Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
Department of Health and Children
- Food Safety
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the complaints made against the Safefood agency regarding contracts. [10014/06] - Special Educational Needs
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if improved psychiatric, speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy services will be provided to schools... - General Register Office
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a birth, death or marriage certificate can be applied for on-line; if not, the reason this service is not available; and... - Child Care Payments
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements being put in place for the payment of the new child care payment announced in budget 2006; the criteria... - Child Care Services
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which is available for the building of a crèche child care centre; the way in which a person can apply for the... - Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Child Care Services
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intends to physically pay the early child care supplement to parents; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the medical treatment received by a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be investigated by her Department;... - Hospital Services
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps which have been taken at St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin, to combat the problems of lack... - Health Services
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is in order for a €45 charge to be applied to a medical card holder for an eye test in order that... - Health Service Staff
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will be directed to treat home helps on a par with all other health service employees by... - Hospital Services
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [10057/06] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to St. James's... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the necessity for a national cancer screening programme; if she proposes to introduce such a programme; and if... - Hospital Staff
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of neurologists [i]per capita[/i]; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10112/06] - Medical Cards
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons covered by medical cards in each year since 2000; the percentage of the total population this... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a drug (details supplied) is no longer available; if her Department has plans to reintroduce this drug; and if... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are means by which a pharmacist trained outside the EEA, Australia or New Zealand may register to practise here;... - Hospital Services
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) was on a trolley at Beaumont Hospital and was treated in such a manner; and if this... - Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if respite care has been provided to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [10147/06] - Health Service Staff
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to working beyond the age of 65; if the Health Service Executive facilitates working beyond 65; and... - Hospital Services
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing serious overcrowding at Ennis General Hospital; if her attention has further... - Health Services
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no facilities exist within the Republic of Ireland where patients with a known latex allergy or a suspected... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that despite requests to the Health Service Executive, southern region, on 26... - Health Expenditure
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the original financial allocation for 2003, 2004, and 2005 in respect of Cork University Hospital, South Infirmary-Victoria... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a bed in a hospital in Galway. [10233/06] - Child Care Services
Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Government policy regarding child protection and family support in respect of asylum seeking families; if a case worker... - Medicinal Products
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to facilitate patients who are prescribed vitamin B12 injections for pernicious anaemia and who can no longer... - Medical Cards
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of applications that were received by her Department for medical cards over the past five years that were not... - Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the x-ray unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare, is not in operation; when the problems will be... - Mental Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the structure of the child and adolescent psychiatric services in each Health Service Executive area as described in... - Hospital Services
Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds in each Health Service Executive area dedicated exclusively to adolescents at present; her... - Medical Cards
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason people in Ballyfermot who are on medical cards are finding it increasingly difficult to have their dentures... - Hospital Services
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [10277/06] - Child Care Services
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the financial assistance that can be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for the full-time care of their three... - Hospital Services
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allocated an appointment; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Insurance
Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the term of office of the first Health Insurance Authority has expired; if not, when she expects it to expire; when she... - Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person diagnosed with Down's syndrome will qualify for a mobility allowance; and if not, the criteria they fail to... -
Health Service Staff
Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists employed in the various regions of the Health Service Executive; her views on... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a complete schedule of all national disability groups here; and also a schedule of the recognised group... -
National Emergency Plan
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the state of preparedness of hospitals to cope with major disasters, for example train or air crashes, where multiple... - Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if palliative care services will be developed in each Health Service Executive region; her proposals in this regard; and if... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will approve the Health Service Executive capital plan for 2006 to enable projects such as the new Dingle... - Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the subvention being awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Planning Issues
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to planning difficulties experienced by applicants who wish to set up multi-disciplinary... - Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if home help attendant hours will be provided for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [10374/06] - Health Service Staff
Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason it is taking such a long time for the Health Service Executive south east region to obtain Garda clearance for a... - Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason home support hours were cut and then discontinued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;... - Clinical Trials
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of clinical trials which were conducted on psychiatric patients over the past three years. [10389/06] - Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for psychiatric assessment for children. [10390/06] - Health Contribution Levy
Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to abolish payment of the 2% health levy by people over 65 years of age. [10393/06] - Medical Cards
