Written answers

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

  • Civil Registration Service
    Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Civil Registration Act 2004, with particular reference to the creation of two...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the implications for the new Central Mental Hospital of the requirement to obtain planning permission for it on the Thornton Hall prison...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28960/06]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanism a voluntary group (details supplied) can follow to assist in the purchase of a defibrillator, in view of the tremendous...
  • Registration of Births
    Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to register their birth; and if she will make a statement on...
  • National Drugs Strategy
    Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who are currently on methadone; the number of under 18's on methadone; the amount this has cost to date in 2006....
  • Death Certificates
    Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay of up to nine months, in issuing death certificates to bereaved families in the Limerick region; if measures...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the commitments she or personnel on her behalf gave to a person (details supplied) regarding the future of Monaghan General Hospital; if...
  • Family Support Services
    Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28139/06]
  • Cancer Incidence
    Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are health concerns in relation to Sellafield nuclear plant and cases of leukaemia here. [28141/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo must pay the cost of a local taxi when they attend for physiotherapy at Ballina...
  • Child Protection
    Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role of the special rapporteurs to audit legal developments for the protection of the child; the way in which their role differs...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is on a waiting list for months; and if assistance and support will be given to...
  • Health Services
    Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to more back-up care services; and if she will give...
  • Cancer Incidence
    Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on cancer statistics per DED in the Dublin west constituency. [28171/06]
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in obtaining a nursing home placement; and if she will work with the family...
  • Rape Crisis Network
    Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the Rape Crisis Network Ireland in their need for an investment of €7 million. [28218/06]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who is on a waiting list at Beaumont Hospital; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the unprecedented administration grant payment of €74,000 approved by a person (details supplied) for...
  • Cost of Medicines
    Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the cost of drugs here is so high compared to other EU countries; and if she will take action in relation to this matter....
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if support will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in relation to their nursing home subvention. [28258/06]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to their medical expenses; and if they are entitled...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is not receiving weekend support and taxi fares to their supported employment; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the Coeliac Society of Ireland in their funding submission; and if they will be given the maximum support. [28270/06]
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will seek a revision of the current GMS scheme contract to allow general practitioners complete the driving licence medical...
  • Health Services
    Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if same will be made a priority case. [28278/06]
  • National Archives
    Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will release the files on the case of a person (details supplied); if they will be given the maximum support. [28290/06]
  • Hepatitis C Incidence
    Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will immunise all school children for Hepatitis C in view of the high incidence of this disease among children from Eastern...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an appointment; the efforts which are being made to reduce the waiting...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is waiting for a medical card renewal when their condition is ongoing and will...
  • Health Services
    Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) are unable to obtain the services of a local general practitioner; and if she will make a...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the delay of over one month for cancer tests is an acceptable time for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation in relation to the Pharmacy Act 1962, which was suspended in 2001; when a new Bill will be put in place; the situation...
  • Health Services
    Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to help create public awareness on the preventable and treatable disease of osteoporosis. [28337/06]
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will classify the retirement convalescent homes (details supplied) in County Cork in order to receive funding from the Health...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be allocated a powerchair as soon as possible in view of the circumstances of their...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available for children who are experiencing the physical and emotional scars of domestic violence. [28352/06]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in obtaining a medical card; and if this injustice will be ended....
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is being denied a special bicycle; and if assistance will be given to this person....
  • Health Services
    Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the €2 million cuts between 2003 and 2006 for an organisation (details supplied); and if this organisation will be...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the repayment of illegal nursing home charges to persons who are in long stay institutions and for the family...
  • Health Services
    Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will work with Dublin City Council on this...
  • Arts Funding
    Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be reached on the application to the Health Service Executive by an organisation (details supplied) for funding for...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person's (details supplied) employment in Dublin 17 was terminated; and the action she will take regarding management...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the Health Service Executive Western Region spent on the use of private ambulance services over the past 12 months, per...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many public health centres in Dublin City, including those at Rathdown Road, Benburb...
