Written answers

Wednesday, 28 September 2005

  • Health Services
    Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of decompression chambers available here; and if the location of the decompression chamber...
  • National Learning Network
    Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the present rates of income supplement to persons who are undertaking work of a rehabilitative nature under the national...
  • Health Services
    Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapy assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if her attention...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24250/05]
  • Crisis Pregnancies
    Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the increasing number of teenage pregnancies at young ages each year; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Promotion
    Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to combat the drink and drugs culture from a health promotion perspective; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current number of persons on orthodontic waiting lists in County Kerry; the number in categories A and B; the average...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 227: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person must fund their entire nursing home care (details supplied); and the entitlements which accrue to a...
  • Elder Abuse
    Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason only two health boards have to date drawn down the amount of €75,000 committed by the Government in 2003 to...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the change in policy on the issue of the position of separated non-custodial parents as treated by the HSE...
  • Health Services
    Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused home help service; and if the situation will be changed....
  • Food Industry
    Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the population will be informed that it can contract CJD by means other than by eating contaminated meat and that one of...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to extend the range of alternative therapies such as acupuncture being made available to medical card...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24332/05]
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 and their case given priority. [24338/05]
  • Civil Registration
    Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if section 65 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 has come into law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24344/05]
  • Health Services
    Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the implementation of home care grants in County Wexford; if funding will be made available to provide this...
  • Departmental Contracts
    Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the name of each company which secured a contract over €100,000in value with her Department in each of the past five...
  • Nursing Homes
    Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Services Executive regarding the Leas Cross nursing home, including an...
  • Health Services
    Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will have an unmanageable financial deficit of €10 million; and if she will make...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken since Dáil Éireann rose for the 2005 summer recess to address the threatened avian flu pandemic;...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the working group on medical training and education; if she will publish the report; and...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in her discussions with the authorities in the Six Counties on the sharing of radiation oncology...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure that there is an increase in the overall fleet of ambulances and trained ambulance crews in the State;...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made regarding an appeal under the housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in...
  • Health Services
    Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will give an assurance that adequate funding will be provided to treat public patients at the proposed radiotherapy...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided to upgrade three wards at a hospital (details supplied) in County Clare which are in urgent...
  • Community Care
    Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the announcement of her predecessor on 29 July 2002 regarding community nursing units, when the 850 beds will be...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to recruit additional midwives for Kerry General Hospital in Tralee; and if she will make a statement...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the go-ahead will be given for the extension to Kenmare Community Hospital, Kenmare, County Kerry; the reason this...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Kerry in possession of a medical card. [24503/05]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a replacement consultant oncologist has been appointed following the resignation of an oncologist (details supplied);...
  • Health Services
    Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in the HSE south region and in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will give consideration to the introduction of a nationwide cervical screening programme in view of the high...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the huge difference in price between medicines purchased here and those in Spain (details supplied); her plans...
  • Health Services
    Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce an independent social services inspectorate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24532/05]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to deal with car parking when the new development starts at the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement...
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the drug Vioxx is available here; if it has been withdrawn; if any person suffered heart attacks while taking the drug;...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when moneys will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme;...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 266: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the provision of a 24-hour ambulance service for Killarney, County Kerry; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 267: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she, the Health Service Executive and Dublin City Council will work together in order to provide a care plan with...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made regarding the finalised planning brief for Waterford Regional Hospital which was submitted...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 136 of 22 June 2005, if her Department has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the Health...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for the housing aid for the elderly scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has made arrangements for the implementation of the national repayment scheme to persons in nursing homes; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will give the maximum support in funding to the Marion and Fairview home help service and if she will work with the...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the advice she has given to the Health Service Executive in relation to the proposed Mater and children's hospital...
  • Health Services
    Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will receive a home-help and back up service from the Health Service Executive...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the proposed new development at Temple Street Children's Hospital is being scrapped; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 277: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a huge shortage of public health doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24646/05]
  • Health Services
    Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason over 2,000 children are awaiting developmental checks; and if it is correct to state that there have been no...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if she...
  • Health Services
    Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an occupational therapist will carry out a visit to a person (details supplied) in County Clare to have their needs...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the breast screening programme will be extended to Kilkenny city and council; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the privatisation of health care services will only result in additional costs being passed on to...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to re-negotiate the arrangements agreed between her Department and the Irish Medical Association; and...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 286: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if further funding will be made available for personal assistants for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the gross PAYE income, less PRSI, of a person applying for a medical card is fully assessable as income; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for cataract removal surgery. [24709/05]
  • Registration of Nurses
    Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when nursing qualifications of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be recognised by An Bord Altranais; if all...
  • Health Services
    Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children here who have been diagnosed with delayed development; the facilities which are in place for...
  • Consultant Appointments
    Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in replacing a consultant (details supplied) for the western region of the Health Service...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a hip operation. [24713/05]
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 295: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the payments made on a county and individual basis to pharmacists through the GMS scheme for 2004 including the recipient's...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 298: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed under the housing aid for the elderly...
