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Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €2.4 billion acute hospital capital programme in the national development plan that has been expended to date; the percentage that represents of the target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34318/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has index linked the income thresholds for medical cards to increases in the average industrial wage as promised in the Programme for Government; if she has doubled the income limit eligibility for parents with children under the age of six and trebled them for parents of children with an intellectual disability under the age...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €2.1 billion promised in the programme for Government that has been invested in the primary care capital investment programme in the national development plan; the percentage of the €2.1 billion that represents; when the programme will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34320/08]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has been mandated to report on the fluoridation of water; if it has been resourced to do so; when the report will be completed and published as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34321/08]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a cervical vaccine will be introduced; the funds that have been set aside to introduce it; the vaccine or vaccines that have been chosen; the cost per patient and in total; the number of vaccines expected to be administered and to which age groups; if appropriate arrangements have been made with the medical professions to roll...

Written Answers — Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol Abuse (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the recommendations of the working group on alcohol abuse established under Sustaining Progress that have been implemented as promised in the programme for Government; the funds that have been set aside to do so; when the recommendations will be implemented in their entirety; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Obesity Strategy: Obesity Strategy (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recommendations of the National Strategy for Tackling Obesity her Department or the Health Service Executive has implemented; the percentage of the number of recommendations that represents; the funding that has been provided to implement the recommendations; the timeframe for the completion and implementation of the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she appointed an expert group in 2007 to develop the personal health check programme promised in the programme for Government; if so, if the report of the group has been published; the funding she put in place to implement the promise to provide a personal health check programme; when it will be rolled out nationwide; and if she...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding and financial arrangements in place to build a new central mental hospital at Thornton Hall; the financial arrangements intended, that is, if the project will be funded by direct Government investment or by way of public private partnerships; the projected cost of the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of means testing the over 70s medical card per person and, in total, for the current number of over 70s medical cards issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34328/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of over 70s medical cards issued for each year since the over 70s medical card became available; the number of such cards issued to date in 2008; the total fees awarded to general practitioners for those specific medical cards; the fees paid to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34331/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the present day build cost of a 55 to 60 bed community nursing home unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34329/08]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly people or patients awaiting funding for nursing home beds per county and per Health Service Executive area, specifically in north Dublin City and County and in total here; her plans in the short term to address the shortfall in funding in this area which is causing hardship and clogging up acute hospitals through...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner visit only medical cards issued in each year since these cards became available; the number of such cards issued to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34332/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards issued for each of the years 2004 to date in 2008; the percentage of the population those numbers represent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34333/08]

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (9 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the proposed prison at Thornton Hall; if funding is in place to build the facility; if a binding contract has been entered into with the preferred bidder under PPP; his views on recent media speculation (details supplied) that 25 banks have withdrawn funding and support for the €400 million prison; and if...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Standards: Nursing Home Standards (14 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Information and Quality Authority Draft Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People will be approved; the status of the regulatory impact assessment; when this procedure will be completed; when the standards will apply; if they will apply compulsorily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34572/08]

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (14 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department, the Health Service Executive or the Health Information Quality Authority has plans to monitor, collate and report on a regular basis on the death rates of patients undergoing major surgery at hospitals here to identify variations if they exist, to address such variations with corrective action and to improve...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide for the continuation of surgical services at Bantry General Hospital (details supplied); if the Health Service Executive has commenced recruitment of a new consultant surgeon or other such arrangements to maintain surgery at Bantry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34522/08]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (14 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to properly resource the child and adolescent mental health services in order that timely interventions are provided for children identified by their schools as at risk and in need of such intervention, in particular in north County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34523/08]