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201 records in IE in 2015
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2015
160. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his plans further to assist the extension of automated external defibrillator coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2015
152. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to make patients aware of their right to avail of publicly funded health care in other European Union and European Economic Area states under Directive 2011/24/EU; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Irish patients who have availed of this mechanism in other states, by year, since the directive came into force; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the categories of different procedures availed of. [22720/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2015
153. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the latest developments on the full implementation of the European Union cross-border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22668/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2015
152. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the reason all patients currently on waiting lists for procedures are not made aware of their rights based entitlements under the European Union cross-border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22667/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2015
144. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing for play therapists to be regulated by CORU – Health and Social Care Professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22630/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
868. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishing of regulation boards in professions provided in section 26(1) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. [22387/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
848. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time, mean and median, for an orthopaedic inpatient treatment in the Saolta University Health Care Group; if he will confirm if the Saolta University Health Care Group has the necessary specialist personnel required to carry out orthopaedic spinal surgery; if not, when will this situation be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22241/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
821. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the total health care budget allocated to the Central Mental Hospital in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; the health care spend at that facility in each year, and for the data to be presented in total format per annum, and in the format of per head of population within the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22120/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
706. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health if public health nursing roles have been taken up by other nurses within the system; if all personnel have been specifically trained for the task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21643/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
705. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses recruited in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21642/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
704. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses who have left their posts in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21641/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
690. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of Government plans to outlaw below-cost selling of alcohol; his plans to introduce the public health (alcohol) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21586/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
664. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a claim under the national repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21396/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
573. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide figures for the health care budget allocated to the prison service as a whole in each of the years 2012 to 2014, inclusive; the health care budget allocated to Mountjoy Prison and Wheatfield Prison in the same years; how these figures compare with comparative health care spend in total as well as in each named facility; the respective data per head of prisoner population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22119/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2015
50. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his proposals in instances where general practitioners have invested heavily in providing their own accommodation and cannot afford to move to a centre to provide primary health care centres; if consideration will be given to providing centres for the support team of a primary care team without a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20757/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2015
25. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health in view of the alarming rate of consumption of e-cigarettes and also the rate of expansion of new e-cigarette retail outlets that is occurring here, and whilst also understanding the potentially serious harm being done by these mentioned items, when he will bring the new public health (retail licensing of tobacco products) Bill before Dáil Éireann for debate, which will seek to introduce a much needed licensing system for e-cigarettes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20586/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
731. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of verbal and physical abuse allegations reported from 1990 to date in 2015; the number that have been investigated; the number that have gone before the criminal courts, and of these, the number of health care employees who were convicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20679/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
660. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the reason the hospital groups do not have the same designated geographic area as the community health care organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20198/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2015
363. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the location of the health care records archived library; the institutions whose records are stored in that library; and the way persons can access their medical records stored in that library. [19638/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2015
314. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the savings that would be made if all public subsidies for private health care were removed; the tax breaks there are for private hospitals; if a land gift scheme exists in any form, or it is planned to introduce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19428/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2015
177. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in view of the World Health Organization report on obesity levels, the measures he is introducing to deal with this public health problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19121/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2015
165. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health as the Minister with responsibility for public health if he will allow a company (details supplied) to continue to head up research seeking to identify potential impacts on human and public health associated with unconventional gas exploration, extraction projects and operations; whether he is satisfied that there is no conflict of interest created by allowing a service provider for the shale gas industry to be responsible for heading up a detailed examination of successful mitigation measures to counteract the impacts of unconventional gas exploration, extraction projects and operations on public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19032/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2015
162. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 6 May 2015, if he will confirm with a "Yes" or "No" reply if his Department has undertaken any research to identify any possible negative effects of industrial wind turbines on human health. [18862/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2015
142. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) and advise on the reason these children, who were referred by the public health nurse, did not receive B and A status, as expected. [18885/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
503. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the progress, to date, in determining the course to be taken regarding regulation of the professions of counsellor and psychotherapist; his plans for further consultation; if said consultation process will be time-limited and, if so, when he expects to be able to proceed with registration through the Health and Social Care Professional Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18614/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
475. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the counselling and psychotherapy profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18449/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
467. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the position regarding Government proposals to regulate the counselling and psychotherapy profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18364/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
451. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if his Department was consulted on the revision of the wind energy guidelines, which are due to be published shortly; if his Department made a submission, or if his officials had any input into the review; if so, if he will provide the details of his Department's involvement; if the advice given, or submissions made, are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18197/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
448. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views regarding regulation of the psychotherapy profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18181/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2015
192. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason applications to the National Council for Special Needs Education for resource teaching hours on behalf of students with special education needs that miss the March 2015 deadline because schools are waiting for the relevant documentation from health care professionals cannot be processed until October 2015; her views that in such circumstances, it is unacceptable that students with special education needs and their teachers should have to forgo the resource teaching hours to which they are entitled for almost 25% of the school year as a direct result of administrative inflexibility; her views that it should at least be possible to have such late applications processed and the applicable resource teaching hours allocated in time for the students' return from the summer break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18033/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2015
156. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to regulate the counselling and psychotherapy profession; his plans to legislate for a minimum education requirement - level 8 - on the national framework of qualifications, for example; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18005/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 May 2015
426. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the research his Department has undertaken to identify if there are any negative effects on human health in communities where industrial-sized wind turbines have been installed in close proximity to persons' homes; if not, the research his Department is relying upon; his plans to undertake independent research in this area, in view of the extent of wind energy development currently under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17890/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 May 2015
424. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health regarding the plans for minimum unit pricing of alcohol, if his attention has been drawn to concerns, notwithstanding the positive implications of the legislation on public health, of the impact on artisan distillers and producers; and if consideration will be given to exempting duty free and travel retail, so as not to place such Irish businesses at a distinct disadvantage to international competitors. [17886/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 May 2015
311. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if training on Lyme disease and its effects on children and adults will be offered to general practitioners and public health nurses, as part of their continuing professional development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2015
151. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings of the islands health care committee of the Health Service Executive that have taken place; the number of meetings this committee has had with Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17048/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2015
318. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the undershoot of 13.85% against target in the provision of home help hours in counties Cork and Kerry, community health care organisation area 4, in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16646/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2015
272. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve neurology services and facilities within the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16422/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2015
260. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a scan result from a hospital consultant, and the service of the public health nurse in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16366/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2015
221. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the advanced health care directives legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16597/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 April 2015
Joint Committee on Health and Children
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
530. Deputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Health if his Department has examined the possibility of funding in vitro fertilisation treatment through the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
500. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health his views on the trial of the community alcohol response engagement programme; if he considers it to be successful; his plans to roll it out in other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15547/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
475. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the training that is provided to clinicians and other health care workers to diagnose and treat late Lyme borreliosis and post-Lyme syndrome; the number of medical professionals who have been trained and are qualified to diagnose and treat these conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15436/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
419. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if standard audit tools to measure health care equivalence in the prison system have been developed; if these tools have been implemented and audits carried out; the results of these audits; if changes have been made to health care in line with audit recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15658/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 2015
157. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of acute general hospital beds available throughout the public health sector has fluctuated in each of the past ten years to date; if augmentation is warranted; and if so, to what extent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15139/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 2015
22. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the progress on extending the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority to oversee and inspect private health care facilities; and the type of facilities such new powers will cover. [14662/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 2015
16. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the latest status of the existing agreement between the State and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association on pharmaceutical prices, signed in 2012; his plans to further reduce the cost of medicines to patients and the taxpayer; if the Government’s legislative powers to impose a price cut on pharmaceutical firms will be employed; the savings it is envisaged this will provide; the effect of employing the lowest price of medications in reference countries rather than the average price in these countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14712/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 April 2015
839. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the public health precautions that have been considered by his Department, with regards to hydraulic fracking exploration here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14316/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 April 2015
515. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned 45-bed adult psychiatric acute admissions unit, to be located at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Healthcare Campus in Drogheda in County Louth as a replacement for Saint Brigid's Hospital in Ardee in County Louth; if the unit is on-track to open in quarter 3 of 2015, as stated in the Health Service Executive Mental Health Division Operational Plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14232/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 April 2015
509. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that outsourcing care for persons with disabilities to private health care providers is the most effective way to ensure high quality care for those persons. [14220/15]