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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason home help hours have been restricted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9750/08]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the strength of the ambulance service; her proposals for increasing staffing levels or vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9753/08]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if adequate accident and emergency staff are available at all hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9754/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agency nurses employed in Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9755/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agency nurses currently employed by the Health Service Executive throughout the country; the extent to which such numbers have fluctuated in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9756/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of staff required to operate the full scale of services at Naas Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; the additional staff requirements at present; her proposals to meet these requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9757/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the delivery of the full scale of services at Naas Hospital, Naas, County Kildare including the utilisation of all facilities there; if there are exceptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9758/08]

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she expects upgraded community health centres to play a role in the delivery of health services in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9759/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical card holders in 1998 and at the present time as a proportion of the general population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9760/08]

Written Answers — School Medical Examinations: School Medical Examinations (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all school medical examinations here are carried out at a frequency required by international standards; the areas which are not up to that standard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9761/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children screened for orthodontic treatment in each of the past five years; the number who failed to receive treatment; the number currently receiving treatment and on waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9762/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of incidence of the various forms of cancer diagnosed here in each of the past 10 years; the way these levels compare with those in each of the other EU Member States; the extent of research undertaken to identify the cause or causes throughout the European Union; the degree to which best practices diagnosis and treatment is...

Written Answers — Heart Disease Incidence: Heart Disease Incidence (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the research that has been undertaken into the cause or causes of high levels of heart disease here with particular reference to comparisons with statistics in other EU Member States; the extent of the research available as regards the contributory cause or causes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9764/08]

Written Answers — Respiratory Diseases: Respiratory Diseases (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people suffering from respiratory conditions here and in each EU country; the research undertaken to identify the cause or causes of the exceptionally high level here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9766/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children born with autism or Asperger's spectrum in each of the past 10 years to date in 2008 in each of the EU countries; the extent of research undertaken in each country arising therefrom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9767/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent of research undertaken to determine the cause or contributory causes of the high incident of autism here; her proposals in this regard in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9768/08]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which a trend in respect of incidents of MRSA show an increase or decrease on a monthly basis in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9769/08]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place to combat MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9770/08]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the prescription of lower strength antibiotics is necessitating repeat treatments and thereby causing susceptibility to superbugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9771/08]

Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (5 Mar 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the group, bodies, agencies or representatives for whom she, her Department or the Health Service Executive sought or received advice in the past six months in relation to the costs of medicines, dispensing fees and ongoing services to the public in relation to the issues which have caused the dispute between the pharmacists and the...