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Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
777. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [18880/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Health Services Provision
John McGuinness
778. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18882/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
779. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug myleran is not covered by the drugs payment scheme; if there is any likelihood of it being so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18884/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Obesity Strategy
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
780. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given towards establishing market regulations for foods high in sugar and fat. [18886/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
781. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if all blood donors are tested before donating blood and if so, the reason men who have sex with men cannot donate once tested and cleared like other blood donors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18887/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Speech and Language Therapy
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
782. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to ensure child speech and language therapists are replaced during maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Speech and Language Therapy
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
783. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy for children can be delivered in schools and not health centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18896/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Medical Card Eligibility
Mick Wallace
784. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that, in the context of the ongoing reviews of medical card provision, all survivors of symphysiotomy and pubiotomy will continue to retain their entitlement to the special SOS medical cards they were granted, as part of a package of wider health supports for those who underwent these operations [18903/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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HSE Staffing
Simon Harris
785. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if a position (details supplied) within the Health Service Executive in County Wicklow has been filled and the timeframe within which the position has been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18906/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Health Promotion
Simon Harris
786. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of Schools for Health in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18907/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
Sean Conlan
787. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health when a new scheme for the motorised transport grant can be expected; and if persons who received a primary medical certificate after the abolition of the old scheme and prior to the introduction of the new scheme and have, as a result, had to use their own personal funds to make vehicular adaptions will be entitled to apply for the grant. [18908/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Michael Ring
788. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18913/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Medical Card Applications
Michelle Mulherin
789. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a continuing delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason the applicant's P21 is being rejected by the assessor; the reason documents which cannot be provided to the applicant by the Revenue Commissioners are being sought; if the application will be expedited due to the medical needs of the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18921/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Social Workers Register
Gerry Adams
790. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when CORU, which regulates health and social care professionals in Ireland, began to charge persons who did not study in the Twenty-six Counties €410 for their qualification to be recognised and a further €100 to register to become a social worker; if he will consider reducing this fee for those persons who study social work in other universities, particularly for those Irish citizens who study social work in universities in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18937/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Health Services
Michael McCarthy
791. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national database for those diagnosed with coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18943/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Health Services
Michael McCarthy
792. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the guidelines and policy for coeliac disease diagnosis and management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18944/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Health Services
Michael McCarthy
793. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a screening programme for family members of those diagnosed with coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18945/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Health Services
Michael McCarthy
794. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the consultation process with the Coeliac Society of Ireland to provide more cost-effective treatment for those diagnosed with coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18946/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Charles Flanagan
795. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect to have their heart bypass operation at St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18962/14]
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Health Services Provision
Billy Kelleher
796. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if it is possible for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has motor neurone disease to remain at home while receiving invasive ventilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18963/14]