Written answers
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Services
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding provided by the Health Service Executive for radiotherapy services in the south east; and if she will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is committed to the transfer of the children's hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1 to a modern hospital on the Mater... - Medical Cards
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards promised and delivered, in view of recent announced figures; her views on the fact that despite... - Infectious Diseases
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to date in 2006 to deal with the possibility of an outbreak of bird flu, or worse, a flu pandemic;... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, in view of the accident and emergency crisis and the record number of patients on trolleys, the steps she will take to... - Health Services
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech therapists per Health Service Executive area and per community care area in Dublin; and the waiting... - Hospital Procedures
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the casemix system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3007/06] - Medicinal Products
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the delays patients are experiencing in receiving essential medicines; her further views on the fact that... - Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that appropriate funding and services are being provided by the Health Service Executive for palliative... - Medical Inquiries
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the investigation into practices at the obstetrics and gynaecology unit at Our Lady of... - Health Services
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that sleep apnoea is a huge concern of morbidity in our health services; the... - Health Promotion
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will support the establishment of young gardeners' clubs and healthy eating garden projects as part of a programme... - Organ Retention
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take on implementing the human tissues legislation which has been long promised in view of the... - Hospital Staff
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her proposal to build private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals will be continued if public only contracts... - Hospital Services
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if special unique difficulties of service withdrawal and surgical off-call status were taken into account in her... - Hospital Hygiene
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the criticisms from the vice president of the Irish medical organisations in relation to... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied herself that BreastCheck is to be rolled out within the target set out; if she is further satisfied... - Infectious Diseases
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps which have been taken to address the ongoing issue of MRSA infections; when she expects to have the matter under... - Medical Inquiries
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the delays in publishing the report into the death of a person (details supplied) in Monaghan Hospital in... - Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the warning from St. Columcille's Hospital, Ireland's only obesity clinic, that there are currently 500... -
Homeless Persons
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the programmes and supports in place by the child care policy unit of her Department to tackle youth homelessness; and if... - Hospital Staff
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her proposals for the new consultants' contract will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3051/06] - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that enteric coated steroids used for a variety of medical conditions are not... - Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is still no out of hours emergency general practitioner co-op for the north side of Dublin six months... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the protocols for care of vulnerable persons (details supplied) that are in place for professionals working in the... - Hospital Staff
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects Kerry General Hospital to receive the full-time consultant cardiologist it has long been promised. [2993/06] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the large variation in subvention payments in different Health Service Executive... - Hospital Staff
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the 1,100 nursing vacancies in hospitals and health care facilities here; the figures on the costs involved in... - Medical Inquiries
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, in view of the report by a person into the death of a person (details supplied) in Leas Cross Nursing Home, the... - Hospital Staff
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress in the negotiations on the new contract for hospital consultants; and if she will make a... - Water Fluoridation
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has referred an article published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (details supplied)... - Abuse Inquiry
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the proposed review into the inquiry process into alleged abuse at Brothers of Charity in Kilcornan, County Galway... - Medical Cards
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people covered by medical cards in 1997; the costs of providing medical cards to that number of people today;... - Hospital Services
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that money for cancer care at Beaumont Hospital was used to make up for funding shortfalls in other... - Children in Care
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to introduce new support services to address the reasons behind the latest figures on the number of children... - Hospital Services
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a urology department will be established at Mayo General Hospital in view of the fact that there is currently a seven... - Health Service Staff
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the salaries, bonuses and expenses paid in 2005 to the directors of the different units set up under the Health Service... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public home stay beds which have been opened in the Dublin area since October 2004; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on reports from the Irish Medical Organisation that up to 27,000 children are losing out on vital checks for... - Food Safety
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the conditions and requirements set down for country markets with regard to food safety; the way in which... - Hospital Services
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that Health Service Executive funding to Peamount Hospital is sufficient and that beds at... - Health Service Staff
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a statement she made in on the work ethic of nurses in Limerick Hospital may have been incorrect; if... - Hospital Services
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when Louth County Hospital will receive the promised CT scanner; and when breast surgery services will be restored. [2990/06] - Care of the Elderly
