Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

HSE Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

700. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46543/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

238. 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. [45531/12]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Healy-Rae

664. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the cervical cancer vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

666. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44603/12]

HSE Expenditure

Michael Healy-Rae

206. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding overruns of the health service executive budget (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43977/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

207. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on home help (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43979/12]

Medical Card Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

219. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43520/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

220. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43521/12]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

234. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43551/12]

Hospital Services

Michael Healy-Rae

238. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an breakdown of the cuts that have been imposed in neurosurgical services outside of Dublin, in the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43572/12]

Suicide Prevention

Michael Healy-Rae

606. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he has considered setting up an independent body to deal with the ever-increasing situation where many persons on a daily basis are taking their own lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42868/12]

Suicide Prevention

Michael Healy-Rae

609. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the suicide prevention services that are provided by the State in County Kerry; the measures that are in place to help suicide prevention and to offer assistance to persons who are vulnerable to the possibility of taking their own lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42892/12]

Suicide Incidence

Michael Healy-Rae

612. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the figures over a twelve month period from June 2011 to June 2012 on a county basis; the rates of suicide in those counties and reported parasuicides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42900/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

613. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there is a concerted effort by him to privatise the provision of home help to persons wishing to stay in their own homes for as long as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42903/12]

Medical Card Delays

Michael Healy-Rae

677. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43278/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

224. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42414/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

228. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in making a decision on a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42428/12]

Hospital Appointment Delays

Michael Healy-Rae

522. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason 5000 persons are waiting up to one year for outpatient appointment at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41375/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Healy-Rae

196. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that latest figures show that there are more than 340,000 persons waiting for an outpatient appointment to see a specialist or have a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41161/12]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

197. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41163/12]

Medical Card Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

392. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason persons who have suffered from cancer have had there medical card renewals refused; the reason for same when they have a long term illness. [40064/12]

Water Fluoridation

Michael Healy-Rae

441. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on the need to continue with the fluoridation of the water supply in view of the fact that this is putting peoples health at risk and that scientific studies have proven that putting fluoride in drinking water acts as a development of eurotoxin in children similar to mercury and lead ultimately reducing their IQ, and thereby produces more intellectual challenged and fewer gifted individuals, as well as a myriad of other health concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40346/12]

Orthodontic Services Fees

Michael Healy-Rae

467. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the waiting list over the past two and a half years of young persons seeking orthodontic treatment in County Kerry in tabular form; the steps that are being taken to ensure that persons will receive these necessary treatments in a speedy fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/12]

Hospital Services

Michael Healy-Rae

249. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent development whereby the Health Service Executive has introduced a cut in removing the facility in which persons that were in district hospitals or community hospitals and needed to go to a larger hospital to meet consultants or have tests done, transport which was previously organised by the HSE is now left to the families to organise the transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39863/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

250. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39866/12]

Medical Card Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

251. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that coeliac sufferers will be able to continue, as they have done in the past, to avail of this necessary food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39867/12]

Medical Card Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

196. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39502/12]

Medical Card Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

197. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39503/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39504/12]

Medical Card Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

199. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39505/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

200. 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. [39615/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Michael Healy-Rae

203. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an occupational therapist to deal with cases in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39506/12]

Medical Card Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

1494. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card refusal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37199/12]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

1497. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter relating to the bowel cancer screening programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38155/12]

Health Services Expenditure

Michael Healy-Rae

1518. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the total cost of patient transport in the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37058/12]

Health Services Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

1519. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will consider transferring responsibility for the provision of hospital patient transport to the providers of the rural transport programme, as this might result in considerable savings in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37059/12]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

1520. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the national bowel cancer screening programme will be sufficiently funded and available to all who need it by the end of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37060/12]

Health Insurance Prices

Michael Healy-Rae

1521. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health If he will respond to correspondence regarding private health insurance (details supplied). [37061/12]

Medicinal Products Supply

Michael Healy-Rae

1522. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37062/12]

Water Fluoridation

Michael Healy-Rae

1632. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the fluoridation of the public water supply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37642/12]

Water Fluoridation

Michael Healy-Rae

1635. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the costs to the State of fluoridating the water supplies of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37654/12]

Health Services Expenditure

Michael Healy-Rae

1662. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the amount of the Health Service Executive's budget that will over-run in 2012 and the over-run for the first six months of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37735/12]

Health Services Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

1677. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37815/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

1727. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that 0.5 million home help hours have already been cut and that he now proposes to slash another 600,000 home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38257/12]

HSE Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

1774. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38661/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

1775. 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. [38672/12]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

1776. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38673/12]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Michael Healy-Rae

1781. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will honour the commitment in the programme for Government to provide a compensation package to sufferers affected by Thalidomide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38736/12]