Written answers
Thursday, 27 September 2012
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the reduced services to patients and the savings, if any, as a result of the reduction in planned theatre activity at Cavan General Hospital; and...
- Ambulance Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised regarding the cutbacks to ambulance stations and services in Tallaght and Swords, County Dublin and in Maynooth, County...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the reason he added primary care centres to the list using a particular criteria selected by the Health Service Executive; if he has had previous connections with...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Framework for Smaller Hospitals; the location and by whom is it being drawn up; if there is consultation with the smaller hospitals...
- Medical Products
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the higher price for generic medicines in this State compared to Northern Ireland and Britain; if his Department has undertaken...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the progress made, if any, regarding the proposed development of a primary care centre at Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41000/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the deficit in the health budget following the €130 million in cuts announced recently; if there will be any further cuts before...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the medical treatment being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in terms of rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to cease the provision of gluten-free products on prescription for medical card patients with coeliac disease or if he will provide...
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health following the recent agreement with consultants, if he has abandoned plans for a new grade of hospital doctor which it was hoped would provide a more clear career...
- HSE Reports
To ask the Minister for Health when he was informed of findings in the Health Service Executive July performance report which was published on 20 September 2012; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Consultants Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health the options in place to deal with the medical consultants pay and their unwillingness to support his plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40792/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, where the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE are committed to maintaining the full range of services at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital following reconfiguration of the health services...
- Hospital Bed Numbers
To ask the Minister for Health the reason 22 beds remain closed at the Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary; the efforts he is making to ensure that these beds are re-opened at...
- General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the incremental extension of free GP care; if there is a timetable for its implementation; if he will elaborate on the reported legal...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds closed to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40999/12]
- Mental Health Services Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the effect that recent cuts to ring fenced funds in the mental health budget will have on commitments made in relation to the provision of mental health services...
- HSE Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he is responsible for decisions taken in relation to individual cuts to the health budget or if decisions taken in relation to individual cuts are the...
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants posts that were advertised over the past year; the average length of time it took to fill these posts; the number of positions that were...
- National Children's Hospital Status
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the report by the Independent Review Group on the location of the new National Children's Hospital; when this report will be...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation Group on Universal Health Insurance will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40992/12]
- General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has yet to begin negotiations with the IMO in relation to the roll out of free general practitioner care; when these negotiations are expected to...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health noting that it is stated in his Department Strategy 2011-2014 that total expenditure for the public health service is being reduced by nearly €1.1 billion...
- Misuse of Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to tackle the problem of the illegal sale of prescription drugs across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29729/12]
- Hospital Bed Numbers
To ask the Minister for Health the current in-patient bed capacity in the North-East region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41006/12]
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on discussions with the IPHA; the savings that are expected in relation to reducing the drugs bill as a result of these discussions;...
- Mental Health Act Review
To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the review of the Mental Health Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41002/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, at which the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14...
- Primary Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of primary care teams in Dublin North City dropped from 34 in 2011 to 22 in 2012 according to recent figures released by his Department; and...
- Health Services Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he approved the €130 million further cuts to the 2012 health budget, including the proposed cuts to personal assistance services for the...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number of special needs assistants being provided to children availing of the free pre-school year this year; and the way this compares to the number of SNAs...
- Health Services Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the actions needed to be taken by Beaumont, Mater, Limerick Regional, CUH and Galway Regional hospitals to correct their deficits by the end of...
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all agency workers in hospital are being paid the agreed rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41010/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if the special delivery unit has achieved its target of a nine month maximum wait time for inpatient and daycase surgery by September 2012; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Reform
To ask the Minister for Health the areas in the health service he plans to privatise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40967/12]
- Hospitals Building Programme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the planned refurbishment works at St. Mary's Hospital, Castleblayney, County Monaghan; if restoration of respite services is an...
- Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgical equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40793/12]
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a senior clinician at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth has written to the Health Service...
- Prescription Charges
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the 50 cent prescription charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40976/12]
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health in the context of Ireland's endorsement of the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015, if he will outline the progress made and specific measures being...
- Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for greater support for persons with Huntington's Disease, including the provision of a HD neurology clinic, the promotion of increased...
- Medicinal Products Prices
To ask the Minister for Health if the extent to which generic prescribing will lead to cost reductions throughout the health services in a single year and or for the remainder of the current...
- Health Insurance Company Payments
To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in collecting moneys owed by insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40979/12]
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise Controls
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cigarettes, tobacco products, illegal tablets, and alcohol seized by Customs and Excise at Dublin Airport for the years 2010, 2011 and to date in...
