Local TD, Denis Naughten, intends to question Health Minister, James Reilly in the Dáil today on whether projects which were promised for Roscommon County Hospital were long fingered to fund the upgrade of Kilkenny’s A&E department. Reports are now circulating that the delay in delivering the new endoscopy suite, the Governments “replacement” for the closure of the A&E …
Urgent action needed to address spiralling cost of Health Insurance – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD, Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health has called for urgent action to address the spiraling cost of health insurance which is now leading to a situation where some consumers are paying more of their premium towards the health care costs of others than themselves. As a result of recent changes to the structure of the risk …
Child occupational therapist expected to start in February – Naughten
Local TD, Denis Naughten has been informed by the HSE that the new child occupational therapist is to take up her post in mid-February, and that she will be in a position to call patients for assessment shortly after her appointment. For the last 4 years the post has been vacant and as a result children from County Roscommon …
Air Ambulance Service completes over 100 missions – Naughten
local TD, Denis Naughten has been informed that the air ambulance service based out of Custume Barracks in Athlone has performed over 100 missions since the service since its establishment last June. “The frequency of call outs clearly highlights the importance of this service to communities throughout the midlands & west; it again highlights the need for the …
Proposal seeks to curb cost of private health insurance – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD, will this evening (Tuesday) seek to force the hand of the Minister for Health to introduce a lifetime community rating measure on health insurance policies which will help to reduce the cost facing many families at present. Naughten’s amendment would force the Health Minister to act upon legislation introduced in 2001 to facilitate the introduction lifetime …
Over 10,000 home help hours taken in West – Naughten
HSE West has removed 10,625 home help hours from 1,858 older people & people with a disability throughout the West of Ireland in the last month, local TD, Denis Naughten has disclosed. In figures released to Deputy Naughten it is clear that the HSE West region has made up half the home help cuts for the whole country over the …
A National Budget for Children with Life Limiting Conditions
Dear Minister Reilly, As you are aware, at any one time there are roughly 1,400 children in Ireland with life limiting conditions. Their families often face an uphill struggle to try to get the home supports required to ensure that their child can, firstly return home from hospital and secondly remain in the home for as long as possible. …
Callous home help cuts yield small saving- Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has called on the HSE to reverse its callous cuts to home help services throughout the country in light of the fact that it has only yielded a paltry €1.3m out of its revised target of €8m after 2 ½ months. With only 6 weeks to go until the end of the financial year, it is …
Health Committee to seek information from HSE on pregnancy counselling services allegations- Naughten
“At its meeting this week, the Joint Committee on Health and Children considered the matter of recent allegations printed in a national newspaper concerning services at HSE funded pregnancy counselling services” said Denis Naughten TD. As a member of the Health Committee, I along with others, agreed as a Committee to write to the HSE requesting the following information as …
Letter to Minister James Reilly
Dear Minister Reilly, Further to your parliamentary reply of the 3rd of October (below), I am writing to you to request that the current vaccines on the board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service be filled as a matter of urgency. As a frequent blood donor myself I am as aware of the demand for blood and blood …