Written answers

Wednesday, 25 January 2006

  • Violence against Women
    Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to establish a national funding framework for services which deal with violence against women. [40299/05]
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
    Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the State had a statutory function that would allow it to inspect the Morning Star mother and baby unit, as opposed to...
  • Civil Registration
    Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures a person (details supplied) in County Cork has to follow to obtain a birth certificate. [40375/05]
  • Health Services
    Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ensure an adequate supply of speech and language therapists; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Mental Health Act 2001 and the way it affects the operational ability of the Garda Síochána; and if she...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry
    Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government has decided when the Stardust survivors and their relatives will receive counselling (details supplied)....
  • Experiments on Animals
    Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if statistics are maintained for the number of animals used here for live experimentation purposes; and if so, the number...
  • Civil Registration
    Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if members of the Muslim community here, many of whom have acquired Irish citizenship, are exempt from registration of...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the further measures which have been undertaken to protect human health and safety in view of the spread of avian flu in...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 257: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the time in Irish history when the Government passed a Disability Act which claims to protect and develop...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2367/06]
  • Nursing Home Charges
    Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has to wait at least one year to receive a referral to a pain...
  • Health Services
    Question 263: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if speech and language services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if the services on the northside of...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the consideration she has given to banning the sale of magic mushrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Childhood Development Initiative
    Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent initiative launched by the Childhood Development Initiative, Tallaght West, A...
  • Health Services
    Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting times in each Health Service Executive area for methadone treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Children in Care
    Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the support the Department is giving to the Health Service Executive to establish a secure unit with therapeutic...
  • Domestic Abuse
    Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to develop further refuge space and increased emergency accommodation for women and children who...
  • Residential Institutions
    Question 278: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Department began inspecting the Morning Star mother and baby unit. [40301/05]
  • Foetal Health
    Question 279: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has information regarding foetal alcohol effects and the possible link to ADHD; her views on the level of...
  • Health Services
    Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be offered through the Health Service Executive to the early services programme at a school (details...
  • Children in Care
    Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the legal rights planned for children who are in informal family arranged foster care; if she will ensure that the best...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason thousands of persons are failing to avail of the benefit for long-term illness; and if she will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be given the maximum support and assistance. [40353/05]
  • Departmental Properties
    Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the moneys paid in respect of the Safe Home programme in each of the past ten years; if annual reports have been furnished...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Hospitals Trust Board exists; if so, the purpose and functions of the board; the members of same; the annual...
  • Health Services
    Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 November 2005, the action plans that are in place to improve hygiene in Our...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if surveys have taken place into the prevalence of MRSA in private nursing homes, geriatric hospitals or other institutions...
  • Health Services
    Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 15 December 2005, if she will make a statement on the provision of chiropody...
  • Asthma Treatments
    Question 296: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no trials of the Buteyko breathing method are being carried out here; the assistance her Department could offer...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 297: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of a medical card in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim respectively on 1 January 2006; the...
  • Health Services
    Question 298: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date the Health Service Executive has made in discussions with Drogheda United FC and the GAA regarding the...
  • Regional Health Fora
    Question 301: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the membership and composition of the regional health fora; the dates set for their first meetings; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 302: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [1047/06]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 306: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children , further to previous parliamentary questions and the further refusal issued by the Health Service Executive on...
  • Health Services
    Question 307: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to previous parliamentary questions in 2004, if the appropriate level of home help hours will be applied in the...
  • Hospital Inquiry Report
    Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Lourdes Hospital inquiry report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1081/06]
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 310: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when windows will be replaced for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the scheme of housing aid for the...
  • Departmental Appointments
    Question 311: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures under which the Ombudsman for Children was appointed; if the filling of vacancies in her Department was...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 312: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the managers, assistant managers, programme managers and each section manager of the Health Service Executive southern...
  • Health Services
    Question 313: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services available to expectant mothers in early pregnancy units in each of the hospitals in the midland areas; the...
  • EU Directives
    Question 314: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if EU Directive 2005/28/EC will be implemented before 29 January 2006; if the directive will not be implemented by 29...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 315: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the redevelopment of Crumlin Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the views of the...