- Credit Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 18 July 2012, if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Clearance Certificates
To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a tax clearance certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vehicle Registration Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the way the market selling price of a motor home is calculated for the purpose of assessing the liability for vehicle registration tax; and if...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will permit tour operators to claim back VAT on fuel costs to allow them to be as competitive as tour operators from Northern Ireland operating here; and if...
- Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual income tax take in 2011 from public service employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41211/12]
- General Government Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the primary general Government deficit, both gross and net of measures relating to the banking sector for the period 2007 to...
- Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the tax yield (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41223/12]
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the high income individuals restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41224/12]
- Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Programmes
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is eligible to hire someone through the FÁS redundant apprentice placement scheme; and if he will...
- Redundancy Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41068/12]
- School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding career guidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41162/12]
- School Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cater for the future accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Monuments
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41220/12]
- Departmental Functions
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm if staff and in particular engineers working in offices of the Office of Public Works are directed not to speak to public...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of money that was expended in County Kerry on maintenance and general work under the auspices of...
- Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total annual cost in 2011 of public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41210/12]
- Public Sector Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the changes in public service numbers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41225/12]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Foreign Direct Investment
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation he has had with the Industrial Development Agency with a view to securing a new facility for County Longford. [41049/12]
- IDA Site Visits
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored site visits to Dublin on an annual basis since 2008 and of those that visited Dublin,...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will respond to a query regarding the establishment of a national pension plan registry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Offices
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have the social welfare offices in Kilbarrack, Dublin 5 and Coolock, Dublin 17 fitted with the technology to facilitate digital signing in...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a student who is in receipt of the back to education allowance can also qualify for rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing rent supplement payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when this will be rectified; and if...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in expediting a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the support available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41111/12]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Benefit Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that will be made by an obligatory return of child benefit by households with incomes of over €100,000; if the Revenue Commissioners...
- Statutory Sick Pay Scheme
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding statutory sick pay in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41145/12]
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to State pension transition in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who wishes to continue with work despite being...
- Medicinal Products Supply
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for refusal of an application for dietary supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will review the...
- Social Welfare Rates
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding welfare rates (details supplied). [41208/12]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [41222/12]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Renewable Energy Generation
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will instruct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to engage with the wind energy industry in County Kerry regarding future wind...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when turf compensation payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon [41213/12]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Gas and Electricity Disconnections
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the basis on which the Energy Regulator passed on a further 1% over the requested 7.5% increase by Bord Gáis; the persons...
- Television Reception
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter regarding Saorview in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Energy Schemes
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine the application to Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for the better energy warmer homes scheme in...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the findings of the Keane Report; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Drugs Strategy Budget
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure the continued viability of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Staff
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the city and county managers who have retired since 1996 to the end of February...
- Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will implement to help those who are in negative equity on shared ownership mortgages for properties which are...
- Septic Tank Registration Scheme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when receipts will issue to persons who have registered their septic tanks by post; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date with the Department of Finance in relation to the establishment of an emergency fund for businesses...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements in place to cut mortgage rates for persons who purchased their homes with local authority loans; the time...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position of local authorities regarding the provision of central heating when none existed previously to assist older...
- Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to reduce the administrative costs of local development companies; if he will provide the most up to...
- Local Authority Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details of the income of each county and city council, broken down by source for the years 2005 to 2011...
- Registration of Title
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 26 June 2012, if he will provide an update on the progress made in clarifying the...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in a position to instruct public bodies, for example local authorities, to waive their upward only rent review clause...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any interim update from the stakeholders including the CIF, IIF, IBF, ICF and HomeBond in relation to the...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities to provide on line web facilities for housing applicants to access information regarding...
- Fire Stations Upgrade
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the previously announced grant for promised works at the fire station (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will now be...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the additional discount of up to 15% under the tenant purchase scheme for persons who have been...
- Climate Change Policy
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to publish the interim report of the National Economic and Social Council secretariat on climate policy; and if...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the way the clawback provisions apply in the case of a person who purchases a house from a local...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce a ban on the consumption of alcohol on all public transport vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41126/12]
- Personal Insolvency Act
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will include the expertise, customer trust and practical experience of the Professional Insurance Brokers' Association as personal insolvency...
- Residency Permits
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding long term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41053/12]
- Garda Equipment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to purchase additional Garda mountain bikes in view of the fact that no new bikes have been purchased since 2008; and if he will make a...
- Criminal Prosecutions
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with theft of a mobile phone from the person in Dublin City Centre in 2010/2011 and to date in 2012; the...
- Garda Transport
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans purchased in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1199 and 1238 of 18 September 2012, the way it is claimed that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin...
- Residency Permits
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1248 of 18 September 2012, the reckonable residency calculated in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Ministerial Appointments
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on an application for Peace Commissioner in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who have been approved for transfer to another station; the number of those who have been waiting for their transfer to...
