Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Provision

Liam Twomey

132. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health when a charger for a spinal implant will be supplied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17947/15]

National Children's Hospital Status

Liam Twomey

56. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/15]

Medical Card Administration

Liam Twomey

63. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the changes in the medical card system; the way same will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/15]

EU Regulations

Liam Twomey

438. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the way the funding received from the National Health Service is accounted for; and the way the Health Service Executive or his Department bills the NHS for looking after NHS patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47905/14]

Ethics in Public Office Legislation

Liam Twomey

370. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will move the resolutions to designate chairpersons of the Oireachtas committees as officeholders as set out in the Standards in Public Office Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Liam Twomey

794. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that two people here die each day from alcohol dependence, the reason Selincro, Nalmefene, an innovative treatment which was found to be cost effective and received a positive recommendation by the NCPE on 8 April 2014, has yet to be introduced under any HSE drug payment or reimbursement scheme for persons who are alcohol dependent. [42108/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Liam Twomey

795. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health in view of the Health Research Board's outlining of current treatment for alcohol here as predominately individual counselling, brief intervention and group counselling, all of which are likely to be defined as psychosocial interventions, the reason the HSE has not made an additional pharmacological treatment Selincro, Nalmefene, which is evidence based, licensed by the European Medicines Agency and found to be cost effective by the NCPE, to be available to people who are alcohol dependent. [42109/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Liam Twomey

796. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health her views regarding the NCPE's positive recommendation of Selincro, Nalmefene, on 8 April 2014, the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended the use of Selincro for alcohol dependent persons in England; and if she will provide an update on the position regarding the relevant pharmaceutical company’s application to the HSE for Selincro's inclusion in the GMS and community drug scheme. [42110/14]

Health Services Staff

Liam Twomey

95. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the alternatives to agency staff available to him in view of the significant cost increases in using agency staff in the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36492/14]

Health Insurance Prices

Liam Twomey

107. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken by his Department to control the cost of private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36491/14]

Hospital Services

Liam Twomey

387. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that operations for children requiring spinal correction are carried out in the shortest timeframe possible; if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays at present regarding these type of operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36812/14]

Health Services Provision

Liam Twomey

388. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide a routine dermatology service in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36813/14]

Nitrates Action Programme Implementation

Liam Twomey

391. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding the spreading of organic fertiliser close to a water source; his plans to change the minimum exclusion zone from the bore holes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27237/14]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Liam Twomey

111. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the performance reviews in regards to the draft agreement for the provision of services to under six year olds; if he will provide details of the electronic initiatives; the person who will provide the guidelines to the Health Service Executive regarding these issues; the person in the HSE who will decide what medications and appliances GPs may prescribe; the person who will decide what are the most economic treatments in line with the HSE budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14707/14]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Liam Twomey

134. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health regarding the draft agreement for the provision of services to under six year olds, if any concerns have been raised by the Data Protection Commissioner on sections dealing with the exchange of information by GPs and the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14706/14]

Personal Debt

Liam Twomey

915. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has made representations to, or has any contact with, UK authorities or agencies in connection with Irish citizens availing of the UK insolvency regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35095/13]

Palliative Care Services

Liam Twomey

588. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of specialist palliative care home care and those availing of specialist palliative care in-patient unit care in each county in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/13]

Abortion Services

Liam Twomey

635. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the evidence available in his Department to support the X-Case judgement to provide for abortion on suicide grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18817/13]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Liam Twomey

127. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Wexford General Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14325/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Liam Twomey

156. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle inpatient and day case waiting lists in Wexford Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14324/13]

Community Development Projects

Liam Twomey

147. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it should be insisted that suppliers from whom community groups purchase equipment with State moneys should have tax clearance certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11742/13]

Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Liam Twomey

96. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the actions taken to tackle overcrowding and the use of trolleys in the accident emergency department in Wexford General Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7547/13]

Patient Transport Expenditure

Liam Twomey

293. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the reason a private ambulance was called to transfer a patient from Waterford Regional Hospital at a cost of €900, when a wheelchair taxi at a cost of €120 was satisfactory; the cost controls the VHI are implementing to control this unnecessary cost on VHI subscribers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57454/12]

Registration of Nurses

Liam Twomey

200. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the Health Service Executive to ensure that nurses have access to six weeks adaptation placement courses available in a recognised paediatric hospital to allow nurses to upskill and receive An Bord Altranais registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57342/12]

Registration of Nurses

Liam Twomey

201. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that paediatric nurses who wish to come back to nursing cannot get An Bord Altranais registration because there are no adaptation placement courses available for them and therefore they are not allowed work as nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57343/12]

General Practitioner Services

Liam Twomey

204. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure equal access to general practitioner services in all Health Service Executive regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57358/12]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Liam Twomey

205. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct all hospitals to abolish catchment areas, publish the waiting time for all consultants and publish the efficiency measurements of all hospitals in view of the fact that this will allow general practitioners to refer to the most efficient hospitals and drive the concept of money follows the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57359/12]

Ports Development

Liam Twomey

30. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the future of Rosslare Europort, County Wexford, and its future role within or otherwise with Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44944/12]

Ports Development

Liam Twomey

731. Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the future of Rosslare Europort, the N11 and N25 upgrades; and the way these developments wil help promote growth and jobs in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44671/12]