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 99 of 18 October 2005, if she has received the report of the working group chaired by the... - Hospital Staff
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the private fees earned by consultants in different specialties and in different regions... - Hospital Services
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the recent resignation of an accident and emergency consultant at Tralee General Hospital due to the... - Hospital Staff
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason public-only contracts were refused to serving consultants in 1997 by the then Minister for Health and Children;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the campaign by the Irish Cancer Society for the provision of free cervical screening for women aged 25 and... - National Cancer Strategy
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the new cancer strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3071/06] - Asthma Incidence
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 12% of the population suffers from asthma and that there have been calls... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the cost of drugs in the general medical scheme; if she intends to encourage the use of prescribing generic... - Infectious Diseases
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children being told that the increase in type 2 diabetes has... - Prescription Drugs
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason an expert report launched by her Department on benzodiazepine prescribing in 2002 recommended that private and... - Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will be asked for the present geographical distribution of health services; the massive... - Hospital Services
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference, the cost and the deadline for conclusion of the consultancy report on hospital services in the... - Hospital Staff
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals which are being put to consultants in negotiations to revise the common contract; the proposals for... - Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale for the opening of the Ballymun primary care project; the initial proposed budget for the project; the budget... - Hospital Services
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the problem of access to hospitals has not been solved with particular reference to bed availability and the use... - Hospital Staff
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which funding for an additional 20 new general practitioner training posts will be spent in 2006 when a recent... - Child Abuse
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to any response from the bishops following a letter from Minister of State, Deputy Brian... - Constitutional Review
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the decision by the all-party Oireachtas committee that the Constitution should be amended to give regard to... - Medical Cards
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive is demanding that patients provide a list of... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioners have been stopped from using patients' PPS numbers... - Health Services
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a working group has been set up with regard to the social services inspectorate taking over responsibility for the... - Health Service Staff
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that there are enough public health nurses in the Health Service Executive primary and... - Task Force on Obesity
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on obesity; and if she will make a... - Hospital Staff
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the unfortunate departure of the director of the National Hospitals Office, the timescale and details of... - Hospital Services
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of delayed discharges in the major Dublin hospitals; if she will provide a breakdown for each hospital; if these... - Care of the Elderly
Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no reply has been received from the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive for Question... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to comments made at the 36th annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland that... - Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the residential and non-acute care accreditation scheme from the Irish Health Services Accreditation... - Health Service Reform
Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the penalty and rewards system to encourage efficiency in hospitals here and that hospitals offering excellent... - Child Abuse
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the outcome of her meeting with representatives of the One in Four Group on 17 November... - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her decision not to extend the clinical indemnity scheme to the consultants working in the private hospitals on the... - Pension Provisions
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her response to the recent report of the Pensions Ombudsman, which included particular criticism of employers in the health... - Mental Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to improve mental health services for children and adolescents, following reports that up to... - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she plans to take with regard to funding for designated transport for cancer patients trying to access... - Hospital Staff
Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason final proposals for a new consultants' contract have not been presented to the consultants' organisations before... - Medical Cards
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the approximate annual cost for the introduction of doctor-only medical cards for those under 16; the cost for a full... - Mental Health Services
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has mental health programmes in place targeted specifically at young males in the 15 to 35 age group, in... - Health Care Costs
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the variations in charges for private consultations; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that charges... - Health Service Reform
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason it cost €200 million to establish the Health Service Executive which included paying off debts of the former... - Infectious Diseases
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the numbers of MRSA cases per hospital; if same are not available when she expects them to become... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had concerning the future of Crumlin children's hospital; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Council
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal to have a majority layperson representation on the Medical Council; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on Coovagh House in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3011/06] - Birth-Related Injury Claims
Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 18 October 2005 if a process will be reviewed with regard to a no... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that Ireland has one of the lowest ratios of acute beds to population in Europe where the EU average... - Cancer Services
Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is her view that the sparse population of the north-west region presents obstacles to the establishing of a quality...
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