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Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 941: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to licence the drug Sativex for use by MS sufferers. [23621/11]

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 988: To ask the Minister for Health if he will abandon his water fluoridation policy in view of the recent opinion of the EU's scientific committee on health and environmental risks, which found no obvious advantage to water fluoridation as compared to topical application of fluoride, deemed topical application a more efficient measure of preventing caries than water fluoridation,...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Health the savings that will be made if he were to apply charges based on the full economic cost to all use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals in this State for the purposes of private medical practice. [24042/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Health his estimate for the savings that will be made from measures to reduce the cost of medicines in our health system, including centralised wholesale distribution of drugs, using lower cost generic drugs and tackling over-prescription and wastage. [24043/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Pay: Public Service Pay (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Health the savings that will be made if the salaries of hospital consultants were to be capped at €150,000 per annum. [24044/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Pay: Public Service Pay (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1005: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff on salaries of more than €100,000 per annum; and the savings to be made if all Health Service Executive salaries were capped at €100,000. [24045/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Pay: Public Service Pay (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1006: To ask the Minister for Health the average salary of hospital consultants under each of the currently operating contracts; and the range of salaries in each. [24046/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of public hospital beds currently closed; the number per hospital; and if he has a programme for reopening closed hospital beds. [24047/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Health the psoition regarding the ending of admissions to St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin; the contingencies that are in place regarding the patients currently in the hospital; the hospital to which patients in the catchment area will now be admitted; if the stalled works at St. Ita's Hospital are going ahead; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Health if he has a date for the commencement of works on the new psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24050/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans of the Health Service Executive to close 59 public inpatient beds in County Mayo; if he will intervene to prevent these closures and to ensure the provision of resources to allow them to remain open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24051/11]

Written Answers — Health Promotion: Health Promotion (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1019: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 627 of 3 May 2011 and 631 of 15 June 2011, the status of the reply from the Health Service Executive. [24172/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 21 June 2011 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24173/11]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 21 June 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [24174/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 293 and 294 of 20 July 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24179/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 21 July 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24180/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal of a medical card application in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Wexford. [24181/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1025: To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home help application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [24182/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 5 April 2011, when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive their operation [24183/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (14 Sep 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the setting of fees by nursing homes under the nursing home support scheme is monitored; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some nursing homes are setting additional service charges on top of the agreed fees and that, in some cases, these charges are for services supposed to be covered by the NHSS, including beds;...