Written answers
Wednesday, 11 May 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the basis of her decision to close down the Dunne inquiry into the retention of organs of deceased children; her proposals... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made to date in dealing with the accident and emergency crisis; the number of new beds which have... - Asthma Incidence
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the huge increase in asthma figures in children; her further views on whether indoor air pollution is a factor... - Health Services
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on comments by the HSE that the health services funding is insufficient for 2005; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Staff
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether nurses should be awarded their pay claims in full and without delay; and if she will make a statement... - Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected completion date of the inquiry, to be chaired by Judge Maureen Harding-Clarke, into the activities of the... - Suicide Incidence
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent comments (details supplied) made by the Coroner for County Offaly; the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the national rollout of the cervical screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the catchment area for a hospital (details supplied) in County Wicklow to include the area of south... - Care of the Elderly
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps he intends to take to address the issues of isolation and loneliness among elderly persons identified in the... - Water Fluoridation
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports that there are much higher rates of dental fluorosis here than in Northern Ireland as a... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to address the prevalence, detection and treatment of prostate cancer; and if she will make a... - Nursing Home Services
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if contracts have been signed for the provision of 500 short-term nursing home beds for patients who no longer need acute... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken in each of the past five years to address the issue of the lack of bed space in all hospitals... - Hospital Procedures
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action her Department took on receipt of a letter in January 2003 recommending the use of a US based plastic surgeon who... - Mental Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent report by Comhairle na nOspidéal on the mental health services; and if she will make a statement on... - Eating Disorders
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services provided for persons with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15449/05] - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to negotiations with hospital consultants regarding the indemnity scheme; if the Government is... - Health Service Staff
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the chief executive designate of the Health Service Executive will take up their position; if the finance director of... - Mental Health Services
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her response the recent decision of the High Court to award almost €3 million in damages to a person; if she is concerned... - Hospital Charges
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to recent figures produced by the Central Statistics Office showing that hospital charges... - Health Service Staff
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a media report that the new chief executive of the HSE intends to introduce a new tier of management; and if... - Complementary Therapies
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the regulations and legislative protection surrounding the business of complementary therapists; and if she will make a... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the practice of health authorities holding the pension books of elderly patients to pay for their long-term care has... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the law governing international adoptions in view of the experience of a person (details supplied) in a... - Nursing Education
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the INO and the HSE management have reached an agreement on the introduction of a new nursing grade; and if she will make... - Special Needs Children
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which studies have been conducted here into the cause or causes of children born with various special needs;... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, arising from the Travers report, progress has been made with regard to determining the whereabouts of the file prepared... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the bed capacity which St. James's, the Mater public, St. Vincent's public, Blanchardstown, Tallaght and Beaumont Hospitals... - Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to research showing that rates of tuberculosis infection may be increasing in pockets of... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the efforts she is making to open closed beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15411/05] - Influenza Vaccines
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date with regard to acquiring a stock of influenza vaccines to deal with any influenza pandemic; the... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the introduction of an out-of-hours general practitioner co-operative service for the east Cork... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of calls received to date by the national repayments scheme helpline; the latest information available to her... - Medical Cards
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the application process for the doctor-only medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15418/05] - Hospital Services
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed at the recent IMO conference that surgeons and anaesthetists are... - Community Care
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it has now been decided not to proceed with the 850 community nursing units, announced in July... - Health Service Staff
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends lifting the cap on medical staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15439/05] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will elaborate on the recent plan announced by the HSE to move additional beds into existing wards; if the staffing... - Hospital Staff
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date with hospital consultants on the renegotiation of their contract; and if she will make a... - Water Fluoridation
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that water fluoridation has occurred here without the necessary statutory approval; and if she will... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the national roll-out of BreastCheck in the west and southern areas; and if she will make a... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her ten-point plan for the accident and emergency crisis; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Capital Programme
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital projects in the health area for which funding has been provided and which are expected to commence in 2005; if... - Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the health service plan recently published by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15335/05] - Health Service Reform
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the Hanly report; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that publication of full hospital waiting lists will be resumed; the latest information available to... - Ambulance Service
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to improve the ambulance service in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - National Cancer Strategy
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the new cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15420/05] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a feasibility study has been carried out as to whether or not St. Bricin's Military Hospital will be used to help... - Pharmacy Regulation
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her consideration of the report of the pharmacy review group; if her attention has been drawn to the... - Health Expenditure
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children Ireland's ranking in relation to health spending within the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will commence on the community nursing unit on the grounds of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent claim from the Irish Cancer Society that women were dying needlessly from a... - Hospital Services
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the publication of the Comhairle report on plastic surgical services; the date on which the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds provided to date and the hospitals in each case in regard to the commitment given in the national health... - Hospital Services
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of new facilities that have opened following the allocation of funding announced; and if she will make a... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person is entitled to have their colonoscopy under the national treatment purchase fund if the date for carrying out... - Company Privatisation
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has had recent discussions with VHI regarding the privatisation of this company; when this company will be... - Medical Cards
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has the full co-operation of IMPACT for the introduction of the new doctor-only medical card; and if she... - Risk Equalisation
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent statement by BUPA Ireland that it may have to withdraw from the Irish market if risk equalisation... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the call from the IMO for priority to be given to an increase in public bed capacity and... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on introducing an out of hours general practitioner co-operative service; and if she will make a... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in regard to the package of measures announced on Estimates day to improve accident and emergency services, she will... - Health Service Reform
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the establishment of the four new regional health areas; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some chiropodists are charging medical card holders €10 per visit; if... - Medicinal Products
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the investigation which has been held into the circumstances in which huge numbers of counterfeit condoms (details... - Public Health
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of radioactive contaminants that can be treated using iodine in tablet form; the number of these contaminants... - Hospital Services
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person from the UK who has resided in the UK all their life, who is in receipt of a contributory pension from the DHSS... - Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the non-payment of a curam home care grant approved by the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Community Care
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the review by the HSE in relation to the number of hours allocated to the home help service in County... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent request to the HSE to consider using mobile military field hospitals to alleviate overcrowding in... - Health Service Executive Property
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of security, maintenance and insurance of the vacant property at Myshall, County Carlow since the property was... - Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be awarded to allow the special care baby unit at the Regional Hospital, Mullingar to open immediately on... - Civil Registration Service
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to provide for the commencement of the marriage provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004 allowing... - Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate additional rehabilitative training places to the HSE western region; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no reply issued to this Deputy in respect of Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 8 July 2004; if she has satisfied... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on waiting lists for heart and hip replacement and eye surgery; and if she will make a statement on... - Medical Cards
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which the number of medical cards issued to date compares with the commitment given by the Government prior to... - Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists and child psychologists required throughout the country at present; her plans... - Health Service Staff
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of posts to be filled at each level throughout the health services at the present time; her plans to bring... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds available at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number occupied; the number of... - Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when all the posts at Naas General Hospital will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15702/05] - Health Service Staff
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and status of posts awaiting to be filled in the health services in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve, enhance or otherwise upgrade the various health centres in County Kildare having due regard to... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds available in County Kerry at the present time; the number required; her plans to expand this... - Infectious Diseases
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of MRSA reported to date; if more than one such case has been reported from the same location; the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds available in 1990; the number available now; if the position reflects needs created by... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the treatment purchase scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15712/05] - Hospital Staff
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to address the shortage of nursing staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15713/05] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of step down beds provided since June 2004; the number required; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
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