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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (20 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for any planned review into the provision of laundry services in the Louth Meath Hospital Group; if the Health Service Executive intends to carry out a review of laundry services on a national basis; if he will indicate the timeframe for such a review; the nature of engagement planned with staff representatives in this regard; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (20 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds/residential places provided in a detoxification unit (details supplied); if this unit accepts clients from counties Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan; the admission criteria employed by the Health Service Executive; the average waiting times for admission to the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13831/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (13 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been consulted in relation to plans announced by Allied Irish Bank to outsource IT positions to an Indian company (details supplied); if his Department has signed off on such an agreement with the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13299/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (12 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for the publication of the Walsh Report into the practise of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (12 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for the publication of the Walsh Report into the practise of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic surgeons in the Health Service Executive system; the facilities in which they are based; his plans to recruit necessary additional specialist surgeons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12082/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (7 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health the current provision of ambulance services in the Drogheda, Dundalk and general County Louth area; the number of paramedic personnel engaged in the service; if the Health Service Executive plans to retain the existing number of ambulances in the service; if the Health Service Executive intends to continue with current levels of staffing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the locations of all new Industrial Development Agency led advance unit developments in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11130/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Health Service Executive's plans for the future of laundry services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, County Louth and the Louth County Hospital; if he will ensure that the HSE engages constructively with trade unions in relation to the option under consideration for the operation and future of the services at both facilities; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the total cost of a piece of machinery at a facility (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will explain the reason for the failure to replace the item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11148/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) is on record as having formally applied to the Health Service Executive through the public tendering process to provide services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, County Louth; if he will outline the total value of any contracts awarded to that company in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11149/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the Health Service Executive's plans for ambulance cover in the Drogheda/Dundalk area; the budget available for the ambulance service in County Louth for 2013 compared to 2012; the number of ambulances available to cover County Louth in 2013 compared with 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the terms of the treatment abroad scheme to ensure that reasonable accommodation and baggage costs are included for patients with mobility issues who are required to avail of the scheme on a frequent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: I do not suggest that at all.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: When does the contract expire? When is it up for review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: Are additional staff being deployed by the CDVEC to the SUSI operation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: How many are there currently?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: Was that through redeployment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: There is a high rate of success for appeals. If there was that rate of success in social welfare appeals - that had been the case with some disability payments - a flag would go up and the Department would make some intervention to improve the system. What has the Department learned from the high rate of appeals?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Gerald Nash: One of the major bugbears for applicants is the problem of mislaid material. This is material that applicants are convinced they have sent in but which they are informed, perhaps six weeks to two months later, is missing. In the meantime, they have been trying to contact the Department to get an understanding of the status of their application. I understand the Department has engaged...