Written answers
Tuesday, 10 February 2004
Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive speech therapy services to enable them attend mainstream school. [3570/04] - Health Board Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available for major works at Millbrook Lawns Health Centre, Dublin 24; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when breast screening is to be in place for women, who in the west and south are at a serious disadvantage in not having breast cancer... - Hospital Staff
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the public relations and information campaign relating to the report of the National Task Force on Medical Staffing; and if... - Health Board Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures he has taken to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the measures he proposes to take to assist this person; and... - National Health Promotion Strategy
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on the recent budget measure which introduces benefit-in-kind taxation for employees, when employers provide free medical check... - Health Board Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether the €11 million divided between all health boards since 2001 is adequate to implement the recommendations made in... - Diabetes Incidence
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason 50% of all amputations are related to diabetes; and the action he will take regarding this crisis. [3589/04] - Health Board Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be brought for immediate orthodontic treatment in view of their urgent need for same.... - Hospital Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the use of resources in State and public hospitals by hospital consultants who conduct the business of... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a query was sent by the Western Health Board to his Department, concerning blind welfare allowance entitlement policy in... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when cervical screening is to be rolled out; if the €2.5 million was allocated in 2002; if the €1.4 million in 2003 was adequate to... - Health Board Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive respite payments, and their family will receive the maximum clarification,... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if equitable access regardless of location as a stated objective of the radiotherapy report is in practice a reality for terminally ill... - Health Board Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for treatment in view of their extenuating circumstances; and if he will... - Hospital Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on the status of St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire and of St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, in... - Medical Cards
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 4 November 2003, if an application for a medical card will be expedited in the name of a... - Health Board Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, due to the lengthy delay in the publication of two reports dealing with Galway Hospice, one by the hospice itself, and the other by... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when moneys will be paid under the refund scheme operated through the GMS payments board for a person (details supplied) in County... - Health Board Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be given the maximum support and assistance when they are released from the Mater... - Nursing Education
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the proposed four and a half year integrated sick children's-general nursing degree programme; and if his... - Health Board Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an earlier MRI scan appointment can be made for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has a further six months to wait; and... - Child Care Services
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Eastern Regional Health Authority has made funds available to the Northern Area Health Board to allow it to support Our Lady's... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on his Department's strategy to provide drug-free treatment facilities for the under-20s as requested... - Organ Retention
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected date of completion of the Dunne inquiry into organ retention. [3690/04] - Health Board Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if domiciliary care allowance is payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when arrears of the drug refund scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [3719/04] - Hospital Services
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding to Blanchardstown Hospital is to be cut by €1 million due to inefficiency in throughput of patients and average length of... - Compensation Scheme
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is his intention to implement the task force findings of March 2003 recommending the setting up of a no-fault compensation scheme... - Health Board Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to correspondence (details supplied), the number of persons on the home help waiting lists in counties Galway, Mayo and... - Medical Cards
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appeal for a medical card will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the medical circumstances... - Health Board Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if orthodontic treatment will be provided immediately for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if their case will be examined... - Health Board Funding
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the conditions that were attached to the €857,000 that was provided to the Southern Health Board in 2003 for an expanded service in its... - Hospital Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the physiotherapy service at Baltinglass District Hospital; if this service will not be withdrawn; and if he will... - Health Board Services
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has issued guidelines to health boards about the provision of wheelchairs to the residents of nursing homes; and if he will make a... - Health Board Allowances
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the guidelines issued by his Department, effective from 1 July 2002, for persons claiming both the mobility allowance and... - Health Board Services
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the place a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; and when his treatment will commence.... - Residential Facilities
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the concerns of persons regarding a residential facility (details supplied) in Dublin 11 are being addressed on an ongoing basis; and... - Medical Cards
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued on medical grounds to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow given the history of the case as... - Health Board Services
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for women in the North Western Health Board region for smear tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3905/04] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position on the roll-out of the BreastCheck initiative into the north-western region and Donegal in particular; and if he will make a... - Health Board Services
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an OT's report is available relative to an application under the DPG scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if... - Hospital Services
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has carried out any recent assessment of the adequacy of neurology services in Ireland; if he will indicate whether these studies... - Health Board Services
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide funding to the Western Health Board to provide a residential place to a person (details supplied); and if he will make... - Smoking Ban
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to his reply to Question No. 139 of 27 January 2004 regarding the ban on smoking in public places, if he will elaborate on his... - Health Board Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and teenagers on the waiting lists for orthodontic assessment and treatment in the Eastern Regional Health... - Hospital Staff
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the national task force on medical staffing, part 2, is continuing its work on deciding the configuration of hospitals nationally... - Departmental Properties
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future plans for lands at the St. Ita's campus; if the proceeds from a transfer of these lands to new uses will be earmarked for... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount which was spent in his Department from January 2002 to December 2003 for media purposes and advertising; the areas in which...
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