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Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Home Help Service Expenditure
Billy Kelleher
548. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours the Health Service Executive has provided to private home care providers to make up its shortfall in each year since 2011; if the executive charges the private companies for these hours; if so, the amount paid to the executive in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34494/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Home Help Service Expenditure
Billy Kelleher
549. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the total reduction in hours for the Health Service Executive home helps in each year since 2011; the amount in hours that have been given to private care companies; the number of these hours that have been completely taken out of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34495/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Services for People with Disabilities
Brendan Griffin
550. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if more personal assistant hours will be provided for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34497/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Medical Card Reviews
Jack Wall
551. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a reassessment of an application for a full medical card on medical grounds by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34505/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Health Services Provision
Seán Kyne
552. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the heart failure programme; the further updates that are available on the Health Service Executive's website; if the very positive elements contained in the programme will be extended nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34507/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Maternity Services Provision
Brendan Smith
553. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health given a recent report, the proposals to provide additional resources in all disciplines for the maternity unit in Cavan general hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34511/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pat Deering
554. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a medical appointment for St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4. [34528/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospital Facilities
Dan Neville
555. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the cystic fibrosis unit at University Hospital Limerick. [34532/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Bernard Durkan
556. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a cataract removal operation will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34537/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Health Services Provision
Michael McGrath
557. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Cork city and county who are awaiting community podiatry services; the number of podiatrists currently employed to service the region; if steps are being taken to fill any current vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34540/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
Jack Wall
558. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a request from a family for nursing home support for a parent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34541/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Jim Daly
559. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will request an update from the Health Service Executive regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork further to the matter having been raised in a Topical Issue debate in Dáil Éireann on 5 November 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34547/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34549/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34550/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospitals Capital Programme
Michael Fitzmaurice
562. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the building of a new 50-bed unit at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon is included in the list of projects to be undertaken under the current capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34563/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
563. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34564/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Finian McGrath
564. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Health Service Executive of filling an additional 100 physiotherapist and dietician posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34573/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Health Services Staff Data
Finian McGrath
565. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of persons at national director and assistant national director level within the Health Service Executive at 31 December 2013, 31 December 2014 and 25 September 2015, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34574/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Ambulance Service Provision
Finian McGrath
566. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to release the necessary funding of €500,000 to open the new Health Service Executive ambulance station in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34575/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Psychological Services
Finian McGrath
567. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on the Irish Council for Psychotherapy’s submission on health and safety matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/15]