  • Health Services
    Question 299: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for their orthodontic assessment. [24754/05]
  • Consultant Appointments
    Question 300: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an eye specialist will take up their position in a designated health centre (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24755/05]
  • Health Services
    Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons that have been sent to the Mayo elderly assessment committee by the Health Service Executive, western...
  • General Practitioner Co-operatives
    Question 303: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of stand-by drivers Westdoc has; the amount of money which was awarded to drivers and taxis in 2004 with regard...
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 304: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has considered the possibility of allowing cannabis use as a prescription medicine for the treatment of conditions...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 305: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason almost €70 million was spent on the Mater-Temple Street site to date and still there is no new hospital; and...
  • Health Services
    Question 306: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a decision will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24796/05]
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 308: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for funding under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of a person (details supplied) in...
  • Eating Disorders
    Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures which have been put in place to ensure a coherent treatment programme for eating disorders including both...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 310: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a list of ingredients, side effects and possible adverse reactions is not automatically given to parents to read...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 311: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason ileostomy bags being used by persons for the rest of their lives are not available on the long-term illness...
  • Organ Retention
    Question 312: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Parents for Justice was neither consulted nor included in the drawing up of the terms of reference for the...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 315: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE will carry out works approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the special housing aid for...
  • Health Services
    Question 317: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the review of home help hours given to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be investigated; if the hours...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 318: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has considered a proposal from the HSE, southern area, for a 24-hour ambulance service for Killarney, County Kerry;...
  • Health Services
    Question 319: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the waiting list for platelet function testing for patients, especially for children (details...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 320: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason staff in Stewart's Hospital were not notified immediately following discovery of two patients suffering from...
  • Health Services
    Question 322: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the home support which is available to parents of children with autism in County Louth, County Wexford and County Meath;...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 323: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will set up the provision of proper living conditions for patients within the mental health services (details...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 326: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy in regard to the provision of acute care for patients in State run nursing homes who have acquired...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 328: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals, pending the introduction of BreastCheck, to provide access for public patients from the HSE south eastern...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 329: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the sub-committee set up to report on the designated transport arrangement for cancer patients required to travel for...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 331: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Health Services
    Question 332: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for speech and language therapy; and if she will make a...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 334: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with intellectual disability in psychiatric hospitals. [24888/05]
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 335: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices...
  • Health Services
    Question 336: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person who is occupying a bed in a private nursing home which has been contracted by the Health Service Executive is...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 337: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of shoe arches on prescription from a podiatrist; if these are provided free of charge...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 338: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Leas Cross nursing home in Swords, County Dublin, was closed; if reports on this matter are due to be...
  • Health Services
    Question 339: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if urgent assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will work with the HSE to...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 340: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the provision of a CT scanner for Monaghan General Hospital; if she proposes to deliver on the...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 341: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists currently employed by the HSE in County Mayo; the number of physiotherapists that provide a...
  • Health Services
    Question 342: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a special chair from the Health Service Executive; and if she...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 343: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed under the housing aid for the elderly scheme; and if she...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 344: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin, in respect of funding future plans; if the maximum support will be...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 345: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a third geriatrician will be appointed to the mid west region of the HSE, catering for the Limerick city and county...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 346: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current budget for orthopaedic services for the elderly in County Wexford. [24950/05]
  • Health Services
    Question 347: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of time it takes for a person to see an occupational therapist in County Wexford. [24951/05]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 349: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost per annum of providing medical cards to all children under 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 350: 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. [24969/05]
  • Grant Payments
    Question 352: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide immediate supplementary funding to clear the waiting list for the curam home care grant in the Southern...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 353: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to bring to an end the practice whereby persons over 70 years of age with medical cards are charged for the...
  • Health Services
    Question 354: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position concerning the cancer services for the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24993/05]
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 360: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 25 May 2005 if short-listing, interviews and fee negotiations have been...
  • Health Services
    Question 361: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to expand the services available to diabetics in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 362: 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...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 363: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 165 of 24 May 2005 when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called...
  • Pre-School Services
    Question 364: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 26 January 2005 if the child care report has been finalised; if training...
  • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
    Question 365: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons with haemochromatosis cannot donate blood; the plans there are to review this situation; and if she will...
  • Health Services
    Question 366: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to develop the haemochromatosis clinic at the County Hospital, Roscommon; and if she will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 367: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 208 of 30 November 2004, if the board has made a decision on the reduction in bed...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 369: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 26 January 2005 when she intends to complete the strategic review of existing...
  • Departmental Schemes
    Question 370: 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...
  • Suicide Incidence
    Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of the publishing of the report on the death by suicide of a person (details supplied) on 20...
  • Medical Inquiries
    Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the report of the investigation into the obstetrics and gynaecology unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda,...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments
    Question 376: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the assessment made by a person (details supplied) of the Health Service Executive that it will take at least...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 377: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Chiropractic Association of Ireland has not yet been included within the framework of the Health and Social...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if this case...
