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Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but I asked you-----

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Please let me finish the sentence.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: I will, but will you allow me to finish the sentence then?

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: I indicated at the outset that I would raise three questions.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: There were two on promised legislation and a third on which I said I would require your assistance, a Cheann Comhairle. I raised the same question when I was on the other side of the House.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: We will not go there.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: This is an important issue that is fundamental to the way we do business in the House. If you let me finish, I will sit down. The Data Protection Act is now preventing access to information to which Members of the House have an entitlement. Will we repeal, review or amend the Data Protection Act?

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the bed complement available to the Health Service Executive in each region throughout the country; the extent to which the beds available have been adequate to meet requirements based on bed occupancy in each of the past three years to date in 2011; the extent to which the relevant support staff has been available at the same...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is intended to provide the full complement of junior hospital doctors at all hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17876/11]

Written Answers — Social Services Staff: Social Services Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate numbers of social workers are available to meet requirements throughout the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18156/11]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health the current or likely position in respect of the location of the new children's hospital notwithstanding expenditure to date in respect of the Mater Hospital site and having particular regard to the necessity to ensure that a modern children's hospital is located with due regard to future development requirements, easy access and most strategic...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health the total complement of staff at all levels available to the Health Information Quality Authority; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past number of years; if that body has adequate staff at its disposal to carry out its work having particular regard to the number of institutions for which the body is likely to have...

Written Answers — Hospital Expenditure: Hospital Expenditure (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of budgetary overrun at various public hospitals throughout the country at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18153/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health the number of junior hospital doctors currently available for duty in the various public hospitals throughout the country; the degree to which this is adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18154/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health the number of health professionals at all levels trained in this jurisdiction in each of the past ten years to date; if sufficient personnel are being trained to fill various positions now and in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18155/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants in various disciplines trained in this jurisdiction in each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which this number is adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18157/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Acquired Infections: Hospital Acquired Infections (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health the number of reported incidents of MRSA or similarly transmittable infections that have been reported throughout public and private hospitals in each of the past five years to date; the degree to which action has been taken to tackle the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/11]

Written Answers — Medical Training: Medical Training (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which young health professionals are encouraged to specialise in particular areas with particular reference to disciplines which show increasing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18159/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants currently engaged in or specialising in the areas of the various forms of dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18160/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2011)

Bernard Durkan: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of medical card holders has fluctuated in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18161/11]