Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Food Safety Authority
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the reason the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has not yet published its completed... - Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, her attention has been drawn to the fact that whereas its... - Medical Cards
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding renewal of medical cards for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22131/05] - Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Clare who are on waiting lists for speech and language therapy; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take, and when, to improve the appalling inpatient provision for cystic fibrosis patients of St.... - Hospitals Expenditure
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital expenditure in respect of Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, under the national development plan... - Hospital Equipment
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the CT scanner for Mallow General Hospital, which was approved by her Department in 2004, will be installed. [21876/05] - Ambulance Service
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in the development of a helicopter emergency medical service; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the appointment of three rheumatologists to cater for patient needs in the Western Health Board region... - Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she plans to make funding available to the HSE north west region for the provision of radiotherapy treatment for... - Health Service Reform
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the health reform process, which came into effect on 15 June 2005, concerning the management of the... - Medical Cards
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to introduce the general practitioner only medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Staff
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the ongoing delay in processing registration applications for non-national EU nurses with An Bord... - Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding for a community health centre and a mental health day care centre (details supplied) in... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons presenting in public nursing homes are obliged to pay charges; and when those charges became operative. [21937/05] - Health Service Staff
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the consultation process that is to be set up by An Bord Áltranais regarding changes to qualifications needed for those... - Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has not forwarded information in relation to Brú Caoimhín, Cork Street in view of... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by her Department or agencies under the authority of her Department, on the services of models for use in... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will be carried out on a hospital (details supplied) in County Carlow as requested by the staff; her views on... - Medical Cards
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons applying for a general medical card are assessed on individual income or on per income to the household; if they... - National Cancer Strategy
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the long delay in making the necessary funding available to pay for staff in order to open the cancer care... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed community hospital in Tuam; the level of funding being made available to the project in... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position concerning St. Bridget's Psychiatric Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; if property has been sold on the... - Hospital Charges
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of an inpatient, an outpatient and a day-care procedure in 2004. [22069/05] - Medical Cards
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical card cover aged under 70 from 1998 to date; the percentage of the relevant population... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the annual cost of the drug payments scheme and the long-term illness medication scheme in 2004 and to date in 2005; and... - Health Service Strategy
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of care assistants graduating from the health care assistants programme from 2003 to date. [22073/05] - Medical Cards
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the extreme difficulty being experienced by applicants for medical card services whereby... - Infectious Diseases
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to eliminate the surge of the MRSA bug in hospitals throughout the country resulting in many... - Nursing Homes
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the families of patients at Leas Cross nursing home were informed of alternative nursing homes; the reason these homes... - Medical Cards
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons covered by medical cards in County Limerick in May 2005. [22094/05] - Hospital Re-admissions
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were re-admitted to hospital within one week of discharge in 2004. [22095/05] - Health Centres
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to replace the prefabricated buildings at a day care centre (details supplied) in County Wexford; if... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to plans on the part of Beaumont Hospital to construct a kidney unit within the curtilage... - Water Fluoridation
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the latest study from the Harvard School of Dental Health which found an increased cancer risk in children... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures for changing chemist in order to avail of the drugs repayment scheme; the threshold for this scheme; and if... - Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services organised by her Department in relation to speech therapy; the way in which these services are accessed; and... - Water Fluoridation
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a review will be taking place in respect of the appropriateness of fluoridation in water supplies as a means of reducing... - Child Care Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children in the care of the HSE for the Carlow-Kilkenny community care area who do not have an allocated... - Health Service Staff
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of foster care workers that do not have an allocated social worker in the Carlow-Kilkenny community care area;... - Nursing Staff
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Nursing; the funding necessary to effect... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional Exchequer funding that would be required for nursing home subvention grants to cover all charges to... - Suicide Prevention
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding being allocated by her Department for research in suicide and suicidal behaviour in 2005. [22149/05] - Health Service Staff
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on efforts by her Department to deal with the shortage of speech and language therapists; the plans in... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for an acute medical unit at Tallaght Hospital. [22151/05] - General Practitioner Service
