Written answers
Thursday, 10 February 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Pharmacy Regulations
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the latest position regarding her consideration of the report of the pharmacy review group; and if she will make a statement... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to encourage more general practitioners to work in certain areas of Dublin in which the ratio of patients to... - Health Services
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the delivery of services in primary care, medical and surgical facilities, special hospital needs and... - Health Service Staff
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made with regard to the recruitment of a chief executive for the Health Service Executive; when it is expected... - Hospital Staff
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application of the European working time directive to non-consultant hospital doctors; if the... - Influenza Pandemic
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to recent concerns expressed that this country may not be adequately prepared to deal with... - Alcohol Abuse
Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the recent report of the strategic task force on alcohol; if it... - Health Service Staff
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent warning from the IMO and the IHCA of the possibility of industrial action... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the CAPITA report has been fully implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4275/05] - Health Strategy
Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there will be no large scale investment in primary care in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4280/05] - Children in Care
Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if she will review the procedures to prevent this traumatic... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the internal audit carried out by the IBTS which found that blood products had been sold to commercial... - Control of Infectious Diseases
Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the most recent steps she has taken to deal with the MRSA problem in hospitals; if there is evidence that this new strategy... - Ambulance Service
Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals for the building of a new ambulance base in Monaghan town; if she will report on its stage of development; and... - Health Service Executive
Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by the HSE on developing its logo; and the cost incurred by all areas under the control of the HSE for... - Health Strategy
Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the construction of health centres with general practitioners and pharmacies on site but financed by private... - Patient Statistics
Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of high dependency patients under the care of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4279/05] - Ministerial Meetings
Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her meeting with the Cancer Care Alliance on 31 January 2005; and if she will make a statement on the... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in regard to the package of measures announced by her Department in the Estimates to improve accident and emergency... - Health Services
Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the need for a statutory appeals system to be set up for all health and community services. [4225/05] - Mental Health Services
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to recent figures from the Health Research Board showing that there were 66 children... - Health Services
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of CAT scanners in operation in the health service; the locations of same; their hours of operation; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in presenting the report on the death of a person (details supplied) at Our Lady's Hospital for... - Health Reports
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the Pollock report on the high incidence of cystic fibrosis here and the low level of services;... - Health Services
Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will conduct a cost benefit analysis of the widespread use of the RAST blood test compared with the skin prick test;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the cooperation which is taking place to advance cross-Border services in the north west region,... - Medical Cards
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the introduction of the general practitioner only medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the... - Environmental Pollution
Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will launch a public information campaign on the issue of the indoor environment and indoor pollution and the need to... - Health Reports
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the radiation oncology report are still part of Government policy; if they have been modified; and... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent report produced by the Health Board Executive on behalf of the chief executive... - Care of the Elderly
Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of reported cases of abuse of older persons in their homes or in long stay residential care since 1 January 2000;... - Mental Health Services
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the further measures she proposes in order to provide support for persons with mental illnesses who are discharged from... - Health Services
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no dedicated provision for the identification and treatment of allergies in the public health system... - Health Service Staff
Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of administrative posts created in preparation for and in the implementation of the establishment of the HSE; the... - Hospital Services
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in the provision of a CT scanner for a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [4160/05] - Care of the Elderly
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of an announcement she made in a recent interview in which she stated that she intends giving €200 per week to... - Hospital Services
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she wishes to consider or undertake to further centralise cancer treatment services; and if she will make a... - Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she made any departmental investigations to ascertain whether there is capacity in the private nursing home sector to... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is monitoring compliance with her directive to health boards of December 2004 that charges do not apply to... - Private Health Care
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for private investment in the hospital sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4220/05] - Medicinal Products
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an arthritis treatment (details supplied) has been withdrawn in the United... - Mental Health Services
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role her Department played in informing the decision to relocate the Central Mental Hospital to a green field site with... - Pilot Programmes
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of pilot programmes which are ongoing in the health services; if she will identify these programmes; the length... - Health Services
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in the various Health Service Executive areas at the latest date for... - Mental Health Services
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to publish the review of the care and treatment of a person (details supplied) in the course of their... - Children in Care
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to establish the location of up to 250 foreign children who have disappeared from the care of the... - Health Reform Programme
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the Hanly report on medical reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4271/05] - Hospital Staff
