Written answers
Wednesday, 29 June 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 21 June 2005, if she will list each facility and its value that has opened... -
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown by county of the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Staff
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 12 psychologists in clinical training affiliated with a doctorate course... - Hospital Services
Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action which should be taken by a person (details supplied) with a medical card who needs to see a neurologist urgently;... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Portunicula Hospital, Ballinasloe, was ignored by the HSE in its capital allocation; the proposals considered... - Health Services
Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the help and services available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22942/05] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will work closely with Dublin City Council and the Department of Social and Family Affairs in order that a disabled... - Health Services
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her position with regard to proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22944/05] - Suicide Incidence
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the league table of suicides for persons under 25 years of age in the OECD countries. [22945/05] - National Statistics
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children born to single mothers in 2004. [22947/05] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the recent announcement of the capital programme for hospitals, the stage of development sanctioned; the cost... - Medical Cards
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the doctor-only medical card is likely to come into effect; if she will backdate the scheme and compensate persons who... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the nature of the contract which exists with general practitioners; the payment they receive per medical card holder and per... - Health Service Allowances
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received in the midland HSE area for the domiciliary care allowance in each of the past five... - Hospital Services
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in admitting a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to the eating disorder unit at... - Ambulance Service
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nights between June 2005 and December 2005 during which New Ross, County Wexford, will be left without its own... - Youth Services
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider providing financial assistance to communities to meet the costs of insurance, supervision, heating,... - Nursing Homes
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures being put in place to make inspections of nursing homes more frequent and random. [22970/05] - National Drugs Strategy
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures in place and those that remain to be implemented to ensure that all drug users have immediate access to... - Health Services
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive surgery under the patient treatment scheme. [22972/05] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that as a consequence of the Irish Wheelchair Association being affiliated to... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the works to be carried out at Naas General Hospital under the recent announcement of a capital programme for... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made on the institution of BreastCheck services following the insertion of tenders in the [i]EU... - Health Services
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the development of a national strategy for carers in consultation with the Carers Association; and if she will... -
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork must wait from five to six weeks for an eye test. [22979/05] - Ambulance Service
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a first responders scheme in County Kerry similar to that operated by the ambulance service in the... - Infectious Diseases
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if guidelines apply in respect of the wearing of uniforms and footwear to and from work by persons working on the wards of... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the upgrading of St Joseph's Hospital, Ennis; the funding available for this upgrading; and if she will make... - EU Regulations
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure that her Department complies with the decisions of the High Court of 6 March 2002 and of... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will begin on the 21 bed unit in Wexford General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23165/05] - Care of the Elderly
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to include elderly day care patients as class 2 persons under regulations; if she will clarify, using... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will extend the nursing home subvention scheme to cover the full cost of care and to ensure that pensioners availing... - Grant Schemes
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will expand the home care grant scheme to the mid-western region; the likely annual cost of the scheme; and if she... - Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no obligation on the HSE to provide transport for patients attending outpatient appointments who have... -
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will seek equality of service from the HSE for front line therapy services such as speech, occupational and... - General Register Office
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the scheme to computerise the registers of births, marriages and deaths will be fully operational; and the stage the... - Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if places in public nursing homes have been assigned for short stay care to relieve pressure on acute hospital beds; if so,... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason enhanced subvention for nursing home care is available in some parts of the country and not in others; and the... - Hospital Services
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 10 May 2005, if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called... - Health Service Staff
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 85 and 101 of 22 March 2005 and 179 and 185 of 26 April 2005, when funding will... - Hospital Services
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for hip surgery in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick;... - Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 8 March 2005, if the chief officer for the HSE's mid-western area has... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 19 October 2004, the status of an application for repairs to a chimney and... - Health Insurance
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the attached correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23293/05] - Nursing Homes
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the requests which were made for medical supplies for public patients at Leas Cross Nursing Home, County Dublin, to the... - Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children who are awaiting orthodontic treatment and assessment in each of the Health Service Executive areas... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status in respect of the long promised phase two development of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the funding... - Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide a health centre to Mulhuddart in Dublin 15 as previously promised; the estimated cost of the... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to offer public orthodontic work to private contractors in an effort to reduce the waiting lists or to extend... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to issue a detailed statement of the terms of refund to persons who were unlawfully charged in public... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will publish details of hospital waiting lists; the reason for the delay in publishing waiting lists; the baseline... - Medical Cards
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card appeal application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists working for the HSE in the Mid-Western Health Board region; the plans she has to... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the announced capital funding of over €20 million for Ennis General Hospital will be applied to phase 1A of the... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has regarding the maintenance of the 24 hour accident and emergency facility at Ennis General Hospital; and... - Vaccination Programme
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 12 April 2005, the current status of the review; when a compensation scheme... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 25 May 2005, if a design team has been appointed; and if she will make a... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications submitted to the HSE under the nursing home refund scheme on a county basis; when she intends to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 31 May 2005, when a person (details supplied) will be called to Beaumont... - Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has established a working group to examine better co-ordination between the drug and alcohol abuse services; the... - Hospital Services
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 25 May 2005, the reason for the delay in reply to same; and if she will make... - Ambulance Service
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 1 March 2005, if the study has been completed; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if thousands of Mayo patients will obtain long overdue rheumatology services; when a Mayo rheumatology unit will be... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation whereby persons are waiting in excess of five years for a urology appointment; her further views... - Ambulance Service
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in the three areas of Tuam, west Roscommon, Achill-Mulranny and Ballycroy; if her... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national cervical cancer screening service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the Hanly report is unacceptable when it means that Mayo General Hospital will be deprived of... - Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 10 March 2005, if she has received a response to date from the chief officer...
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