  • Anti-Smoking Measures
    Question 316: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on anti-smoking measures, staff and media campaigns while the number of cigarettes sold here in...
  • Health Services
    Question 317: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Appointments
    Question 319: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation with the appointment of a chief pharmacist. [1181/06]
  • Appointments to State Boards
    Question 321: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public appointments currently vacant and yet to be made by her Department. [1186/06]
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 322: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made for subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
  • Organ Retention
    Question 323: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to publish the Madden report; and if same can be made available to the Parents for Justice group prior...
  • Health Services
    Question 324: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is on a waiting list for two years; and if they will be placed in a safe...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 326: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent Health Service Executive statement that elective public and private admissions to Dublin hospitals...
  • Health Services
    Question 328: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if anger management counselling is available to suitable patients in health services here as an alternative to these...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 330: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to include the cost of general practitioners for carrying out Warfarin blood tests in the GMS scheme; her views...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 331: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses that have resigned their posts over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 332: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 282 of 8 November 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 342: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the budget increase for care of older persons and the development of the nursing home subvention, what the new...
  • Health Services
    Question 343: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services or treatment available in Kilkenny for persons addicted to the use of heroin; if the case of a person (details...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 344: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in providing a Kryton chair as recommended by the occupational therapist from the Health Service...
  • Health Services
    Question 345: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the home help hours have been cut for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with an indication that the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 346: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Ennis General Hospital development committee receives a reply from Professor Drumm, chief...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 347: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her meeting victims of the MRSA superbug and their relatives, her plans to tackle this deadly virus; and if she...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 348: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which has been spent in 2005 in each county on aids and appliances for the visually impaired and the...
  • Public Health Issues
    Question 349: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received correspondence from the Dublin county coroner pointing out a possible cluster of CJD cases...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 350: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 296 of 25 October 2005, the steps she will take to ensure that east Clare has a 24-hour ambulance...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 351: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the assessment of a person for nursing home subvention in relation to the value of their residence;...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 352: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a limit on the appointment of whole-time equivalent health staff as home help assistants in the various Health...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 353: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will support the children's hospital in Temple Street in its efforts to develop services on the north side of...
  • Medical Research
    Question 354: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on stem cell research; the position taken by Ireland at EU level on this issue; and if she will make a statement...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 355: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when cervical screening will be rolled out nationally; when quarterly cervical smear clinics will be re-instated for...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 357: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital projects and their costs awaiting approval from the Health Service Executive and her Department at Portiuncula...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 358: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the medical and paramedical appointments awaiting approval by the Health Service Executive and her Department at...
  • Health Services
    Question 359: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop rheumatology services in the west of Ireland and in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim in 2006; if she is...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 361: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in relation to the immediate need in 2006 for 1,763 residential places and 1,759 respite services...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 362: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children not to downgrade Ennis General Hospital, particularly with regard to the accident and emergency service; and if the 103,000...
  • National Lottery Funding
    Question 363: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the voluntary and community organisations given national lottery grants under heading B7 of her Department's vote in 2005;...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 364: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current Government policy regarding indefinite duration contracts for persons working within the Health Service; and...
  • Industrial Relations
    Question 365: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Government policy regarding agencies which receive State funding through the Health Service Executive that do not...
  • Health Services
    Question 366: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the discontinuation of the mobile clinic for older persons in Maynooth; and if this decision will be...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 368: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a position (details supplied) in Letterkenny General Hospital will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Accident and Emergency Services
    Question 369: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the introduction of a booze bus in London to reduce the level of ambulances required to be used specifically...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 370: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person who is a medical card holder has to pay for a medical certificate for a driving test; and if she will...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 372: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is aware of the fact that very often the Health Service Executive gives inadequate notice of appointments for child...
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas to provide a clear legal framework for a repayments...
