Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
Department of Health and Children
- Care of the Elderly
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for improving community services for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28917/05] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the waiting times for procedures under the national treatment purchase fund is three months; and if she will make a... - Child Care Services
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the National Economic and Social Forum on early childhood care and education; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress to date in 2005 on delivery of the commitments made on 29 September 2004, regarding the... - Compensation Schemes
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to bring in a no fault compensation for babies who are brain damaged at birth; and if she will make a statement... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts awarded by her to outside consultants in respect of each year since 2000; the recipient of the... - Computerisation Programme
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if all information technology projects undertaken by her Department and national information technology projects of the... - Health Action Plan
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the Hanly report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28796/05] - Ambulance Service
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to allocate additional funding and human resources to the ambulance service in the old Eastern Region Health... - Medicinal Products
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that value for money generic drugs will be prescribed by general practitioners wherever... - Hospital Services
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a proposal from the Health Service Executive to establish four hospital networks; and if she will make... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants currently employed by her Department; the total cost outstanding to her Department; and if she... - Primary Care Strategy
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was invested in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 in the primary care strategy; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancies of treatment between older cancer patients and middle aged cancer... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent report from the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the national treatment purchase fund; and... - Health Insurance
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she decided not to proceed with the implementation of risk equalisation due to the recommendation of the Health... - Health Service Staff
Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that front line health services will not be affected by the 600 job cuts proposed as part... - Mental Health Services
Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to implement the recommendations of the Irish College of Psychiatrists on child and... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the provision of 3,000 acute beds is still Government policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28902/05] - General Practitioner Services
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of general practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28908/05] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on her 1,000 bed plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28912/05] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the continuing crisis in Letterkenny General Hospital due to inadequate accident and... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale for a national roll out for cervical cancer screening; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is... - Fluoridation of Water
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent American study on the addition of fluoride to tap water which found that exposure to fluoride... - General Practitioner Services
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to put out of hours services in other areas out to tender, following her decision to put the out of hours... - Health Services
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the future delivery of community care, general hospital and special hospital services; if she will utilise... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the basis of the PPARS and FISP contracts; if she was advised of difficulties with these systems when she first took... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is in agreement with the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive that it is hard to justify a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional provision which is being made by her for services that will be required following the coming into operation... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the 30 beds in Hume Street Hospital that will not be replaced when the hospital closes;... - Care of the Elderly
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the failure to provide adequate funding for the supports necessary for... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is conducting any research into the numbers and needs of children who are carers of parents or siblings... - Child Care Services
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is represented on the high level group on early childhood care and education and when it is expected to... - Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is Government policy to provide hospice care for persons dying in the home; if so, if it is available nationwide;... - Fluoridation of Water
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a reply to Professor Connett's 50 questions on fluoridation on her Department's website was not signed; the... - Hospital Services
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the 30,000 plus patients who were discharged from hospitals in 2004 only to be... - Infectious Diseases
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the figures in respect of the number of cases of MRSA in each of the past three years and to date in... - Hospital Services
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the decision of the Mater Hospital Dublin to defer approval of testing of an anti-cancer... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to continue the roll out of BreastCheck; the proportion of the population which is currently covered; when... - Suicide Incidence
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Reach Out report on suicide prevention. [28950/05] - Health Services
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve cancer treatment in general, especially accessibility to radiotherapy for Donegal cancer patients; and... - Health Education
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the role of her Department in encouraging citizens, in particular adults, to maintain an active lifestyle; the... - Care of the Elderly
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps and funding she has provided to tackle abuse of the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Reports
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Fottrell report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28899/05] - Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for improved rehabilitation services for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28911/05] - Infectious Diseases
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to combat a flu epidemic; the timescales involved for the production and distribution of a vaccine; the... - Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if figures will be provided to explain the discrepancy between Question No. 27 of 7 April 2004 and the Health Service... - Hospital Services
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when Comhairle na nOspidéal will report on the review of neurosurgery services; and if she will make a statement on the... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress of the implementation of a ten point plan to deal with the accident and emergency crisis; her views on the... - Vaccination Programme
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost to the State of immunisation programmes; the immunisation injections which are available; and the breakdown... - Organ Retention
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the organ retention inquiry is the only inquiry in the history of the State that has been abandoned before... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the alternative funding for care which is available to parents of babies who were brain damaged at birth besides going to... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of each of the reports, consultancies or public relations contracts commissioned by her in the past seven years;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the serious rise in the incidence of prostate cancer; her plans for the introduction of... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for improved services at the accident and emergency department of Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, County Kerry;... - Health Forums
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the National Health Consultative Forum will be convened; the proposed composition of the forum; if she will provide... - Ambulance Service
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to improve the ambulance service in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on putting trolleys from accident and emergency into existing wards in hospitals to relieve the ongoing pressure... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide an adequate number of residential places for intellectually disabled or autistic persons... - Mental Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that suicidal children are ending up in adult psychiatric wards; her plans for... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there are so many hip replacements carried out under the national treatment purchase fund when other patients... - Proposed Legislation
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has decided to abandon the Alcohol Products Bill against the advice of leading health experts and contrary... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the proposed new community nursing unit on the grounds of Kerry General Hospital will go to tender; and if she will... - Sudden Deaths
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the rising number of sudden deaths of amateur or professional athletes here while participating in their... - Medical Cards
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a letter by the Health Service Executive stating clearly that medical card national... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, in regard to the commitment given in the national health strategy to provide an additional 3,000 hospital beds, the... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the information available to her regarding the potential cost to the Exchequer of the illegal charges for nursing home... - Care of the Elderly
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for improved respite care here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28910/05] - Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress in providing practical support and justice to the survivors of symphysiotomy; and if she... - Departmental Investigations
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected completion date of the inquiry, to be chaired by Judge Maureen Harding-Clarke, into the activities of the... - Health Forums
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if ministerial regulations have been made under the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 to establish regional health forums; the... - Food Labelling
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the Food Safety Authority that some food companies are misleading... - Legislative Programme
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the new Medical Practitioners Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28920/05] - Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the evidence of a geographic inequity for persons with heart disease living in western counties; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when negotiations on the new consultants' contracts will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28959/05] - Child Care Services
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the facilities and supports made available by her Department to its staff to meet their child care needs; and if she will... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to deal with the crisis in regard to emergency residential provision for intellectually disabled or autistic... - Care of the Elderly
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on improving the inspection regimes for all residential nursing homes for the elderly in all health...
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