- Prisoner Transfers
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been relocated to Shelton Abbey; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to remain as a de facto partner will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who requires their Garda National Immigration Bureau card to...
- Asylum Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for subsidiary protection or leave to remain in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for refusal of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Gardaí are taking in an area (details supplied) in County Meath to reduce crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Army Barracks Closures
To ask the Minister for Defence the reason he has removed security from Columb barracks Mullingar, County Westmeath; and his plans to reinstate same. [41046/12]
- Defence Forces Personnel
To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No 180 of 20 September 2012, if a there is also such facilities available to a retired member of the Defence Forces [41052/12]
- Defence Forces Strength
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies currently in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; if these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41061/12]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal for disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Departmental Schemes
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow is entitled to a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41073/12]
- Forestry Grants
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their forestry grant payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his counterparts in other countries in Europe deal with persons who have dyslexia (details supplied); if they provide particular...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding stocking density in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Legislation
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the issue of adoption by couples in a civil partnership, in view of the forthcoming children's rights referendum and...
- Foreign Adoptions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had any discussions with the Irish Adoption Rights Alliance regarding an inquiry into thousands of Irish children who were sent...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll out of free general practitioner care; the expected date for the roll out of free GP care to those with long term...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health when the hot meal service will be restored for Dunshaughlin Day Hospital, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41033/12]
- Health Services Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health his views on hospital and State funded medical laboratories issuing phlebotomy service results by electronic format, rather than by post, to general practitioner...
- Dental Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatments that are covered by the medical card when the person is under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41040/12]
- Dental Services Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when dental treatment that will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41041/12]
- Health Services Allowances
To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has changed its policy in relation to the payment of subsistence and travel allowance to members of the ambulance services; and if...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered reviewing the qualifying criteria for the fair deal scheme (details supplied) [41048/12]
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans for St. Peters Hospital, Castlepollard and St. Mary's Delvin County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41050/12]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the list of 200 locations listed, in priority, for locating primary health centres around the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41139/12]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health when a fair deal application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41141/12]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the exact criteria which were used to identify the 35 priority primary care centres announced as part of the stimulus package on 17 July 2012; if...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Domestic Violence Refuges
To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to secure sufficient funds to open the purpose built facilities at Teach Tearmainn, County Kildare, which is the only dedicated...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that latest figures show that there are more than 340,000 persons waiting for an outpatient appointment to see a specialist or have a test;...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41163/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for various procedures have altered over the past three years to date in 2012; if he intends to take any particular or specific...
- Health Services Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of staff numbers throughout the various health services with particular reference to accident and emergency or other...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the GMS drugs bill has been or can be reduced; and to what extent by whatever means; the proposed schedule for any such event; and if he will...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if in the context of the current economic situation, he directly or through the Health Service Executive has managed to identify areas wherein efficiencies or...
- Ambulance Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of ambulance service cover in all regions throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41176/12]
- Health Screening Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which school medical examinations remain on target; if any particular health issues have emerged which may require attention in terms of follow up...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently residing in general hospitals and awaiting transfer to either public or private nursing homes; the extent of waiting lists; the...
- Home Help Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently receiving home-help or other supports on an on-going basis in each region throughout the country; the extent to which such persons...
- Community Care Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which community care facilities are likely to be made available to older persons in the future with particular reference to those with a higher degree...
- Medical Card Delays
To ask the Minister for Health the length of time currently taken to process an application for a medical card; the extent to which the process will be expedited; and if he will make a statement...
- Primary Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to primary care teams as of 21 September 2012; the number of PCTs; the location of same; the number and percentage of...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of all of primary care centres opened since 2001; if he will provide a breakdown of same based on tenancy type and cost to the State of...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision has not yet been made in relation to a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the primary care centre at Ashbourne, County Meath and the proposed centre in Kells; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41227/12]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he will announce the allocation for the successful applicants under the sports capital programme 2012; the qualifying...
- Tourism Promotion
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a submission (details supplied) will be considered for funding in view of its importance to its local community; and if he will make a...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding or grants in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Éireann Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of money that Bus Éireann spends annually on private bus operators and operators who are...
- Department of Health
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of all of primary care centres opened since 2001; if he will provide a breakdown of same based on tenancy type and cost to the State of...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision has not yet been made in relation to a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the primary care centre at Ashbourne, County Meath and the proposed centre in Kells; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41227/12]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he will announce the allocation for the successful applicants under the sports capital programme 2012; the qualifying...
- Tourism Promotion
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a submission (details supplied) will be considered for funding in view of its importance to its local community; and if he will make a...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding or grants in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Éireann Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of money that Bus Éireann spends annually on private bus operators and operators who are...
