Written answers
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Legislation
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for review and reform of mental health legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/12]
- Health Services
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which it is expected to maintain the highest possible quality, standard and range of health services in all regions throughout the...
- Symphysiotomy Report
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the further delay in the publication of the report on symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that access to specialised treatment services which are solely available at a specific public hospital can sometimes be denied to...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including sufferers from epidermolysis bullosa in the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Procurement Contracts
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disquiet surrounding the ongoing Health Service Executive tender for enhanced home care services and the...
- European Court of Human Rights Judgments
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the expert group established as a result of the A, B and C case in the ECHR; and if he will confirm if they will receive...
- Primary Care Centres
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health if he will revisit the policy of reliance on public-private partnerships for the development of primary care centres; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health the current number of delayed discharges for hospitals in the Dublin South Hospitals' Group and the equivalent figure for 2010; and if he will make a...
- Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to tackle smoking in society before his term of office ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24284/12]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in full the terms of the indemnity agreement with a company (details supplied) regarding the Pandemrix vaccine; if the company can...
- Pharmacy Services
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure a consistent supply of vital prescription drugs to pharmacies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24199/12]
- Hospital Procedures
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that will be given by the Health Service Executive to the women here who received defective PIP breast implants; and if he will make a...
- Health Insurance
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private insurers are designing policies to be less attractive to older persons and thereby evading...
- Hospital Staff
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it has been possible to put in place structures whereby the requisite number of junior hospital doctors become available to...
- Health Services
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to ensure the continued access of voluntary groups (details supplied) to the St. Felim's...
- Food Safety
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, he has made with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the North (details supplied), regarding the...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of the acute North Eastern Regional Hospital, County Meath; the funding available and planning requirements;...
- Health Service Staff
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a FETAC level 5 qualification is not required for long-standing care staff including multi-task assistants and or carers on...
- Medical Cards
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person in Dublin, participating in the fair deal scheme, has had their medical card taken away when (details supplied), the only way to...
- Obesity Levels
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to tackle obesity in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24287/12]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements he is making to ensure that a number of acute psychiatric beds will be ring fenced in Kilkenny for patients being transferred from...
- Eating Disorders
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce standards to regulate psychotherapists and counsellors working in the area of eating disorders; and if he will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the Health Service Executive is failing to assess children with disabilities within legal time limits; the consequences for...
- Treatment of Rare Diseases
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made on proposals for establishing a national centre for rare diseases and a national plan for rare diseases; and if he will...
- Positive Aging Strategy
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to publish the Positive Aging Strategy this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24279/12]
- Health Insurance
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the While Paper on universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24295/12]
- Suicide Incidence
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of near epidemic levels of suicide in County Wexford, he will consider allocating funding to a proposal (details supplied) to...
- Palliative Care Services
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health the current state of reforms to palliative care services; if he will explain the discrepancy between the provision and funding of palliative care...
- Hospital Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges for hospitals in the Southern Hospitals Group and the equivalent figure for 2010; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference, scope and duration of the review of the nursing home support fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Service Reviews
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive review of domestic violence and sexual assault services will include public consultation; when it is expected to be...
- Hospital Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health if cuts are planned to radiology services at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin; if so, if he will provide details of these cuts;...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made on developing a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/12]
- Patient Safety Authority
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, on the establishment of a Patient Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24203/12]
- Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department's Statement of Strategy 2011-2014 was published in May 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24207/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health the reason his decision on hospital reconfiguration has been delayed until the middle of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tobacco Products Directive
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health if the manufacturers and importers of tobacco products have fulfilled their duties under Article 6 Section 1 of the Tobacco Products Directive...
- Health Services
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to finalise his plans to close 898 community nursing unit beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24292/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reverting to the older system of processing medical cards that is each county processes their applications. [24071/12]
- North-South Feasibility Study
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made in implementing the recommendations of the North-South Feasibility Study on co-operation in the provision of health...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health if he has initiated any discussions with the National Asset Management Agency regarding the use of their buildings for primary care centres or the...