  • Health Services
    Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the Health Service Executive not dealing with the query on noise pollution (details supplied) from equipment installed...
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she intends to implement the twenty recommendations which were made in June 2006 by the working group set up by her to advise her...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in recruiting clinical directors and other essential staff for the roll-out of BreastCheck to the west; the progress...
  • Health Services
    Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home spaces which have been made available and the sites at which they have been made available in Galway...
  • Health Service Funding
    Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made to provide designated funding and designated transport to ensure equality of access to radiotherapy...
  • Health Services
    Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been provided in 2006 for the implementation of the plan of the Hospital Group South East to meet the needs of all...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation in full of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the delay in...
  • Health Services
    Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for an occupational therapist to visit a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5 are being excluded from having a medical card; and if they will be given the maximum...
  • Health Services
    Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthopaedic consultants in the Adelaide Hospital; if there have been consultants on vacation without cover of their...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statistics in relation to the incidence of Lyme disease here; her views on whether awareness of the fact that this disease can be...
  • Health Services
    Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when there will be a decision on an application for funding under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme by a person (details...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce the provision of colostomy bags free of charge to all those who need them; the estimated annual cost of such a...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the home care grant in order that their family can continue caring...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help hours will be increased for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of their worsening condition; and will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo first went on the waiting list to be seen by an ophthalmologist; the current waiting...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments made, on a county basis and on an individual basis to pharmacists through the GMS scheme for 2005, including details of the...
  • Health Services
    Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocations of funding from the Health Service Executive National Shared Services Primary Care Reimbursement Service or from the...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 666: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date a home care grant application for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo was received by the Health Service Executive; the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a long stay bed was not given to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo when requested, in view of their age and the fact...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting consultation with the rheumatologist in a hospital (details supplied) in County Galway. [28710/06]
  • Embryonic Stem Cell Research
    Question 672: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Government's position in relation to embryonic stem cell research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28712/06]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a rheumatologist will be appointed to a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28713/06]
  • Grant Payments
    Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for domiciliary allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will...
  • Smoking Ban
    Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the legislation covering the smoking ban to consider the introduction of a fine for persons found breaking the law on...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 676: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment has been made for a person (details supplied) in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Services
    Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the issues raised by persons (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons claimants under the scheme to repay charges for publicly funded long stay beds are given the option of donating some or all...
  • Health Services
    Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Mayo who have been refused assessment by occupational therapists in 2006 to date due to the lack of...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding a patient (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and to give them the maximum support. [28813/06]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the provision of a wheelchair for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the urgent and special...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in arranging a cataract operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will expedite an...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the special shoes required by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, will be provided as a matter of urgency in view of the...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive southern area to provide an additional full-time language therapist at Kerry General...
  • Waste Disposal
    Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the local Health Service Executive officials will resolve the issue of the location of a septic tank serving a health centre (details...
  • Health Services
    Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment (details supplied). [28861/06]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a neurologist will be appointed to the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28863/06]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 692: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28866/06]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an urgent appointment for a knee operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at Waterford Hospital,...
  • Health Services
    Question 694: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a service (details supplied) will be provided in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28953/06]
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 697: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the cervical screening service has been removed from County Mayo; when will this service resume in County Mayo; and a...
  • Health Services
    Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures the Health Service Executive have undertaken to create public awareness of osteoporosis. [28958/06]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 700: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to provide grant aid to sports clubs and voluntary organisations to help with the purchase price of defibrillators in...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if pension credit will be allowed to general practitioners for the years they served as temporary DMOs, and for the years they worked in...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 702: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists qualifying here in 2005 and 2006 who are employed in the Irish health service; the number of vacancies...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 704: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in respect of a nursing home rebate; and if she will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 706: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding set aside to date for the upgrading of the cystic fibrosis unit in St. Vincent's Hospital; the amount received by...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of plans to extend Ennis General Hospital; if plans have been lodged with the appropriate authority; if the value for money...