  • Health Services
    Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with home help; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Freedom of Information
    Question 376: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Questions Nos. 387 of 5 October 2004 and 290 of 26 October 2005, the reason the persons were refused treatment...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 378: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in considering an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of persons...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 379: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the information contained in a reply from the Health Service Executive to...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 380: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to a previous parliamentary question regarding the provision and staffing of a special unit in the south east to...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 381: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of private patients transported in inter-hospital transfers by the Health Service Executive ambulances in...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 382: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the need for funding at the weight management clinic at St. Colmcille's Hospital will be addressed; and if she will...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 383: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Mayo will be replaced; the stage of the process; if this vacancy...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 384: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the promised works will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1463/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 385: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an ultrasound scan. [1468/06]
  • Children in Care
    Question 387: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the needs of vulnerable unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, such as the issues set out in...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if progress has been made in recruiting maternity staff following senior nursing staff travelling to India on a recruitment...
  • Consultancy Contracts
    Question 389: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funds spent by her Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the number of reports...
  • Health Services
    Question 390: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the surplus of estimated revenue to the Exchequer, further funding will be made available for speech and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 392: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given a neurology appointment in Beaumont Hospital. [1569/06]
  • Departmental Offices
    Question 394: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children where the new office of the Minister with responsibility for children is to be located; the resources (details supplied) to...
  • Health Services
    Question 395: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was transferred from a hospital; the efforts which are being made to...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 397: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 398: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will, as part of her health strategy priorities for 2006, give effect to a policy which would enable the Scarriff...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 399: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of dermatologists employed by the Health Service Executive nationally and in each region; the number of...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 400: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to the Budget Statement of 8 December 2005 in respect of the development of the nursing home subvention scheme,...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a hip operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [1684/06]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be expedited for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [1685/06]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the commencement date for the refurbishment of the acute medical and surgical units at Monaghan General Hospital; and if...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 405: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging a hip replacement for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the case...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 406: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons who have retired from a former health board are not issued with P45s; if this is standard practice; and...
  • Hospital Funding
    Question 407: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the criteria used for the recent allocation of finance to hospitals on the grounds of efficiency; and if she...
  • Hospital Charges
    Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the provision which is available to waive or otherwise dispose of maintenance fees of €748, €136 and €557 for a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 410: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason doses of vitamin B12 for injection have recently been removed from the list of products covered by a medical...
  • Health Services
    Question 411: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the Health Service Executive will cover the...
  • Parliamentary Questions
    Question 412: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions submitted to her in 2005 and the number referred to other bodies such as the Health...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 413: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has requested an ear, nose and throat appointment...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 414: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the continuing delays in getting the long-promised extension to Bandon Community Hospital under way, she...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 415: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 416: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to broaden the assessment criteria for orthodontic treatment where the assessment is carried out at primary...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 417: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to the outpatient clinic of ear, nose and throat. [1795/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 420: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with respite care; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 421: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of money collected by her Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004 and 2005;...
  • Departmental Investigations
    Question 422: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the justification for the reported €711,432 fine in January 2006 and for the €1 million fine in 2005 against James...
  • Bullying in the Workplace
    Question 423: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy to deal with bullying in her Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there are outstanding...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 424: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the bonuses that were paid to her staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was paid; the way in...
  • Health Services
    Question 425: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when she expects services will be available to children suffering from dyspraxia; if the required resources to meet...
  • Suicide Prevention
    Question 427: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the budget for suicide prevention in 2006. [2080/06]
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 428: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the budget for her Department including the budget for the Health Service Executive which is allocated to...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 429: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital wards which have been closed in 2005 and to date in 2006; and the number of beds which have been...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 430: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the scheme of free influenza vaccines for people working in the poultry industry has been implemented as part of the...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 431: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the paramedic grade in the ambulance service will be rolled out to the Health Service Executive western area; her...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 433: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national cervical cancer screening service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 434: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the helicopter emergency medical service will be introduced to persons here in view of the continuing loss of life and...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 436: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the short-listing, fee negotiations, interviews and completion date are available for the BreastCheck extension; the...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 437: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the long-awaited care for the elderly home in Ballinrobe, County Mayo; her views on whether this is an...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 438: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans in relation to the Hanly report; if same will be implemented; if same will be withdrawn; the reason for the...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 439: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a second child psychiatrist will be appointed to the Health Service Executive western area; if her attention has been...
