Written answers
Tuesday, 21 June 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Services
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the provision of radiotherapy services for the south-east; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concern expressed at the recent INO conference in Killarney that the health and... - Occupational Therapists
Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 123 of 31 May 2005, if her Department has made any arrangements to assist the 75 new occupational... - Hospital Staff
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant rheumatologists in the public health services; if this figure is in line with international best... - EU Directives
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in implementing the European working time directive for junior doctors; and if she will make a... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the provision of the nursing home beds as laid out in her ten point plan to alleviate the accident... - Hospital Services
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that women in the north-west choose to have mastectomies due to the fact that they cannot face the long... - Insurance Industry
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has given the go-ahead for the introduction of risk equalisation in the health insurance market; when risk... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to introduce a prostate screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20693/05] - Organ Retention
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference of the report she has commissioned from Dr. Deirdre Madden on post-mortem practices in hospitals here... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the 850 beds in CNUs have not been delivered; if this is no longer a Government commitment; and if she will make... - Nursing Home Sector
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of prosecutions taken by health boards against nursing homes for each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports that persons are taking out loans from credit unions to pay for medical treatments and surgery;... - Medical Cards
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to allow families to write off child care costs when being assessed for eligibility for medical cards; her... - Private Hospital Facilities
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide lands at public hospitals to private interests to construct private hospitals; and if she will make... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has allocated money to upgrade St. Bricin's Hospital; if so, the amount her Department has allocated; and... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of each main surgical procedure under the national treatment purchase scheme; the average cost of each such... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds provided to date, in regard to the commitment given in the national health strategy to provide an... - Care of the Elderly
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will publish proposals on the financing of long-term care of the elderly to fulfil action 42 of the national health... - Health Service Reform
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the Hanly report; if it is her intention to implement it in full or in part; if she has measured the potential... - Water Fluoridation
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address continuing concerns regarding the possible health impact of the fluoridation of water... - Cystic Fibrosis Services
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she will bring forward to further assist persons with cystic fibrosis; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Funding
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount that each health board spent over its budget for 2004 before the boards were dissolved in December 2004; and if... - Health Service Staff
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the recruitment of the chief executive of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Infectious Diseases
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has records of correspondence from any acute hospital or health board regarding the implementation of... - Health Service Funding
Question 86: 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 Service Staff
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the identity of the national directors and assistant directors of the HSE; if all of these positions have been filled; the... - Pension Provisions
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the matters that remain outstanding and which are preventing the payment of a pension to retired former temporary... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the Irish Blood Transfusion Service has sufficient resources to ensure an adequate and safe supply... - Primary Health Care Strategy
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason so little progress has been made in implementing the Government's primary health care strategy; and if she will... - Nursing Home Inspections
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, as recommended by the Ombudsman, she will make all nursing home inspectors reports available to the general public as a... - Hospital Services
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on talks between the HSE and health authorities in Northern Ireland regarding the provision of access... - Hospital Charges
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the regulations providing for the imposition of charges on those in long-term care will be published and enacted; if... - Health Service Staff
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total number of personnel now employed in the delivery of the health services; the number of consultants, medical staff,... - Care of the Elderly
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of the 1,370 additional assessment and rehabilitation beds which have been delivered, as promised in the national... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the call made by the National Council for Ageing and Older People for the extension of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that the waiting lists for diabetes sufferers in Beaumont Hospital have claimed four lives; and if she... - Nursing Home Standards
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is a standard procedure that, prior to a public patient being placed by a regional health office into a nursing home,... - Ambulance Service
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in the Mulranny, Achill and Ballycroy area of Mayo; if her attention has been... - Hospital Services
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made to improve neurosurgical services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20920/05] - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; if it is intended to implement the... - Plastic Surgery Procedures
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the standards applied to private plastic surgery are sufficiently high; the checks that are... - Task Force on Alcohol
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in implementing the recommendations of the task force on alcohol; the reason more progress has... - Nursing Home Standards
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken arising from the shocking conditions in the Leas Cross nursing home disclosed in the "Prime... - Medical Cards
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to withhold pay increases due to general practitioners as a result of their decision not to co-operate... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to ensure that Deputies receive replies to parliamentary questions that are referred by her to... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed community nursing unit at Kerry general hospital, Tralee, County Kerry; and if she will... - Nursing Home Inspections
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings her Department has held with the social services inspectorate since 2001, specifically in relation... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the latest information available to her Department regarding the extent of the potential cost to the Exchequer of the... - Alternative Medicine
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the national expert group considering ways of strengthening the regulatory... - Water Fluoridation
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason, despite repeated promises, questions to the water fluoridation forum from a person (details supplied) have not... - Health Service Staff
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses from the Philippines working in health services here; the percentage of the total number of nurses... - Nursing Home Standards
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the promised legislation to extend the social services inspectorate will also include national standards for all... - Nursing Home Care
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason elderly patients with medical cards in nursing homes are being discriminated against by not making a superior... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will announce the capital development works for Wexford General Hospital for extra beds, a new accident and... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if medical card holders in private nursing homes are entitled to incontinence wear; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the establishment of the promised 32 local health offices; the locations of these proposed offices;... - Pension Provisions.
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for an inordinate delay within the HSE, northern area, in paying out pensions entitlements and lump sum... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has by letter of 25 May 2005 confirmed that approval has been... - Health Service Staff
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the Department of Health and Children is in excess of the employment target level which the Government... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 141: 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... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 142: 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... - Medical Inquiries
Question 145: 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 a person... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the promised improvements to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service in Cork have been implemented; and if she will make a... - Child Care Services
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to act on the findings of the recent report by the Special Residential Services Board; and if she will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when publication of full hospital waiting lists will be resumed; the latest information available to the national treatment... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if contracts have been signed for the provision of all 500 short term nursing home beds for patients who no longer need... - National Cancer Strategy
Question 152: 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. [20924/05] - Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the areas in which the additional funding for disability services announced in the 2005 budget has been spent; and if she... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of additional cases for the repayment of illegal nursing home charges that have been taken against her... - Care of the Elderly
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the failure to provide adequate funding for the supports necessary for... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 158: 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... - Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home beds which are available in County Kildare; the locations of same; the number which are... - Grant Payments
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have been approved for the home care grant but who are still waiting to receive payment, by... - Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the oncologists of Ireland report on radiotherapy services; her views on the report and... - Health Service Reform
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total amount paid to date in severance packages for chief executive officers of the former health boards; the total... - Health Service Staff
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to lift the cap on medical staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20926/05]
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