; and if he will confirm that the new service in St. Joseph’s will operate five days per week. [1673/14]

Health Services Staff Data

Thomas P. Broughan

899. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 17 December 2013 if he will provide details of the various health professionals with a breakdown based on the profession of each person employed, engaged via a company (details supplied) by the Health Service Executive under the heading Allied Health Professionals in 2011, 2012 and 2013. [1675/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

900. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of early intervention teams for children in each local health area; the total number on each team; the numbers of children in each area waiting for an appointment with a team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1691/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

901. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1697/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Heather Humphreys

902. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the list of conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme; if he will provide serious consideration to including chronic conditions such as Crohn's disease under the scheme; the reason Crohn's disease is not currently covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1698/14]

Orthodontic Service Provision

Dominic Hannigan

903. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health for details on the latest update on the independent review of orthodontic services of orthodontic treatment in Navan hospital, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1705/14]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Sandra McLellan

904. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the eight beds promised for cystic fibrosis patients by Cork University hospital will be ring-fenced immediately, as he may be aware the charity Build4Life has raised €2.3 million which will fund 20 beds eight of which are to be specifically for cystic fibrosis patients; it is now alleged that the hospital want the charity to hand over the money with no guarantee of cystic fibrosis beds, if he will investigate the matter further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1713/14]

Mobility Allowance Review

Charlie McConalogue

905. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the initial proposals of the interdepartmental group in relation to the setting up of a new scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1718/14]