Written answers

Tuesday, 22 November 2005

Department of Health and Children

 
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of adequate surgical and medical beds in the future with particular reference to increased...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a consultant urologist will be appointed; when a urology unit will be established at Mayo General Hospital; if her...
  • Health Services
    Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation regarding cardiology services in County Kerry where the national cardiovascular strategy...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she reconciles the fact that public hospitals have extra capacity for elective surgery when the surgery...
  • Health Services
    Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if figures can be provided to explain the discrepancy between Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 7 April 2004 and the Health...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of staff that have been recruited under the 2001 primary care strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the waiting lists for neuroservices in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a report that Irish hospital consultants earn five times the average income here compared with just twice the...
  • Health Services
    Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 250 new clients have contacted the support organisation One in...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if MRSA will become a notifiable disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35447/05]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify that the waiting times for procedures under the National Treatment Purchase Fund is three months; and if...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the nature of the relationship between her Department and the Nutrition and Health Foundation; if taxpayers' money is going...
  • Hospital Transfer
    Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to transfer the Central Mental Hospital to the Thornton Hall site; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms which have been put in place between her Department and the Health Service Executive to ensure equality of...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she will take following the revelations by the OECD that Ireland is sixth from the bottom in the ratio of...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Government's failure to develop a coherent strategy for outpatient waiting lists with special regard to...
  • Ministerial Correspondence
    Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from the Irish Heart Foundation or National Heart Alliance regarding the Nutrition and...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the under-resourcing of Louth County Hospital, including the need for a CT scanner; and...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is fair that Irish trained nurses are failing to have their part-time contracts increased into...
  • Health Services
    Question 110: 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. [35383/05]
  • Primary Care Strategy
    Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends abandoning the primary care strategy unless funding will be received from the private sector; and if she...
  • General Practitioner Co-operatives
    Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stage of the tender process for out-of-hours general practitioner services in north county Dublin; and if she will make...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce public only contracts for consultants in public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her position with regard to residential care for the elderly, on the establishment of a statutory independent complaints...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 115: 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...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in 2005 in reducing the waiting lists for diabetes consultants; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she supports the retention and development of Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin; and if she will make a...
  • Health Service Executive
    Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the widespread unease within the Health Service Executive at the repeated changes in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in County Kerry waiting for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the Lorenzo system; the amount consultants have been paid to introduce this system to date; if...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports that more than 10,000 surgical operations were cancelled in the first half of 2005 due to a...
  • Eating Disorders
    Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to combat obesity in view of growing concerns of obesity in children; if her attention has been...
  • Accident and Emergency Services
    Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the ten point plan for the accident and emergency crisis; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the Age Action Ireland recommendation that the distinction between services for the...
  • Health Reports
    Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the implementation of the Hanly report is still Government policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35381/05]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if hospitals are to be reconfigured into four hospital networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35408/05]
  • Hospital Hygiene
    Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the outsourcing of cleaning contracts should be reconsidered in view of the rising MRSA figures; and...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce home subventions for elderly persons who wish to remain in their own home; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the national cardiovascular strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce more MRI scanners to the public health system; if so, the number of same; and if she will make a...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 136: 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. [35393/05]
  • Eating Disorders
    Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in 2005 on the implementation of the National Taskforce on Obesity; and if she will make a statement...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that home helps might give up their jobs due to the fact that they could lose their medical cards...
  • Hospital Hygiene
    Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take in response to the Health Service Executive's hospitals hygiene audit, in particular with...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to combat the severe shortage of child appropriate care settings within the community and...
  • Accident and Emergency Services
    Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to address overcrowding in the accident and emergency department in Tallaght Hospital; and...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the radiotherapy unit for Waterford General Hospital will be up and running; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the exact figures for MRSA in each hospital; the measures which are being taken to ensure that the levels of MRSA is...
  • Private Health Care
    Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to publish a comprehensive review of private health care in the Irish health care system, which includes looking...
  • Health Service Executive
    Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are guidelines in place as to the timeframe within which the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the many cancer patients who either endure long bus journeys for treatment or who are...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of employees retained in the health service since it was announced there would be a reduction of 500 persons in...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in 2005 on improving the inspection regimes for all residential nursing homes for the elderly in all...
  • Organ Retention
    Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will extend the organ retention inquiry's remit to include all ages and stillborn children in view of concerns from...
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish the new Medical Practitioners Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35396/05]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference of the independent review of events surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in Monaghan...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 157: 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....
  • Statutory Retirement Age
    Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take in relation to the OECD recommendations on scrapping the current statutory retirement ages; and if...
  • General Practitioner Co-operatives
    Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on supporting general practitioners to build their own primary care units; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 163: 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. [35387/05]
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on having a pharmacist and general practitioner working from the same premises; and if she will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of places to be provided for disturbed young persons as a result of the Judge Peter Kelly judgment; the location...
  • Departmental Properties
    Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the land and property sold off by the Health Service Executive in 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date 2005 and future plans to...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the mental health tribunals provided for in the Mental Health Act 2001, her attention has been drawn to...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner only cards that have been issued; the numbers of general practitioner cards waiting to...
  • Report of Inquiry
    Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to look into the fact that it is six and a half years since an inquiry was established into...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her position on the cost of drugs in the general medical scheme; if she intends to encourage the use of prescribing generic...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the length of time she intends to allow the voluntary code for advertising to continue before she will introduce the...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the high occupancy levels in hospitals following her comments that high occupancy levels in hospitals...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards which have been issued since the eligibility for such cards has been increased; the number...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to protect staff in hospital accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Ireland will be without a medically equipped helicopter that can fly in bad weather for most of 2006; and if she will...
  • Departmental Contracts
    Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the safeguards that have been instituted in view of the issues raised over the iSoft Project in relation to contracts such...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that BreastCheck is to be rolled out within the target set out; and if she has further...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take following the revelation that only one in five persons here diagnosed with mental health problems...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the recommendations which will be followed in view of the recent report by Mr. Martin Hynes into the death of Mr. Peter...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason haemochromatosis testing can be done in Tralee general hospital but the same tests from Cork University Hospital...
  • Hospital Procedures
    Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take in view of the revelation that Kerry General Hospital, ranked one of the lowest of the hospitals in...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to fill the 1,100 nursing vacancies in hospitals and health care facilities; if figures will be...
  • Consultancy Contracts
    Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason, in answering a previous parliamentary question on consultants appointed by her Department, no reference was...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to aid St. Columcille's Hospital in view of the warning from the hospital, Ireland's only obesity...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her preferred options for the provision of an adequate hospital network throughout the country; if this is in line with...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the general practitioner only cards do not cover a patient wishing to...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there were 10,368 cancer patients in the first six months of 2005 in hospital for operations and other scheduled...

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