Written answers
Tuesday, 17 February 2004
Department of Health and Children
- Health Board Services.
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the widespread top-up billing to medical card holders by chiropodists; if he is negotiating a new... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider extending the long-term illness card cover to include Wegners disease, which is debilitating and responds well to... - Care of the Elderly
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has carried out an assessment of the number of long-term public care beds capable of caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will have arrangements made for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 to be admitted to Beaumont Hospital for a serious hernia... - Care of the Elderly
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the lack of publicly funded convalescent beds for persons who have completed a period of acute care in... - Health Board Services
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of bed occupancy at the Maynooth Community Hospital; the extra staff required to bring the hospital to full operational... - Hospital Staff
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in appointing the necessary staff at Naas General Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that... - Health Board Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when he plans to extend the allowance for opticians for sufferers of aniridia; when this situation will be reviewed and changed; and if... - Departmental Funding
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts or procurements funded directly or indirectly by his Department during the past seven years in respect of which... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department in the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on hospital waiting lists in the State as of February 2004; the number of adults and the number of children on... - Task Force on Obesity
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference of the task force on obesity; the members of the task force and the sectors they represent; if the soft drinks... - Health Board Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the health boards which do not have in-patient ophthalmic services. [4588/04] - Health Board Funding
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the surplus in regard to the Western Health Board in 2002 and 2003; the areas to which this surplus reissued; and the projects to which... - Hospital Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elective surgical procedures at major level, intermediate level, minor level and day surgery which were carried out at... - Health Board Payments
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all health boards are complying with the provisions of the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997; the instances where any specific... - Health Board Investigations
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of outstanding legal claims pending against the North Eastern Health Board; the nature of such claims; and if he will... - Hospital Staff
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants who have left each individual hospital in the North Eastern Health Board region since 1 January 1998; and if he... - Hospital Funding
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital funding supplied by his Department through the North Eastern Health Board to each of the five major hospitals in... - Clinical Standards Committee
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide a list of the persons and their contact details who sit on the clinical standards committee of WestDoc. [4635/04] - Health Board Allowances
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines or procedures his Department has in place in each health board area to manage all payments, including disability allowance... - Health Board Services
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans he has to upgrade the health centre located in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, as part of the need to improve infrastructure on... - Disabled Drivers
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a primary medical certificate was not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of their circumstances... - Medical Cards
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are covered by medical cards in the Midland Health Board area; the number in tabular form who held medical... - Vaccination Programme
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will respond to correspondence from the Irish vaccine injury campaign of 12 January 2004 regarding a compensation scheme; and if he... - Benchmarking Awards
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Eastern Regional Health Authority will make the benchmarking payment due to its personnel; and when will this payment be made.... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment can be made for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed. [4786/04] - Hospital Staff
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether the use of administrative resources in a public hospital by a consultant to deal with a patient treated privately... - Organ Retention
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals he has to introduce legislation to proscribe the practice of retaining organs without consent; and if he will make a... - Health Board Funding
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to provide national development plan funding to support the development of a day centre for older people in the Youghal area of... - Medicinal Products
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which the price of medicines and drugs are determined here, especially in relation to State schemes; and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the picture exchange communication system available to autistic children is not made available to children with severe speech... - Health Board Services
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full extent and location of the population likely to be served by the Ballymun health centre; the method by which such needs are... - Hospital Services
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will investigate whether a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was left on a trolley in Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar,... - Health Board Services
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on the steps he intends to take in relation to a letter (details supplied) by five consultant psychiatrists... - Patient Statistics
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in each health board area attending accident and emergency departments of hospitals as a result of assault in each... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapists report and the allocation of a new wheelchair will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied)... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will increase the level of subvention in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is in care at Freshford,... - Health Board Waiting Lists
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans he has to reduce the numbers on waiting lists in the SEHB area for orthodontic treatment; the reasons there is a waiting list... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the structure within the SWAHB that deals with disability services; the number of staff in this section; the total funding involved in... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the SWAHB are at odds with Government policy in regard to decentralisation by the altering of their previous decision to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be given an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Child Care Services
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received by the SWAHB in relation to the advisory service for children in their homes by their families; the... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time for dealing with patients from the time of arrival to the time of discharge at the accident and emergency unit, St.... - Child Care Services
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding replacement funding for a childcare facility (details supplied) which had its funding severely reduced by social... - Care of the Elderly
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in providing a special Alzheimer unit on the grounds of St. Canice's Hospital, Kilkenny; if the plan has been costed; and if... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if subvention and enhanced subvention will continue to be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a decision in... - Health Board Services
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5044/04] - Hospital Staff
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action he intends to take to address the situation where there is only one nurse on duty at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a knee operation. [5051/04] - Grant Payments
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants available from health boards for the upkeep and maintenance of community halls providing youth and some sports facilities.... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether, in view of the letter to the Taoiseach dated 10 December 2003 regarding fire protection at the 5-Day Medical...
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