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding for two neurology consultants and their support teams will be issued to Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she... - National Health Strategy
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to comment on the commitment given in the national health strategy to provide an additional 3,000 hospital beds; the number... - Organ Retention
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date by the Dunne inquiry into the retention of organs of deceased children; the date on which the... - Medicinal Products
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which is spent on antihistamines; her views on whether there is an over reliance on antihistamines for allergic... - Hospital Services
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of hospital bed days lost during 2004 as a result of the winter vomiting bug; the steps being taken to... - Hospital Staff
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to meet the IHCA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4267/05] - Care of the Elderly
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she expects the social service inspectorate to be established on a statutory basis; if she intends to include the... - Medicinal Products
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether we need regulation of complementary and alternative medicines to deal with those persons who refer to... - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the most recent figures on sexually transmitted infections; her views on whether further and urgent... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to build a new community hospital in Dingle; if her attention has been drawn to the generous gift being... - Health Insurance
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total percentage increase in VHI premiums since 1997; if her attention has been drawn to statements made by VHI... - Medical Cards
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not published the report commissioned from Deloitte and Touche on the GMS, in view of the fact that it is... - Health Service Staff
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which the goals of having more professionals trained and thus available for the regions in areas such as... - Community Care
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is still intended to provide the 850 community nursing units promised by her predecessor in July 2002; when they are... - Hospital Charges
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin, has been penalised... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that sufficient beds are being provided to meet demographic requirements; and if she will make... - Medical Cards
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if all social welfare recipients whose sole income is social welfare are in receipt of a medical card; her views on whether... - Medicinal Products
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to draw up new guidelines for the use of adrenaline pens to provide new training and retraining for the... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need to ensure that elderly patients in private nursing homes are not left without... - Primary Care Strategy
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to publish a progress report on the primary care strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4277/05] - Proposed Legislation
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends publishing regulations regarding the proposed parliamentary questions unit within the HSE; and if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a departmental statement that work to identify the primary care development requirements required to support... - Hospital Staff
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing posts unfilled at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of qualified nurses who... - Care of the Elderly
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers for older persons available (details supplied); her views on whether there is a need for more... - Health Service Staff
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are considered to be frontline staff in the delivery of health care; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason an initiative for the joint primary care-hospital care of diabetic patients in Dublin has not been continued;... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of pharmacists regarding a number of issues including the fact that a... - Health Reports
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the fourth periodic report of the National Economic and Social Forum; and if she will make a statement... - Cancer Strategy
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the cancer strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4437/05] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a higher payment of a nursing home subvention;... - Rights of the Child
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the call made by the Ombudsman for Children for a constitutional amendment to protect the rights of children;... - Ambulance Service
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the different system in place between the Dublin fire brigade service and the other non-Dublin fire... - Mental Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage allocation to the mental health services of the total budget for the health services for 2005. [4345/05] - Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the provision of a new health care centre at Glanmire, County Cork; and when funds will be made... - Medical Cards
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 was refused a medical card; and if they will be given the maximum... - Nursing Home Subventions.
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a nursing home subvention will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - Hospital Charges
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare received an invoice from a hospital; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to put in place a recruitment mechanism whereby area medical officer posts which are vacant due to former... - Vaccination Programme
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of mumps in the first month of 2005; the way in which this compares with the same period in 2004; and... - Health Services
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the health board has withdrawn a significant amount of home help that had been supplied to a person (details... - Health Service Staff
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the recent changes by An Bord Altranais (details supplied) in regard to the necessary qualifications... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients sent outside the jurisdiction for treatment in the past five years; the reason such treatment was... - Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children that have been treated through the orthodontic services in the past seven years; if they were of... - Health Reports
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of reports in respect of the health services which were undertaken in the past seven years; the cost of such... - Health Service Staff
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the degree to which the number of general practitioners, hospital doctors, consultant physicians and consultant surgeons is... - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has endeavoured to resolve the matter of insurance cover for consultants; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the Maynooth Community Hospital is fully commissioned and occupied; if she has further action planned... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the reply of 27 January 2005 in respect of the use of credit cards in her Department, the total expenditure... - Hospital Services
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo had surgery cancelled in Galway Regional Hospital, in view of the... - Hospital Charges
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the eligibility criteria with regard to the refund of €2,000 for hospital charges for the elderly; the avenues which are...
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