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card does not cover full chiropody cost for older people; and if she proposes to address this issue.... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to extend BreastCheck for women over 65. [10398/06] - Health Service Staff
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a reply will issue to Question No. 179 of 29 November 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10411/06] - Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if ongoing financial assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will be considered... - Community Development
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 118 of 24 November 2005, if she will request the Health Service Executive to issue a comprehensive... - Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 111 of 1 December 2005, if the Health Service Executive will be requested to issue a response.... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a reply will issue to Question No. 225 of 7 February 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10430/06] - Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of both the strain on provision of beds in hospitals and the inequitable situation whereby women who live... - Ambulance Service
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the helicopter landing facility in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth... - Health Service Staff
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the outstanding pension entitlement of former staff of the National Rehabilitation Board (details supplied),... - Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for a hearing test at the county clinic in Navan; the measures which will be put in place to reduce this... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an increased level of subvention will be awarded on appeal to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if this person should have been charged for... - Health Services
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the current usage and future plans for the Health Service Executive property (details supplied) in... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on including patients who have undergone illeostomy procedures in the long-term illness scheme. [10520/06] - Health Services
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take following her Department receiving a letter from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is entitled to more subvention; if her attention has been drawn to the... - Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department funds a group (details supplied) in County Wexford; if so, the amount of funding received; the person who... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position concerning the provision of additional accommodation relating to the phase 2B element of the General Hospital,... -
Nursing Home Charges
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an application for a refund under the nursing home fees repayment scheme will be awarded to a person (details... - Crisis Pregnancy Prevention
Question 232: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the need for reform of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10593/06] - Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a clinic at Tallaght Hospital; and... - Medical Cards
Question 236: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if this parliamentary question can be taken by way of an appeal to refuse a medical card in the case of a person (details... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the allocation of funding in respect of enhanced nursing home subvention will be made available to the Southern Health... - Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive speech therapy; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected date by which BreastCheck will be available in North Tipperary by units other than mobile units; the reason... - Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of beds contracted to the Health Service Executive in County Tipperary in private nursing homes. [10669/06] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, who has been refused subvention, with a view... - Health Services
Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress regarding the issues raised at meetings between the Health Service Executive and Irish Autism Action held in... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the decision not to reimburse the current market price of deltacortril tablets under the drugs payment... - Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when provision will be made for occupational therapy to be provided on a regular basis to enable a person (details... - Nursing Homes
Question 256: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects the report on the deaths at Leas Cross (details supplied). [10729/06] - Health Statistics
Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department has not published a complete health statistics report since 2002; the contact details and the... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County... - Avian Flu
Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the emergency arrangements in place to deal with a possible bird flu epidemic; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 14 February 2006. [10841/06] - Organ Donation
Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make it compulsory for all chemist shops to display organ donor cards; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a GMS doctor has not been appointed and medical card restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Vaccination Programme
Question 265: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 1982 a Government-appointed team found that 14 children here who were... - Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for a reduction of almost 750,000 in home help hours between 2002 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 112 of 16 February 2006, the reason for the delay in a reply issuing to same; and if she will make... - Vaccination Programme
Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an investigation will be ordered into the circumstances whereby a baby (details supplied) became profoundly mentally and... - Health Services
Question 271: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the necessary service for assessment and initiation of methadone treatment will be provided; the follow-up treatment... - Health Service Staff
Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the letter from the Health Service Executive of 9 March 2006 in response to Question No. 480 of 25 January 2006,... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 286: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not approved the phase 3C development of Naas General Hospital, which is included in the 2006 capital... - Health Services
Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a response issuing in respect of Question No. 113 of 16 February 2006 from the Health Service... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing the information sought under Questions Nos. 140 of 15 December 2005 and 474 of 25... -
Care of the Elderly
Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Questions Nos. 114 of 16 February 2006 and 477 of 25 January 2006 from... - Health Services
Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Questions Nos. 479 of 25 January 2006 and 116 of 16 February 2006 from... - Health Service Staff
Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nurses working in Dingle Hospital, which is in a Gaeltacht area of Kerry, will be granted an extra allowance for... - Health Services
Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in respect of the provision of post-operative physiotherapy for patients suffering from dementia; and if she... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy in respect of charges for inpatient services in nursing homes in respect of patients in public nursing homes and... - Health Service Inspections
Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of all inspections carried out by the social services inspectorate and other agencies in...
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