Parliamentary questions

Drug Treatment Programmes

Thomas P. Broughan

559. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the agency or body which has responsibility for calibrating the commercial methadone pumps which are used by pharmacies to dispense methadone; and if there is an operating procedure in his Department to invigilate and determine the standard of methadone pumps used in pharmacies. [49617/14]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Thomas P. Broughan

560. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to discrepancies between the amount of methadone supplied by manufacturers or distributors to dispensing pharmacies and other methadone outlets; the amount of methadone prescribed to persons in receipt of opioid substitute treatment; if there is a record of any excess of methadone which is supplied to pharmacies and other methadone outlets by manufacturers or distributors but is not prescribed to persons in receipt of opioid substitute treatment. [49618/14]

Health Services Provision

Pat Deering

561. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive her physiotherapy. [49629/14]

Maternity Services Provision

Joe Carey

562. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the current location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the ​maternity ​theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 1989, inclusive, relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at ​Tullamore ​hospital, County Offaly, under arrangements pursuant to maternity services legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49637/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

563. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm of the 79 patients waiting more than nine months for various procedures including spinal assessment, cast change, full spinal surgery, insertion of growing rods and lengthening of growing rods, the number who have undergone their procedures; and the number of the 103 patients waiting more than six months who have had their procedures. [49645/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

564. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of the 31 patients who had planned dates, as of 20 November 2014, for procedures including spinal assessment, cast change, full spinal surgery, and insertion of growing and lengthening rods, who have had their procedures. [49646/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joan Collins

565. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal cases, that is, scoliosis it has been agreed to carry out in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin 12 as part of its service level agreement for 2015; and if the agreed SLA includes patients waiting more than nine and six months as of 20 November 2014. [49647/14]

Disability Services Provision

Fergus O'Dowd

566. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct that the Health Service Executive will ensure that the service level agreements signed with disability providers for 2015 will allocate 5% to 8% of their block grant to individualised, person-centered, community-based models of support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49657/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications

Willie O'Dea

567. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive back payment for ADHD medication as applied for under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/14]

Health Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

568. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cavan receives the therapies that he urgently requires without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49669/14]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

569. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will increase home care hours from 90 minutes a day to three hours a day in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [49672/14]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

James Bannon

570. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49678/14]

Departmental Correspondence

Finian McGrath

571. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding issues raised by persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49680/14]

Mental Health Services Funding

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

572. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of mental health funding including the commitment to €35 million of ring-fenced mental health funding per year since 2011; the amount and length of time the €35 million that was allocated in 2012 and 2013 was delayed; the proportion of the €20 million that was provided for mental health services in 2014 that was spent on these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49688/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

573. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health posts that had been approved in 2012 and still remain unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49689/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

574. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the details of the 24-7 crisis intervention within specialist mental health services; when this is to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49690/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

575. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the details of recruitment of child and adolescent psychiatrists; figures on waiting lists for CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49691/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

576. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of children who continue to be admitted to adult psychiatric wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49692/14]

Primary Care Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

577. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the details of the new counselling and primary care service initiated in July 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49693/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

578. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the numbers of staff that have been recruited into mental health services since 2011; the actual increase in numbers of positions in view of natural wastage, redundancy and retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49694/14]

Hospital Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

579. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the progress on provision of high-quality acute inpatient units based at major general hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49695/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

580. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not entitled to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49696/14]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

581. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if and when bowel screening will be made available to the over-70s; and the reason persons under 70 are not screened. [49698/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Billy Kelleher

582. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction the use of Erivedge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who cannot afford to pay the cost of this drug and cannot afford to wait until it becomes available through the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49701/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Finian McGrath

583. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49706/14]

Drugs-related Deaths

Finian McGrath

584. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding methadone deaths here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49708/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

585. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a bone marrow transplant consultant will be appointed to Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12. [49717/14]

Home Help Service

Billy Kelleher

586. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent investigation into abuse in care facilities, if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of complaints that have been received by the Health Service Executive since 2011 to date in the various regions around the country regarding home care support, regardless of the type: home help, home support, home care package, personal assistants and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49720/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sean Fleming

587. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for kidney transplants; the number of transplants that were carried out here in 2014; the hospitals these transplants were carried out in; and the number in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49726/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas P. Broughan

588. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to deal with hidden waiting lists; and the up-to-date figures of waiting times for potentially life-saving diagnostic tests and procedures, including MRI scans, X-rays, CT scans and PET scans. [49739/14]

Medical Card Applications

Joe Carey

589. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will be reached in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49756/14]

Disease Management

Brendan Griffin

590. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a full review of the diagnostic approach to Lyme disease in view of numerous examples of unsatisfactory patient experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49758/14]

Disease Management

Brendan Griffin

591. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a public information campaign regarding the causes, symptoms and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49759/14]

Hospital Consultant Remuneration

Michael Healy-Rae

592. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when the vacant consultant positions at Kerry general hospital will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49764/14]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Michael Healy-Rae

593. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed increase in the registration charge for nurses and midwives from €100 to €150; his views that it is unfair to impose this increase and that the level of payment should stay at €100 for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1000/15]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

594. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a lumbar test in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1001/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Healy-Rae

595. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation to remove cataracts in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1002/15]

Medical Card Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

596. 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. [1003/15]

Disability Allowance Payments

Clare Daly

597. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of a top-up payment from disability services as they are in units in nursing homes where the weekly cost is in excess of the fair deal limit, due to the specialised nature of the care involved. [1004/15]

Departmental Bodies Data

Patrick O'Donovan

598. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of agencies quangos or other bodies within, funded by, or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1016/15]

Decentralisation Programme Data

Patrick O'Donovan

599. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the agencies or sections from his Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; and the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1031/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

600. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding local general practitioners here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1046/15]

Audiology Services Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

601. 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. [1051/15]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Thomas P. Broughan

602. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 27 November 2014, if he will indicate precisely, after a road traffic collision has taken place and a call is made to the emergency services, when the fire service is alerted by the National Ambulance Service control centre requesting support from that service to attend to a road traffic collision; and if such a request for support is made after an ambulance has arrived at the scene of a collision or if the request is made as soon as the NAS control centre is notified of the collision. [1055/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

603. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when they may expect a tonsil operation in Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24; and his views on the waiting lists for tonsil surgery in Tallaght hospital. [1072/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

604. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a long-term illness scheme; if he will add Leukodystrophy 4H syndrome onto the long-term illness scheme in view of the seriousness of this syndrome and the fact that there is only one recorded diagnosis of this rare condition in the State. [1083/15]

Health Services Provision

John McGuinness

605. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action his Department or the Health Service Executive has taken to date in 2015 to resolve the issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny regarding their care while in the psychiatric services in County Kilkenny; if the information sought by them has been granted in full; if he will expedite the matter as the ongoing issues are having a negative effect on their health. [1093/15]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Michael McCarthy

606. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health his views on the registration fees for nurses charged by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in view of the fact that the fee has risen sharply in the past number of years; if he is satisfied that this is reasonable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1095/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John McGuinness

607. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date will be set for an operation at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [1096/15]

General Practitioner Co-operatives

Billy Kelleher

608. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a North Doc home visit in 2014; the shortest and longest waiting times in 2014; the service target waiting time in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1097/15]