Written answers
Tuesday, 4 April 2006
Department of Health and Children
- Departmental Bodies
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a working group was set up to explore and develop the linkage between the national drug and alcohol policy; the number... - Health Services
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services provided for the victims of domestic violence; the funding her Department provides; and if she will make a... - Youth Services
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the functions, remit and responsibilities of the Minister for Health and Children and the Office of the Minister for... - Medical Cards
Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the renewal of a medical card application for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost which she estimated for increasing the threshold on house value to deem a person ineligible for nursing home... - Medical Cards
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria which must be satisfied to get a general practitioner visit card; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the changes proposed in the operation of St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee; if future patients will be admitted for long-term... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to a previous parliamentary question, the reason for the delay in arranging an appointment for a person (details... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing home subventions and enhanced subventions per county in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of community dieticians employed by the Health Service Executive in the Dublin area; the areas they are... - Medical Cards
Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied); if a long-term care package will be put in place; and if the... - Legislative Programme
Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006 will be debated in Dáil Éireann; her plans to have the Bill passed by the... - Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with a psychologist in view of the fact that... - Nursing Education
Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the specialised training nurses receive for working in units specialising in Alzheimer's disease care; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive areas which provide a chiropody service; the Health Service Executive areas which do not... - Medical Cards
Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has had their medical card withdrawn; and if she will make a... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a case in which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been refused the Health... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for further surgery at the University Hospital, Galway; and... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the extension to Schull Community Hospital in view of the fact that the draft design brief was... - Health Services
Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of home care nursing home packages allocated for 2006 in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon; and if she will... - Children in Care
Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when Coovagh House in Limerick will reopen; its running costs in 2005; the cost of recruiting staff in 2005; and its... - Grant Payments
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the occupational therapist reports for the disabled person's grant applications made to Kildare County Council can be... - Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when zero hour contracts for home helps will come to an end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12903/06] - Hospital Services
Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent of the chiropody provision for diabetic patients in Waterford Regional Hospital, Cork University Hospital,... - EU Directives
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions with the Dutch authorities arising from the operation of the Dutch health insurance Act which... - Health Service Staff
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists employed by the Health Service Executive in the Limerick area; the number employed in... - EU Directives
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that EU Directive 2004/23/EC will be implemented before 7 April 2006; if the directive will not be... - Hospital Services
Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received a proposal for the future of Nenagh General Hospital; her views on the Small Hospital, Big Service... - Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that public health nurses here unlike the UK are unable, for insurance reasons,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make representations on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow regarding admission to Waterford... - Parking Regulations
Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no disabled car parking spaces in the public car park at the Regional Hospital Limerick; and if she... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is information available in her Department regarding the number of people on hospital trolleys in accident and... - Alcohol Policy
Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 159 of 28 March 2006, if there is a national adviser on alcohol policy; if so, if she will... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department accepts liability for the costs of persons who hold or have held medical cards while in private nursing... - Medical Education
Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Medical Council gave her Department a discussion document or submission paper on the future of medical training,... - Hospital Staff
Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she will put in place to address the serious and acute shortage of rheumatologists; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if a positive response will be... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason an outpatients appointment in Wexford hospital cannot be given before 6 December 2006 to a person (details... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of people treated in hospital accident and emergency units in 2005 who suffered their accidents at work.... - Equality Strategy
Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has read the recent Amnesty International report, Breaking Down Barriers: Tackling Racism in Ireland at the level of... - Hospital Services
Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an operation will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people here who are suffering from multiple sclerosis; the type of treatments and assistance available to... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on including smoking patches in the drugs covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a... - Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is meeting the agreed national target figures for employment of persons with a disability; her views on... - Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person, details supplied, in County Mayo will be reassessed for orthodontic treatment. [13284/06] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person, details supplied, in County Galway will be allocated a place in a hospital; and if she will make a statement... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been a policy change in the Health Service Executive western region concerning the payment of the enhanced... - Compensation Payments
Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times the group considering the no fault compensation scheme has met; when the group will be presenting its... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person, details supplied, in County Cork will get an appointment to see a doctor; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Charges
Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if arrangements have been made to pay, through public funds, the cost of treating public patients at the new radiotherapy... - Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the need for adult ADD/ADHD services here; her plans to set up such a service on a... - Health Service Staff
Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made recruiting speech and language therapists; the number of unfilled posts in each of the... - Hospital Staff
Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of neurosurgeons here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a long... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the cancellation of a hip operation for a person, details supplied, in County Kildare; and when the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will support the campaign of the Irish Deaf Society for recognition of sign language; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appeal for enhanced subvention payment in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a response will be expedited to an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of a person... - Child Care Services
Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional direction she has given and the contact she has had with the city and county child care committees in... - Health Services
Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the State has no hearing screening programme for newborn children; and her plans to introduce such a programme.... - Food Safety
Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 21 March 2006, when the Minister replied that only one employment contract... -
Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has had contact or discussion with the National Association for Deaf People on the subject of universal newborn...
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