  • Health Services
    Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when services will be available to children suffering from dyspraxia; if the required resources to meet requirements...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 380: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 11 May 2005, the reason the latter half of the question was completely...
  • Health Services
    Question 381: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a refund will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of ongoing dental treatment; and if...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to implement the recommendations contained in the last annual report of the inspector of mental...
  • Health Services
    Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties that families with autistic children are having accessing...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the European autism charter, adopted as a formal resolution of the Committee on Social Affairs of the European...
  • Health Services
    Question 387: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department, the Health Service Executive and service providers will put a long-term independent care plan in place...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department and the Health Service Executive will assist, with proper back-up services, persons with a mental illness...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 391: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a replacement community ophthalmologist will be appointed to service the Monaghan area (details supplied); and if she...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 392: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults with an intellectual disability (details supplied) in the State and the services...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 393: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made regarding a dementia unit (details supplied) for County Clare; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a report on a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to their orthodontic needs; if this...
  • Nursing Home Charges
    Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for refund under the national repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 400: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be called for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 404: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by children at school, particularly at second level,...
  • Health Services
    Question 405: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the orthodontic needs of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this person will be seen...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 406: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of night superintendants in each Health Service Executive area; the number of these who are in the assistant...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 407: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive regarding obstacles in the roll out of digital hearing aids...
  • National Drugs Strategy
    Question 408: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of drug and alcohol treatment centres catering for young persons and her plans to expand existing services....
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the redevelopment of Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel and Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel will be fully completed....
  • Health Services
    Question 410: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times the working group established by the Health Service Executive to review the current configuration and...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the funding and the commencement date of an extension to Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital, details...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulances which are available in the greater Dublin area to respond to emergency calls; when the number was...
  • General Practitioner Co-operatives
    Question 415: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the territory covered by the Westdoc services with regard to the out-of-hours general practitioner...
  • Health Services
    Question 417: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the help which is available for young persons under the age of 16, who travel on a regular basis to hospital appointments;...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 419: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when extra beds will be provided for Letterkenny General Hospital in order to help ease the pressure on the accident and...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 422: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continuing delay in establishing an ambulance base in the Mulranny, Achill and Ballycroy areas of Mayo;...
  • Health Research
    Question 424: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if any investigation has been carried out by her Department in the past 20 years regarding the effects of overhead power...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 425: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the figure for savings is to be disregarded when means-testing a subvention for a nursing homes application....
  • Missing Persons
    Question 426: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children missing from the care of the Health Service Executive who entered the State as unaccompanied minors;...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 427: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 136 to 138, inclusive, of 29 June 2005, details supplied; and if...
  • Health Service Reform
    Question 428: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the new health representative structures will be established; if she will report on the composition of these; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 429: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person, details supplied, had to hire a taxi to transport their child to a clinic; and if she will make a...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 430: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 715 of 27 January 2004 and 55 of 16 June 2005, if the Mental Health Commission has...
  • Health Services
    Question 431: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when physiotherapy treatment will be made available to a person, details supplied, in County Limerick. [25755/05]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 432: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to reduce hospital outpatient waiting lists to see hospital consultants; and if she will make a...
  • Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome
    Question 434: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures the Government has taken or intends to take to highlight the danger of sudden death syndrome; and if it will...
  • Health Services
    Question 437: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with officials in the Western Health Board and have a person, details supplied, put on the panel for...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 438: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a public bed will be made available to a person, details supplied, in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 439: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person, details supplied, in County Sligo will be called for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Organ Retention
    Question 440: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she received correspondence dated 15 August 2005 from a person, details supplied, in County Sligo; and if she will make...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 441: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the promised extension to Kanturk Community Hospital in County Cork will commence. [25851/05]
  • Health Services
    Question 442: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposal to have a primary care centre in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15; if she will respond...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 445: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason this Deputy has not yet received a written response regarding a matter discussed, details supplied, during the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 446: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the parents' efforts in securing sponsorship for their autistic child, details supplied, for three months at...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 447: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a response issuing from the HSE following Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 1 June 2005. [25889/05]
  • Community Care
    Question 450: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the full complement of beds is in use at the Maynooth community care unit in County Kildare; if not, the number of beds...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 451: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly persons awaiting allocation of a long-term care place in State nursing homes in County Kildare; and...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 452: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the phases completed in the redevelopment of Naas General Hospital; the phases in which work is ongoing; the phases which...
  • Health Services
    Question 454: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kildare; the average waiting time; the number of dentists...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 455: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide extra physiotherapists for the community services in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 456: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when replies will issue from the Health Service Executive — south east area — and the Health Service — north-west...
  • Health Services
    Question 457: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 28 June 2005. [25939/05]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 458: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question Nos. 115 and 116 from 30 June 2005....
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 460: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason an ambulance took 40 minutes to get to a seriously ill child on 22 July 2005; and if steps will be taken to...
  • Health Services
    Question 461: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the contract with a foundation, details supplied, in County Kildare is being terminated; and if she will make a...

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