Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Helpline Service
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a grant of €30,000 will be approved in respect of a helpline service (details supplied) in County Cork. [19223/05] - EU Directives
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if recommendation 1117 (1989) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has been implemented; if not, the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the funding package submitted for approval from the indicative funding available to the intellectual disability... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average cost for a plastic surgery operation under the national treatment purchase fund when compared to the cost of... - Health Services
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the maximum assistance and support will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to orthodontic... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the annual budget for the national treatment purchase fund since it was established in 2002; the number of persons treated... - Care of the Elderly
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if capital funding will be provided for a proposed day care project for the elderly (details supplied) in County Wexford;... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to re-examine the grant available through subvention for nursing homes in view of the serious increase in energy... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place to test imported foodstuffs for genetically modified content. [19020/05] - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if certain anti-sickness drugs used by cancer patients including a medication (details supplied) have been removed from... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has issued instructions in regard to the provision of extra beds in Naas General Hospital; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a nursing home subvention or home help will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current entitlement a 14 year old medical card holder has in terms of orthodontic treatment; if it is the policy of her... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that if a person's income exceeds the non-contributory old age pension by a... - Hospital Charges
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the refund of the hospital charge for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will be... - Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has not replied to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 12 April 2005; and if she will... - Health Promotion
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to current media and television adverts on the benefits of folic acid by the health promotion unit of her... - Psychological Service
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will provide the necessary finance for the appointment of a psychologist for County Carlow in view of the proposed... - Mental Health Statistics
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients admitted to each psychiatric admission unit nationally between 2000 and 2005 on a yearly basis; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent of hospital waiting lists for patients throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if medical card holders will have cervical smears for no charge; and if she will review the current practise where general... - Water Fluoridation
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the forum on fluoridation will be wound up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19139/05] - Suicide Statistics
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths by suicide of persons under 25 between 1997 and 2004 in counties Clare, Limerick, north Tipperary and... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount made available for 2005 under the special disability multi-annual funding package; the way in which this money... - National Lottery Funding
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is in a position to make a determination regarding an application for national lottery funding by a... - Nursing Allowances
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason student nurses attending Trinity and affiliated to St. James's Hospital have not been awarded their travel... - Nursing Education
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the rostered placement will be reduced to 34 weeks, excluding leave for the 2005 intake onwards, in view of the proposed... - Medical Records
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 5 October 2004, the progress that has been made to correct the inaccuracies... - National Children's Strategy
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on the implementation of the national children's strategy; the amount of the strategy that... - Ministerial Travel
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the most up-to-date information on her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled... - Nursing Home Inspections
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason 83 private nursing homes were inspected only once in 2004; if this is a satisfactory inspection regime; and if... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the situation which occurred at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk on 30 May 2005; and the reason... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons who are in receipt of a disability allowance and resident of a residential home are entitled to a refund of the... - Health Insurance
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to alter the regulations pertaining to the health insurance sector; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an occupational therapist's report in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 12 April 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be... - Grant Payments
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will sanction a motorised transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County... - Hospital Staff
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken and the representations she has made to the Health Service Executive to ensure that the post of... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will be completed to a house under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied)... - Health Service Staff
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to the requirements for and the availability of speech and language therapists between now and... - Medical Cards
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the discussions which have taken place within the Health Service Executive to ensure that chiropody services, at a... - Mental Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedure for the Inspector of Mental Hospitals to arrange visits to hospitals; if these take place without the prior... - Hospital Staff
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to previous Government commitments in this regard, if she has succeeded in making one of the two radiation... - Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the sub-committee on radiotherapy will address the issue of designated transport with a view to providing the persons... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied) in... - Nursing Homes
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home beds each year for each of the past 20 years. [19344/05] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was not called for their operation on the 1 June 2005. [19367/05] - Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will arrange for the North Western Health Executive to provide orthodontic treatment for a person... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the unacceptable delay in organising an angiogram for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the general practitioner only medical cards scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pension Provisions
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the gratuity this person would be... - Nursing Homes
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received complaints regarding a nursing home (details supplied); if so, if they have been... - Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was refused sanction by the HSE for the purchase of certain medical material which... - Grant Payments
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a home care grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [19425/05] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information on the financial allocations made by her to each of the learning disability service... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 11 May 2005, the reason no reply has yet issued to this Deputy; her views on... - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a general practitioners crisis in Beara in west Cork (details supplied); if support will... - Public Private Partnership
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish the conditions pertaining to public private partnerships in the health sector; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in the discussions between the HSE north western area regarding north west residents... - Disability Bill 2004
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to meet the concerns of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19471/05] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an earlier appointment date to attend the consultant... - Health Funding
Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if adequate funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) by the HSE in order that the centre can run to... - Foster Care
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the insecurity of children who are fostered under family arrangements whereby even quite... - Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason only children from fifth and sixth class at a school (details supplied) in County Galway are examined for... - Hanly Report
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it remains the policy of her Department to implement in full the Hanly report; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Executive
Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to find a replacement CEO for the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19520/05] - Rehabilitation Services
Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the supports available to assist stroke victims and their families during rehabilitation; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the proposed move of a service (details supplied); if this move represents a further downgrading of the... - Benchmarking Awards
Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legal basis for withholding a benchmarking award to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if this is the case;... - Health Service Funding
Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding will be provided to a group (details supplied). [19524/05] - Health Act 1970
Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Health Act 1970; the timetable for publication of the legislation; and... - Health Services
Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [19526/05] - Mental Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that plans are in place to close Caltragh House, the mental health services... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if multi-annual funding for the voluntary sector such as the Carmichael Centre is absolutely vital; if she intends to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with a hospital (details supplied) on a person's behalf; if he will be called for treatment in view... - Health Services
Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a new wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to meet a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19581/05] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to make an announcement in respect of capital funding for a new hospital in Dingle, County Kerry; the... - Tobacco Controls
Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has not yet ratified the WHO framework convention on tobacco control; and if she will make a statement... - Health Service Staff
Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if public health and community medicine doctors are discriminated against in interviews for promotion; and if she will make... - Ambulance Service
Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in areas of Mayo (details supplied) in view of the fact that this has been a... - Hospital Services
Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a report of an MRI scan of a person (details supplied) cannot be found; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to permanent registration for section 7.6 doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial help which is available to a person for medical treatment in England when that treatment is not available... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be extended to the Waterford constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19787/05] - Community Care
Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed for home help. [19824/05] - Adoption Services
Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an adoption assessment (details supplied) is likely to commence. [19839/05] - Mental Health Services
Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to appoint specialist psychiatric posts for persons suffering from chronic eating disorders. [19840/05] - Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for a hearing test and hearing aid. [19861/05] - Hospital Services
Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds occupied in County Monaghan; the number required; if she proposes to further develop this... - Health Services
Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and details of reports into acute hospital services commissioned by the former North Eastern Health Board; the... - Iodine Tablets
Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the €2.2 million cost of distributing iodine tablets to households here was justified; the length of... - Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has noted the results of an international survey which placed Ireland, with 119 cases of MRSA per million of... - Suicide Prevention
Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to set up a national co-ordinating authority to develop guidelines and strategies in the area of suicide... - Health Service Staff
Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the remuneration, allowance, superannuation and additional advisers package proposed by Professor Drumm as a... - Rights of the Child
Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) has been the subject of administrative proceedings over the past year or more which come...
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