- Health Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure continuing and adequate funding for the established organisations for those women whose health has been damaged by infected blood...
- Hospital Services
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no mechanism to establish a clinical review of the level of care in hospitals; and the steps he will take to ensure accountability...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he is undertaking to see that the British Government implement Article 20 of the Weston Park Agreement....
- Human Rights Issues
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent if any to which he unilaterally or in consort with his EU and UN colleagues has managed to ensure that...
- Passport Applications
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [24446/12]
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the situation in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Official Engagements
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met President Elect Francois Hollande since his election; his plans regarding same; if he expects...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the situation in Syria in particular with reference to the operation and reports of...
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation regarding a person (details supplied) and the report published by the Pat Finucane Centre...
- Department of Finance
- Fuel Prices
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures to offset the impact of rising costs of petrol and diesel in view of the adverse effect that it is having on small and...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been given details of proposals by banks to introduce split mortgages for families experiencing difficulties making repayments on their...
- Departmental Functions
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if his recently announced intention to carry out a review of internal reorganisation, including the creation of an economics division to focus on...
- VAT Rates
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly whereby hard copy textbooks are VAT free, however the same publications in ebook form are subject to...
- Credit Availability
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions that he has had with the National Asset Management Agency regarding plans to launch their pilot scheme for negative equity...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if an educational body (details supplied) in County Kerry qualifies for charitable donations under the Tax Consolidation Act 1997; and if he will...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the total national debt as of 1 January 2012 defined as debt that will be assessable for debt/GDP if the fiscal compact is agreed and the amount of...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance when a disabled passenger scheme will be approved and finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the total net investment by the State in banks and financial institutions since 2008 and the amount this has added to the national debt; and if he...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Permanent TSB continue to charge very high standard variable rates of more than 6% on investment...
- Tax Code
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to lower the rate of windfall gain tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24586/12]
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will undertake to legislate in the area of debt collection in line with the Fine Gael Private Members Motion of 30 March 2009, which inter alia...
- Tax Code
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding taxation in respect of an American citizen (details supplied). [24601/12]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of crèches run by vocational education colleges that will close this year; the full list of VECs which are affected by these...
- School Staffing
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the impeding cuts to the staffing at a college (details supplied) which will lose 5.5 teachers this year and will...
- School Accommodation
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the programme to replace prefabricated buildings in schools in view of the very poor...
- School Staffing
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of teaching positions in the primary school sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Redundancy Payments
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reached a decision in regard to the request for additional secondary school accommodation from a school (details supplied) in...
- Scoileanna Gaeltachta
Question 98: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige agus ag a Roinn plean struchtúrach a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le todhchaí scoileanna na Gaeltachta, mar chuid...
- Institutes of Technology
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on proposals to create a technological university in the State. [24438/12]
- Bullying in Schools
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the issue of cyberbullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24455/12]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding applications to advance the building works in schools (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of officials in agencies under his Department that are paid more than €125,000; more than €150,000 and more than...
- School Patronage
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 18 April 2012, if he has assessed the applications received; if a report has been prepared...
- Literacy Levels
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by him to improve literacy in primary schools and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive capital investment in view of the lack of facilities at the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the future pay position for primary teachers who have initiated their masters in primary education; and if he...
- School Accommodation
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a college (details supplied) in County Westmeath to access funding for a new woodwork room;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to bring amendments to the Construction Contract Bill at Committee Stage to make arrangements for suppliers to be...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Export Controls
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the situation surrounding two companies based (details supplied) here accused of...
- Work Permits
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the status of a green card application submitted by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7;...
- Department of Social Protection
- Civil Registration
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make it compulsory that fathers should be named on their children's birth certificates; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when funding will be announced for the community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24387/12]
- Mortgage Interest Supplement
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [24414/12]
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to continue with the rural social scheme for the next year; the reason that a new clause was inserted in the rural social scheme...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare recipients who are currently receiving a double payment with respect to community employment schemes...
