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Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Tánaiste tell us about the talks and whether they are successful?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Many people are worried about what will happen.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Tánaiste give us some information on it?

Health Care Associated Infections (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

School Accommodation. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: As Deputy Tom Sheahan is not present, I call Deputy John Cregan.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that additional staff, particularly midwives, are allocated to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda as a matter of urgency, following a report into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16232/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the cost-cutting measures proposed to her Department by the Health Service Executive in order to address their projected budget deficit of €300 million; if these include, as reported, reductions in beds, curtailment of accident and emergency, restrictions on medical cards and diversion of funds earmarked for developments...

Written Answers — Capital Allowances Schemes: Capital Allowances Schemes (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his view as to whether publicly funded hospitals, meaning hospitals which provide services to persons pursuant to their entitlements under Chapter II of Part IV of the Health Act 1970, are entitled to avail of the capital allowances scheme for private hospitals provided for by section 64 of the Finance Act 2001 as amended; if not,...

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will change the medical criteria for qualification for the disabled drivers and passengers tax relief scheme to include people who do not satisfy the strict criteria of the current scheme but who have a medical need to have their car adapted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16482/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look into the matter of the six-year-old child (details supplied) in County Tipperary who, despite several referrals from their general practitioner and speech therapist, has been unable to access the ear nose and throat service at Waterford Regional Hospital due to prolonged waiting lists, as reported by the ENT surgeon;...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not availed of her power under section 45(3) of the Health Act 1970 to specify by regulations the classes of persons with full eligibility for medical services under that Act; the merits of the alternative, non-statutory approach for determining eligibility for services provided under statute; the reasoning behind...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the Health Service Executive has complied with its obligation to publish, in accordance with section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 1997, the rules, procedures, practices, guidelines and interpretations used by it, and any index of any precedents kept by it, for the purposes of decisions, determinations...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services provided by the Health Service Executive that do not have a specific statutory underpinning in the Health Acts 1947 to 2005; the basis according to which these services are provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16385/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline and explain the meaning of the use of the term "personal social services" when used by her Department and by the Health Service Executive; the services provided under the Health Acts 1947 to 2005 categorised as personal social services, as opposed to health services; the statutory basis for the provision of those...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that section 38 of the Health Act 2004 enables the Health Service Executive to arrange for the provision of health or personal social services by a service provider only if such services were, immediately before the establishment of the HSE, provided by the health boards themselves, difficulties are encountered...

Written Answers — Health Service Contracts: Health Service Contracts (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bodies with which the Health Service Executive has contracts, agreements or arrangements carried over and given effect by virtue of section 63 of the Health Act 2004; if any of those contracts, agreements or arrangements are with voluntary hospitals; if so, the hospitals and the details of the contract, agreement or arrangement in...

Written Answers — Health Service Contracts: Health Service Contracts (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bodies with which the Health Service Executive has entered into arrangements under section 38 of the Health Act 2004 for the provision of health or personal social services on behalf of the executive; the number of such bodies that were previously party to contracts, agreements or arrangements carried over and given effect by...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a voluntary hospital, meaning a hospital which is substantially funded by means of an arrangement with the Health Service Executive under section 38 of the Health Act 2004, can also be a private hospital for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations 1996, meaning a hospital which provides...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services provided to persons pursuant to their entitlements under Chapter II of Part IV of the Health Act 1970, as referred to in the Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations 1996; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16393/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the class of persons who have an entitlement to receive services from voluntary hospitals not provided or maintained by the Health Service Executive but substantially funded by it; the class of persons who have an entitlement to receive in-patient services from hospitals provided and maintained by the HSE itself; if any distinction is...