  • Children in Care
    Question 440: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied minors who arrived here in each of the past five years; the care arrangements for these...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 442: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of screening and the technology in use in hospitals to pre-identify the MRSA virus. [2165/06]
  • Adoption Services
    Question 443: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if advice and assistance are available to parents contemplating the adoption of children; and if she will make a statement...
  • Public Procurement
    Question 444: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to 2005; and if...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 445: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to ensure the provision of the medical assessment unit at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the...
  • Health Services
    Question 446: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the redevelopment of a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24; her proposals for new services to be provided...
  • Departmental Investigations
    Question 447: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the actions proposed in respect of the Madden report; the contacts with Parents for Justice in the matter; and if she will...
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 448: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the bodies under the aegis of her Department which have not provided her with a 2004 annual report; and in the case of each...
  • Accident and Emergency Services
    Question 449: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount owed to the accident and emergency departments here since 2000; and the amount of revenue taken in by accident...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 450: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to change the drugs payment scheme to reflect 52 weeks in the calendar year rather than the 12 monthly calendar...
  • General Register Office
    Question 451: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the public will be able to avail of the opportunity of conducting a civil marriage in places other than a registry...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 452: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for the introduction of the new €1,000 annual payment for children under six announced by the Minister for...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 453: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding has been made available to Beaumont Hospital to allow for the extension of the cochlear implant programme to...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 454: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in having a bed made available at a hospital in Dublin for a person (details supplied) in...
  • Parliamentary Questions
    Question 455: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to introduce regulations similar to SI 798 of 2005, with particular reference to timescales for answering...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 456: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties with diabetes care for children in Cork University Hospital where the...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 461: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Ennis General Hospital will be given immediate space and provision for staffing for the CT scanner donated by charitable...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 462: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the year in which she envisages the Ennis General Hospital development central plan being completed and operational; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 464: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount which was given in County Mayo by the Health Service Executive for the personal assistant service in 2005; and...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 465: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who need the use of renal clinics in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny; when the new renal unit in Kilkenny...
  • Hospital Admissions
    Question 466: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to St. James's Hospital, Dublin,...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 467: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapist's report relative to an application made under the DPG scheme for a person (details supplied)...
  • Health Services
    Question 468: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve the delivery of health services into the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Bullying in the Workplace
    Question 471: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of allegations of bullying made in her Department and in the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 472: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will renew a medical card for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 473: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that voluntary providers of ambulance services at public events, such as football matches etc., have a...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 474: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been further progress in arriving at the costings requested under Question No. 140 of 15 December 2005. [2403/06]
  • Parliamentary Questions
    Question 475: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Question No. 243 of 8 November 2005. [2417/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 476: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no response has issued to Question No. 143 of 15 December 2005. [2418/06]
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 477: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a programme for the provision of State nursing homes throughout the country similar to the one built in 2002 in...
  • Health Services
    Question 478: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a response has not issued in relation to Question No. 145 of 15 December 2005; and if her attention has been...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 480: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that staffing levels for speech and language therapists in County Kildare...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 481: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the decision taken to refuse a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be...
  • Health Services
    Question 482: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial thresholds pertaining to the provision of home help to elderly persons in the various Health Service...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 485: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the staff audit, which she announced in September 2005, for the phase 2B project at the Midland Regional Hospital,...
  • Health Service Executive
    Question 486: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the financial and staffing requirements of the Health Service Executive service plans prepared under sections 31 and 33...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 487: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding received by Naas General Hospital for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Hygiene
    Question 489: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number and cost of the various hygiene audits in respect of hospital and other residential institutions since her...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 490: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nursing home subvention will be reviewed or increased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 491: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the new role the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has with regard to Monaghan General Hospital; if he has direct...
  • Freedom of Information
    Question 493: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the public bodies and agencies within her Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information...

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