- National Internship Scheme
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of people who have successfully gained full-time employment as a result of interning on the jobbridge scheme; and if she will...
- Job Creation
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details on the recent announcement to expand the jobbridge scheme by 1,000 places; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding plans for a credit based system, under the home makers scheme which will grant credits to persons for time spent...
- Rent Supplement
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received any information or confirmation of an application despite the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Agencies
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which he last met the chief executive officers of each of the agencies under the remit of his...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Planning Issues
Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the controls, regulations and prohibitions, if any, on the provision of occasional car...
- Household Charge
Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households registered for an exemption on grounds of being in receipt of mortgage interest...
- Regeneration Projects
Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding on consultants, firms providing...
- Household Charge
Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, statistics of those who have paid the household charge by the number of...
- Planning Issues
Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No 63 of 8 December 2011, the current status of discussions as outlined in...
- Flood Relief
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to address problems with flooding in Dublin as a result of poor weather; and if he...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the main approach with which the housing list across Ireland will be addressed in 2012; the number of...
- Property Taxation
Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be in a position to announce the long-term property tax scheme; if he is reportedly considering...
- Motor Taxation
Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which motor tax payable on a specific model of car can vary considerably depending on the date of...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Inter-Departmental Committee established in relation to State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries will report; and if he...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views in relation to the Intoxicating Liquor Act and in particular the onus on supermarket owners to structurally separate the...
- Garda Deployment
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 286 of 6 December 2011 and No. 511 of 21 February 2012, the number of gardaí in the Donegal...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost to the State for the supply of services to all asylum seeker centres, private and State owned. [24367/12]
- Management of Sex Offenders
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is appropriate for a convicted sex offender, on probation, to be housed in the same facility as minors; his...
- Deportation Orders
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a person who has been deported in the past but now has residency in Ireland to prevent them from being questioned...
- Drug Seizures
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form statistics of drug seizures in Galway in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012, by type of drug, amount...
- Garda Strength
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources that have been allocated to the Garda Drug Squad in Galway; if this number has decreased in recent years; the measures...
- Garda Operations
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Acer; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions...
- Crime Levels
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for knife related crime in Dublin City and County in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in respect of an application for residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Residency Permits
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath;...
- Interdepartmental Committees
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the statutory instrument circulated regarding the inter-department committee on the Magdalene Laundries, his views on...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the responsibility and liability of parents for the misbehaviour of their children, in particular with regard to...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of recruitment to the Defence Forces in 2011 and 2012; and the basis for the decision to take on extra personnel in view of the overall...
- Erection of Memorial Plaque
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give permission to the family of a person (details supplied) to erect a plaque in Arbour Hill, Dublin, in his memory and to note that the...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appropriate assessments completed on Natura 2000 sites as part of the aquaculture licensing process; the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications nationally under the agri environment options scheme for 2010 and 2011 that are still waiting...
- Habours Expenditure
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the levels of funding provided in the following fishing harbour centres, Castletownbere,...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remaining 25% will be paid in relation to the agri environment options scheme 2010 and 2011 in respect of a...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case in relation to a horse riding permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. ...
- Harbours Fees
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a pay as you use system for waste and water at fishery harbour centres as well as making a...
- Department of Health
- Children in Care
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of convicted sex offenders currently being housed in the same facility as minors, such as those that cater for...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is planning to take in conjunction with the Adoption Authority of Ireland once the report on its recent visit to...
- Mental Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding community mental health teams throughout the country including the catchment areas covered by each team; and...
- Hospital Staff
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health when nursing and dietetic posts for the treatment of diabetes in Galway University Hospital will be filled as promised in January this year; the...