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding proposals for an out of hours general practitioner service at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will... - Hospital Staff
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the HSE is delaying the approval process for a joint paediatric/adolescent endocrinologist/diabetologist for 7/4... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the payment of a grant under the housing aid for the elderly scheme will be expedited in the name of a person (details... - Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop a national strategy for carers giving full recognition to their role as an integral part of the health... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 24 May 2005, if the HSE is correct in its decision to impute to a person... - Medical Cards
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22251/05] - Nursing Home Charges
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for refund of moneys under the national repayment scheme in relation to overcharging of residents at public... - Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the guidelines which are prescribed for the assessment of children to determine their entitlement to orthodontic treatment.... -
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action which will be taken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22263/05] - Suicide Incidence
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the death rate by suicide per 100,000 of population by health board, regional authority and county areas for 2004. [22265/05] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital funding which has been provided for hospitals at Monaghan, Cavan, Navan, Dundalk and Drogheda in her... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford has still not been called for an operation; if there will be no... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by her Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if... - Mental Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents involving the swallowing of foreign objects that have taken place in psychiatric centres in the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details proposed by a person (details supplied) to fast track the roll-out of BreastCheck in the west referred to by... - Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reopen the tendering process for contract beds on behalf of the HSE in private nursing homes in County Mayo in... - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if SI 478 of 2002 is the only directive prohibiting x-rays in regard to asbestos or asbestos-related illnesses; and if she... - Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is likely to receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by... - Departmental Accommodation
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which has been spent on the renting, leasing or purchasing of de-mountable, temporary accommodation... - Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will be following the recommendation of the review of 2004 (details supplied) of orthodontic services in the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of men in County Clare being treated for prostate cancer; the success rates for such treatment; the action she... - Infectious Diseases
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of MRSA cases in Ennis General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/05] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will classify asthma as a long-term illness in order that the range of products for the treatment of asthma, such as... - Health Services
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children regarding the recent report on... - Waste Management
Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in the interests of public health, she will meet with the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment to discuss its... - Mental Health Services
Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the mental health tribunals during the past ten months; the number of persons available to be... - Dental Profession
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she intends to take to correct the monopoly in the dental profession for which the Dental Act 1985 was drawn up... - Departmental Staff
Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the names, titles, dates of appointment, total annual salary including pension contributions of each of the special or... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her authorisation to the HSE to proceed with its programme of capital works, the works which are to be done at... - Hospital Services
Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans, to establish a paediatric unit at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Medical Cards
Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the medical card issued to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a decision in the case... - Medical Certificates
Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a primary medical certificate was not granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if... - Medical Services
Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22691/05] - Hospital Services
Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the approved revenue funding of €500,000 for the commissioning of ten additional day beds at a... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the proposals for the refurbishment of the male medical unit at a hospital (details supplied); and if she... - Health Services
Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the needs of diabetics; if proper primary care through the general practitioners with early diagnosis... - Hospital Services
Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the removal of the mobile day hospital service from Maynooth, County Kildare; if she will ensure that the... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the 32 staff working at Ballymote community nursing home, County Sligo, will fall under the umbrella of the Health... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she plans to implement a nationwide breast screening service for all women of all ages; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the statutory instrument that permits the HSE to set an age threshold, commonly 25 years, below which a person is... - Community Care
Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for the construction of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE will provide a new health centre on the grounds of Listowel District Hospital as the existing centre is... - Health Services
Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a visit to the dentist has not yet taken place for children in sixth class at a school (details supplied) in... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position with respect to the nursing home subvention in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and... - Cancer Incidence
Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has studied the number of incidents of the various forms of cancer throughout the country with... - Health Services
Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be called for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a... - Health Service Funding
Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the value of the increases in charges and appropriations in aid in the financial years 1995/1996 and 1997/1998. [23502/05]
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