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Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the adequacy of nursing and medical staff at various accident and emergency departments throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24466/07]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the strength of the ambulance service in Dublin city and county; if this is sufficient in the event of a major accident or emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24468/07]

Written Answers — Health Research: Health Research (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the research into the high incidence of autism here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24469/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the augmentation of the public hospital bed complement in the short term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24470/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of the bed shortfall at all public hospitals throughout the country with particular reference to addressing those hospitals which have been forced to utilise hospital trolleys in lieu of beds in the past five years; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24471/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long stay nursing beds available throughout the country; the number of same in 1990; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24472/07]

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has studied the incidence of the various forms of cancer throughout the country; if this indicates a particular trend in any area; if she has examined the cause or causes of such trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24473/07]

Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to engage in discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs with a view to expanding, liberalising and improving facilities for carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24474/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting period for heart or hip replacement surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24475/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons throughout the country whose home help hours were reduced in the past two years; the reason for this reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24476/07]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases dealt with under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the past five years; the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24477/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of hospital hygiene audits to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24478/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant posts currently vacant or about to become vacant throughout the Health Service Executive; her timetable for the filling of these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24479/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has ordered improved entitlements in respect of medical cards with particular reference to the raising of income guidelines for eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24480/07]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend community based mental health services in County Kildare and throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24481/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all the facilities including state of the art operating theatres are fully operational at Naas General Hospital; her plans in this regard for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24484/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting treatment for orthodontic services throughout the country; when she expects to have in place the necessary orthodontic services to meet the requirements as they arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24485/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full scale and extent of services and beds occupied or available at Peamount Hospital, Newcastle, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24486/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be included on their mother's medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24494/07]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Oct 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel currently employed in the delivery of health services throughout County Kildare; the number employed in 1990; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24495/07]