- Medicinal Products
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Pradaxa has been approved for use by the Health Service Executive for the treatment of patients; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Medical Cards
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug payment schemes for recipients in the Kildare area is being moved from Naas to Crumlin; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to withdraw transport escorts for service users (details supplied) [24445/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health if discussions have taken place regarding the proposal to relocate Beaumont Hospital to a site in Belcamp; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle the increase in youth suicides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24454/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant oncologist attached to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list to see the consultant; the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive paramedics, emergency medical technicians, advanced paramedics that retired in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the site of the proposed new National Children's Hospital; if detailed proposals have been made for the former...
- Primary Care Strategy
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health if has received any proposal from Health Service Executive or local general practitioners for a primary care health centre in the north fringe...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a centre (details supplied) has cancelled its general practitionrer services; the action being taken to rectify the system problems being...
- Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the gravity of the situation in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 if he will intervene in this instance in order to...
- Public Health Awareness
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including Macular Degeneration in national health campaigns and public awareness campaigns directed both at the public and...
- Primary Care Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking up to nine weeks to process optical benefits, when the average time in Kildare is one to two weeks and the action being taken...
- Mental Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health the support facilities that exist to assist a family with a child who suffers from pathological demand avoidance. [24490/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on a medical card review; and if he will expedite the matter. [24506/12]
- Health Service Staff
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a transfer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24510/12]
- Medicinal Products
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health his views on using more generic medicines as a way of reducing the overall cost of medicines to the tax payer; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Insurance
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Implementation Group on Universal Health Insurance have identified the phased steps, including timeframes, towards the...
- Health Service Reform
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the complex and long-term programme of health reform, the steps he will take to ensure that cost does not continue to act as a barrier to...
- Mental Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health if in advance of the Independent Monitoring Group on A Vision for Change report due next month, he will address what action has been taken on foot of...
- Hospital Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health if there is any change in the plan for the 34 ensuite rooms for Cystic Fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin [24538/12]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health the services covered under the to-be-extended general practitioner care for those on the long term illness scheme; the extent to which diagnostic and...
- Nursing Home Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a nursing home (details supplied) receives the required upgrading of facilities to meet the maximum capacity of 120 patients...
- Hospital Staff
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the availability of an adequate supply of junior hospital doctors to meet the requirements at all levels within the...
- School Health Examinations
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of the school medical examinations currently available to children with particular reference to the early school years; and if he...
- Dental Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children screened for orthodontic treatment in each of the past four years to date in 2012; the number of actual referrals in the same...
- Hospital Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health the number of general hospital beds available at all public general hospitals throughout the country; the extent to which this has fluctuated in each...
- Health Service Staff
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health if in the aftermath of reductions in staffing levels arising from early or natural retirement and or voluntary redundancy, if he is satisfied that...
- Primary Care Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the relevant authorities within his Department or within the Health Service Executive have examined the need for the upgrading of...
- Departmental Properties
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of new buildings acquired by the Health Service Executive or his Department in the past twelve months; the purpose for which...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health the total number and location of beds available for older persons with a high dependency in County Kildare; the extent to which the full bed...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at all levels in the health services throughout County Kildare in each of the past three years to date; the extent to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- State Airports
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of Shannon Development Estates which will flow annually into Shannon Airport; the way that this funding will be used;...
- Employment Support Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate the programme of skills courses with Fáilte Ireland for persons who want to enter the hotel, catering...
- Bus Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the implementation of a new Dublin Bus 83a route; and if he will encourage the National...
- Vehicle Registration
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a vehicle change of ownership will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick and a new...
- Road Safety
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road accidents reported in Dublin City and county in 2010, 2011 and so far in 2012; if he will give a breakdown...
- Bus Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new bus routes created by Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the...
- National Car Test
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the National Car Test for cars of ten years and over (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will maximise the support given to taxi drivers in the new reforms rather than making matters more difficult. [24537/12]
- Olympic Torch Relay
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions that have taken place regarding the Olympic torch and its visit here; and if the route the torch will take has...
- Road Network
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding road improvements; the action he will take...
