Health (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Health - Health and social care professionals - regulation

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if his designation of two distinct professions, that of counsellor and psychotherapist, in his proposals to regulate counsellors and psychotherapists under the Health and Social Care Act 2005 will introduce minimum standards of education and training; if the regulations will desi...

Health - Health and social care professionals - regulation

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] It is my intention to have the draft regulations designating the two distinct professions of counsellor and psychotherapist submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas for their approval in late October or early November, 2017. These regulations will also establish the registration b...

Health - Hospital waiting lists - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the reason a person (details supplied) has been told that they will be waiting almost a year before treatment can be accessed in the Mater hospital after a referral from their company's doctor in relation to their chronic knee problems [Q. No(s) 164 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospital waiting lists - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a ...

Health - Hospitals - appointment delays

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if an appointment to see a consultant in the Mater hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 153 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - appointment delays

Health - Hospitals - provision of services

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the reason a person (details supplied) that requires a bone scan cannot receive the scan due to the fact the DXA machine which carries this out in St Vincent's hospital is broken which means that anyone under 21 years of age cannot get the scan carried out; when this machine will...

Health - Hospitals - provision of services

Health - Hospitals - status of appointment

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at Letterkenny university hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 143 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - status of appointment

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he will address a matter concerning the case of a person (details supplied) [Q. No(s) 166 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - status of appointment

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] My Department has been informed by the HSE that the patient was seen in Tallaght Hospital on Tuesday 17 October 2017. This review would have provided the patient with an opportunity to discuss her clinical care with the relevant hospital staff.

Health - Hospitals - status of appointment

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 172 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Hospitals - status of appointment

Health - Medical cards - eligibility

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the extent to which women suffering breast cancer have ready access to a medical card and access to free prosthesis afterwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 167 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Medical cards - eligibility

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] A key recommendation of the 2014 Report of the Expert Panel on Medical Need for Medical Card Eligibility was that a person’s means should remain the main qualifier for a medical card. The report also concluded that it is neither feasible nor desirable to list conditions in priori...

Health - Medicinal products - availability

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Commencement Matters] I thank the Minister of State.[Noone, Catherine]

Health - Medicinal products - availability

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Commencement Matters] I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for coming to the House on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris. I will be very happy to take her response and it is perfectly adequate to receive a response from the Department via the Minister of State. The matter co...

Health - Medicinal products - availability

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Commencement Matters] I thank the Senator for raising this very important matter. I am sorry the Minister cannot be here but he sends his apologies. Medicines play a vital role in improving the overall health of Irish patients. Securing access to new and innovative medicines in a timely manner ...

Health - Medicinal products - availability

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Commencement Matters] It is a disappointing answer which basically states: "We are not funding this." I cannot understand why, so I need to look into this further. I do not think we can leave it here, from what I heard earlier this morning. It is a disease that deserves attention. The individua...

Health - Medicinal products - availability

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Commencement Matters] I note the concerns of the Senator and will bring back to the Minister the points she has made. At present, all I can give her is the information I have been given, although I wish I could give her more. I understand the difficulties people have, particularly when children a...

Health - Medicinal products - availability

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he will meet with a person and a group (details supplied) [Q. No(s) 165 to Minister for Health ]

Health - Medicinal products - availability

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act does not give the Minister for Health any powers in this regard. ...

Health - Minor ailments scheme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...further to parliamentary question number 289 of 10 October 2017, when the additional trials will take place; the person or body that will conduct the trials; the steps that have been taken to commence the trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 159 to Mini...

Health - Minor ailments scheme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the HSE has responsibility for this matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this issue.

Health - Symphysiotomy payment scheme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the origins and genesis of the radiological study published by his department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark Report on the symphysiotomy payment scheme; and if this study was authorised and or commissioned by his department or his office [Q. No(s) 168 to Minister for Heal...

Health - Symphysiotomy payment scheme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the radiological study published by his department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the symphysiotomy payment scheme was paid for by his department; if so, the amount; if the study's principal author (details supplied) received payment from his department for th...

Health - Symphysiotomy payment scheme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the terms of reference of the radiological study published by his department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the symphysiotomy payment scheme; the process by which those terms of reference were drawn up; and the names of the persons involved in the process [...

Health - Symphysiotomy payment scheme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the patient demographics used to access the images of applicants to the symphysiotomy payment scheme from the national imaging archive further to the radiological study published by his department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the scheme; if the x-rays of...

Health - Symphysiotomy payment scheme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 to 171, inclusive, together. The Surgical Symphysiotomy Ex-gratia Payment Scheme, which was approved by Government, concluded with the publication of the Report of its independent Assessor, Judge Maureen Harding Clark, on 22 November 2016. J...