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Written Answers — Employment Laws: Employment Laws (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cooperation between social welfare inspectors and other agencies in relation to employers found in breach of employment laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12109/08]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount raised from the sale of psychiatric lands and buildings since A Vision for Change was published in January 2006; the amount of the money raised that was surrendered to the Department of Finance on a yearly basis; and the amount of this money that was reclaimed from the Exchequer in order to fund developments in the mental...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been refused a replacement artificial leg despite the fact that their present one is badly fitting and is causing injuries. [11325/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [11326/08]

Written Answers — Infection Control: Infection Control (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish a draft report produced by the Working Group of the Strategy for the Control of Anti-Microbial Resistance in Ireland National Committee which is advocating a radical check-up of building standards in hospitals here to deal with the prevalence of deadly health care associated infections. [11471/08]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the procedures being followed by her Department in updating the security of its computer systems and data in all its offices following the recent theft of data containing the personal details of 170,000 Irish blood donors. [11472/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rent being charged to those private hospitals which will be collocated on Health Service Executive sites on a contract basis. [11473/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rent being charged to the private operators of collocation hospitals. [11474/08]

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rates of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis here from 1990 to date in 2008. [11475/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to review the ongoing pharmacological training received by doctors in view of two separate studies which found that older patients were receiving inappropriate medications. [11476/08]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the progress to date of the implementation of the recommendations made by the Emergency Department Task Force Report to set a date for the introduction of a maximum six hour wait time on arrival to admission or discharge. [11477/08]

Written Answers — Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation regarding the provision of a modern centre for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service at Cork as promised almost eight years ago. [11478/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent comments by a person (details supplied) that more than 1,000 people die or acquire significant disability every year as a result of stroke because they do not get access to advanced clot busting therapy. [11479/08]

Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the increase in newly diagnosed HIV cases; and if there is a need for the urgent development of a national sexual health strategy as recommended by a group (details supplied). [11554/08]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an audit of automatic external defibrillators in the community and identify areas where access to those life saving devices is limited or non-existent. [11726/08]

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to ensure that all organisations under the control of her Department have developed proper data protection plans. [11727/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is proposing to expand the prenatal screening process and implement population based genetic testing as proposed by the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. [11728/08]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there are sufficient stockpiles of anti-virals here to protect against the imminent arrival of bird flu particularly in view of a recent statement (details supplied) which warned that waiting until an outbreak occurs to acquire anti-virals is ill-advised as it would be impossible to stockpile after an outbreak...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent findings by an organisation (details supplied) that diagnoses of cancer and asthma, motor neurone diseases and other conditions should be treated in the same way as diagnosis of infectious diseases with full backgrounds of patients being placed on the national register. [11764/08]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Bernard Allen: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of involuntary admission orders made in 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and the number in each year that were revoked. [11765/08]