  • Health Services
    Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in view of the large catchment area of north Clare, to extend the opening hours of a day care centre (details supplied) from...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 711: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in arranging an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed for a hip...
  • Nursing Home Charges
    Question 712: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the health repayment scheme and claims by living spouses and children and the issue of repayments to the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 714: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a disability personal assistant at the required level will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to Peamount Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29185/06]
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 717: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an orthopaedic footwear allowance, or payment, will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she...
  • Health Services
    Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29187/06]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 719: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29189/06]
  • Departmental Surveys
    Question 720: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the national disability survey 2006 has no section in relation to standards and quality of disability services particularly...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital for physiotherapy and...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with new knee locks; if this request will be sanctioned urgently; the...
  • Health Services
    Question 723: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a home care package application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [29255/06]
  • Health Service Schemes
    Question 724: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a scheme (details supplied) in the Health Service Executive western region; and if she will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she and the Health Service Executive have taken to create public awareness of osteoporosis; and if she will make a statement...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 729: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress of the proposed provision of a special dementia unit and hospice beds at St. Ita's Hospital,...
  • Services for Persons with Disabilities
    Question 730: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a full time personal assistant to help with their disability; and if she...
  • Census of Population
    Question 731: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if figures released by the Central Statistics Office in July 2006 via the Census 2006 Preliminary Report will be used by her Department...
  • Health Services
    Question 732: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional resources have been requested by the Health Service Executive for provision of front line therapy services where there are...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 733: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review of the child care regulations will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29315/06]
  • Recreation Policy
    Question 734: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the expected publication of a recreation policy will be accompanied by a funding allocation to implement that policy; and if she will...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 736: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons the grant allocated by the Health Service Executive for the provision of central heating for homes of senior citizens has...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 737: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of top-up grants awarded by the Health Service Executive in each of the past three years to supplement the disabled persons...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 738: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new medical cards issued in the past year in County Kildare; the number of new doctor only medical cards issued in County...
  • Health Services
    Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours allocated by her Department and the Health Service Executive for the home-help service for each of the past three...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 740: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the development of Naas General Hospital; the position of proposals to address the old section of the hospital; the...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    Question 741: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review her position on dealing with the issue of pharmacies in health centres in the second Pharmacy Bill; her views on...
  • Programme for Government
    Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the sections and subsections of the Children's Act 2001 coming under the remit of her Department that have not commenced; and the date...
  • Health Services
    Question 744: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in relation to a case (details supplied) in County Offaly following a reply of 3 August 2006 from her...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 745: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Cork outlining their serious health difficulties; if...
  • Health Services
    Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 20 June 2006, if core funding has been provided to the Irish Wheelchair Association to...
  • National Cancer Strategy
    Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to bring proposals to Government relating to the National Cancer Strategy; her plans to introduce a screening programme...
  • Health Services
    Question 749: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 on 8 June 2006, the progress to date of the high level working group in progressing the issues...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 752: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 20 June 2006, when she will make available the findings of the strategic review of...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 753: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of an examination into the feasibility of introducing the vaccine damage compensation scheme; when such a scheme will be put...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 754: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 13 June 2006, when she plans to introduce the first pharmacy Bill in Dáil Éireann; and if...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 756: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive payment of their home care grant; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 757: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to introduce immunisation against invasive pneumococcal disease into the general immunisation programme for children...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 758: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital spending on ICT in the Health Service Executive provided for in her department's estimates for 2006; the amount of...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 760: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken over the summer months to advance the Naas Hospital Development Project; if all outstanding matters have been cleared to...
  • National Drugs Strategy
    Question 762: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself with the amount of drug free recovery places. [22847/06]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 764: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a co-ordinator post for the arts programme provided by Women's Aid was reduced by the Health Service Executive from a...
  • Health Services
    Question 765: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the discovery of a venomous snake in Kerry in August; the facilities that are in place in this...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 767: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review will be undertaken regarding home help in County Kildare, as many of those employed in this capacity have had their hours...
