Written answers
Thursday, 30 June 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of medical cards for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23538/05] - Health Services
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available for the development of a sexual assault treatment unit in Kerry General Hospital; and if... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when work will commence on the 21-bed unit at Wexford General Hospital; the stage the work is at; the number of stages it... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when this Deputy will receive a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 22 June 2005; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a means by which the recommendations of a group (details supplied) can be progressed; and if she will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for a capital investment scheme for Our Lady's Hospital in Navan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's strategic plan for the development of health care for the people of Meath and the north east; and if she... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national breast screening programme approved in 2003 for the south east region will be available in County... - Health Insurance
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious consequences for 250 jobs in County Cork if risk equalisation in the health... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision has not been reached in regard to an application for nursing home subvention for a person (details... - Health Services
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding being allocated in 2005 to tackle asthma and allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23602/05] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a shower seat will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if a decision will be expedited.... - Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [23606/05] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the Government's announcements of increased capital investment in disability services in 2004, the number of... - Health Service Staff
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of new staff who have been recruited to provide disability services in the north-east region generally and... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a ban on the creation of new community placements for disability services. [23610/05] - Medical Cards
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be restored for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [23612/05] - Nursing Home Charges
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her plans for refund of moneys under the national repayment scheme for overcharging of residents at... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of an Alzheimer's unit at St. Ita's Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick. [23614/05] - Medical Cards
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of medical cards at the latest date for which figures are available by county; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the post for a speech and language therapist will be replaced for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if... - Health Services
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the alarming statistics released by the Health Minister in the Northern Ireland Office on the number of... - Hospital Services
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a sexual assault medical unit will be established in the mid-west region of the HSE. [23798/05] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timetable for delivery of the additional acute hospital beds promised under the 2001 health strategy; and if she will... - Hospital Staff
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timetable for delivery of the additional nursing staff positions required to implement the 2001 health strategy; and if... - Medical Cards
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the promised 200,000 doctor only medical cards will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress in the renegotiation of the common contract for consultants in order to deliver equity in hospital care for... - Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress on the delivery of the primary care elements of the 2001 health strategy; and if she will make a statement on... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 25 May 2005; the reason for the delay in responding; and... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the provision of medical aids (details supplied); if they are provided free or otherwise; if it... - Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [23815/05] - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on perceived delays with the processing of applications and the completion of same for hearing... - Health Service Staff
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists now fully trained and practising in the sponsored training scheme; the length of time they are... - Infectious Diseases
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to medical screening of persons who arrive here from areas of infections; if tests or screening... - Health Sector Reports
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reports, publications and other data available for students studying health sector procurement of pharmaceuticals; the... - Health Services
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the dental benefits available to a pensioner on an over-70 medical card; if all dental services are available free of... - Medical Cards
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the new guidelines for the issue of medical cards and doctor only cards; if she will define the... - Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding persons (details supplied); if any fast track system will be set up for same; and if she will make... - Medical Waste Disposal
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the report on the management of waste by hospitals; if she plans to introduce a practice of good waste... - Investigation of Death
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an urgent investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason funding was not approved for capital projects (details supplied) at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if... - Health Services
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that district nurses in County Meath are being forced to cut home help hours... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if persons with an intellectual disability who availed of respite care and who were charged for this service are not... - Vaccination Programme
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children who received an out of date polio vaccine in 1998 and who have now been re-vaccinated; and if she... - Health Service Allowances
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the eligibility criteria for the domiciliary care allowance; if persons with diabetes are eligible; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE has appointed a third consultant radiation oncologist; if there are plans to provide an outreach service at the... - Hospital Staff
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE has received approval from Comhairle na nOspideal to appoint a third physician to the County Hospital,... - Experiments on Animals
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will accept a ban on the use of all non-human primates and dogs and cats in animal experiments here, regardless if... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the areas which the proposed special services inspectorate will deal with in the disability sector. [23841/05] - Experiments on Animals
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the mouse LD50 test is still used by pharmaceutical companies which produce and test botulinum toxin here; if so, the... - Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether centralising oncology services does not work (details supplied). [23842/05] - Health Service Staff
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious situation which exists in Government funded institutions in the intellectual... - Medical Cards
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children with cerebral palsy have extra medical costs and that it is... - Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions tabled by this Deputy to her since June 2004 which were referred to the chief... - Hospital Services
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans and proposals for funding for improvements at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown; when they were received... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of GDP spent on the health budget in total and less all social spending which is not included in health... - Health Services
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a parliamentary question about home help hours on a county basis for the past three years has still not been... - Hospital Services
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is co-operation between the HSE north east region and Louth Hospital support group in respect of fundraising for... - Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the lack of services available to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be addressed. [23855/05] - Hospital Services
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will receive an appointment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún... - Mental Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the work of the expert group on mental health policy to date; and if the anticipated target of 2005... - Medical Cards
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is anticipated at any stage to change the current medical card assessment for persons with disabilities (details... - Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in establishing a neurology service in the south east (details supplied). [23859/05] - Childhood Obesity
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if monosodium glutamate is in childhood vaccines; if it has affected obesity rates in children; the steps she proposes to... -
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if monosodium glutamate is a dangerous and addictive substance; if it has affected obesity rates in children; the steps she... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current number of private hospitals and clinics; their location and bed capacity in each case; the number of private... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of her Department's budgetary allocation for 2004; the amount of this allocation which was returned to the... - Irish Language
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department has spent to date in 2005 on the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act... - Health Insurance
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to privatise the VHI. [24024/05] - Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the sources of funding which have been identified that will enable a group (details supplied) to continue its valuable... - Adoption Services
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting to avail of Irish adoptions; the average waiting time from initiation to completion of the... - Ambulance Service
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of the provision of an ambulance base for each of the three proposed new bases in the west of Ireland; and if she... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a full reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 62, 71, 72 of 21 April 2005; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the consultant's report on the future development of acute hospital services at the Lourdes Hospital,... - Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the new health centre for Drogheda will be finished and open to the public; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop acute hospital services in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24112/05] - Mental Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop psychiatric services in the County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24113/05] - Nursing Homes
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE, formerly known as the regional health boards, has always consulted in each case for each year since 2000 with... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE, formerly known as the regional health boards has, on a county basis since the year 2000, ever refused an... - Nursing Homes
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE, formerly known as the regional health boards, has on a yearly basis in the past five years ever taken... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments... - Adoption Services
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to intercountry adoptions with Morocco; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24209/05] - Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times which the working group reviewing the current configuration and delivery of services to persons with...
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