  • Cancer Prevention
    Question 769: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the document Cancer Prevention: What the Experts Say. [29798/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 770: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to ensure that the person can obtain optical...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 771: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be facilitated with an earlier date for an MRI scan at Tallaght General Hospital,...
  • Health Services
    Question 772: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to provide an emergency dental service in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29812/06]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 773: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the policy in respect of the person who unexpectedly avails of acute hospital services in a region other than...
  • Health Services
    Question 774: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that recipients of home help in some health board areas are still being required to make...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 775: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) and have them called for their hip operation; and if she will make a...
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 776: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for the nursing home subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 777: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card or GP only card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a positive...
  • Health Services
    Question 778: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will raise with the Health Service Executive the absolute need to commence the redevelopment of a health centre (details...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 780: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [29889/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 781: To ask the Minister for Health and Children for response to the issues raised in the correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29890/06]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 784: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 785: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be made as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [29901/06]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 789: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement confirming plans for the future of the National Children's Hospital at Tallaght Hospital. [29940/06]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 791: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she intends to publish the promised report on the overall use of defibrillators; if it will include reference to the use of...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 793: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that employment ceilings imposed by the Government in 2003 prior to the creation of the...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 794: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of elderly persons in County Kildare currently awaiting allocation of a long term care place in State nursing homes. [29986/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 796: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in a response issuing to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 6 July 2006. [30001/06]
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 797: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 8 November 2005. [30003/06]
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 798: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in issuing a response to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 6 July 2006. [30004/06]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 799: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when tenders will be invited for Phase 3C of Naas Hospital. [30005/06]
  • Health Services
    Question 800: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional home help hours allocated to County Kildare in 2006 from the State allocation of 1.75 million. [30006/06]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 801: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full schedule of facilities and services, including the number of medical and surgical beds to be provided in the concluding phase...
  • Health Services
    Question 802: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to upgrade or extend the various health centres throughout County Kildare, with a view to catering for the increase in the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 803: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will maintain in full the mobile hospital services in north west Kildare and other locations; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Services
    Question 805: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have received orthodontic treatment in each of the past five years; the extent to which this impacts on the...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 809: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases dealt with under the hospital treatment purchase scheme in each of the past five years; the costs involved; and if...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 810: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the degree to which the number of hospital beds now available is adequate or otherwise to meet the population needs; and if she will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 811: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to hospital waiting lists; if such lists are on the increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Autism Incidence
    Question 814: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the research into the high incidence of autism here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30025/06]
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 815: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents of MRSA reported to date; the hospital or areas in respect of which the greater number of cases have been...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 817: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding patients on trolleys at Beaumont Hospital. [30099/06]
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 818: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consideration which has been given to bringing about an outright legislative ban on experimentation on non-human primates here....
  • Health Services
    Question 820: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that her policy approach to the treatment of type one childhood diabetes is ensuring equality of access and...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 821: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card holders that are resident in Cork City. [30136/06]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 823: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is wise to amalgamate the Mercy University and South Infirmary and Victoria Hospitals and relocate them to...
  • Health Services
    Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in the Health Service Executive North East Region who have been placed in contracted beds in nursing homes in...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 825: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inquiries conducted by the Mental Health Commission, since 1 January 2005, under section 55 of the Mental Health Act, 2001...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 827: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long-term care beds in the State. [30163/06]
  • Nursing Home Subventions
    Question 828: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in respect of whom nursing home subvention is paid; and the number of those people in receipt of enhanced...
  • Health Services
    Question 829: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person is waiting for a public nursing home place. [30165/06]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 832: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards available on a county basis; the number of doctor only cards granted on a county basis; if she has...
  • Health Services
    Question 833: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary resources and press the Health Service Executive to increase the number of public health nurses...
  • National Repayments Scheme
    Question 834: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the cut-off date of 9 December 1998 for families who are making claims under the national repayments scheme in...

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