Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2006
Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a capital grant under the equal opportunities child care programme will be decided in relation to a creche... - Health Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists working in schools here. [34157/06] - Child Care Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent to date on the child care measure under the National Development Plan; the estimated amount to be spent by the end of... - Health Services
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are approximately 900 to 1,000 children on the waiting list of a clinic (details... - Community Care
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate adequate funding to the Centre for Independent Living in County Mayo in view of the fact that this service is under... - Health Service Allowances
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who is being funded by the social services, Northern Ireland and the... - Community Care
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on increasing the grant assistance for a voluntary group (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the shortfall of... - Child Care Services
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make child care funding available to traveller women attending Cashel Primary Health Care Project; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for orthodontic treatment on Dublin's northside for children of different categories of urgency; the number waiting in... - Hospital Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an appointment in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been cancelled by Waterford Regional... - Medical Cards
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33867/06] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the supports and services in place at Kilkenny County Clinic for persons with ADHD; if patients have been informed of a change to this... - Medical Qualifications
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the commencement of a school of podiatry in a university here. [33870/06] - Hospital Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for their hospital appointment in Galway. [33883/06] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to assist the 2,118 people with intellectual disabilities on residential waiting lists; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications made for primary medical certificates in each of the old health board and new Health Service Executive... - Food Labelling
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the decision of October 2006 by the French Government to require labels on alcoholic beverages... - Care of the Elderly
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money her Department has invested in the carers development officer role in a centre (details supplied); the changes this... - Hospital Staff
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the permanent appointment of the breast cancer consultant is due to take place in Letterkenny General Hospital. [33905/06] - Health Service Staff
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will elaborate on the skills project for carers as referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 22 November 2005; if she will... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of house repairs in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare as per letter from the Health... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the detection of non-authorised genetically modified organism LL RICE 601 in rice products imported from the US into the EU has... - Health Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to repeated problems faced by carers (details supplied); the resolution that is or will be available;... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will... - Care of the Elderly
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is planned to proceed with plans to construct an elderly care facility in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, including a day care... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are long delays being experienced by children in need and waiting for speech and language facilities; the reason there... - Health Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a full reply has not been received to date to two parliamentary questions (details supplied); and when full replies will... - Hospital Services
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to retain services at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; when a personal assistant and... - Hospital Services
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the conditions that must be met for a private hospital to provide radiotherapy services to public patients; and when negotiations... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are private facilities currently providing radiotherapy or oncology services to public patients here. [33970/06] - Medical Cards
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a clinic (details supplied) in County Waterford and the Health Service Executive are engaged in service provider negotiations to... - Health Services
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a house (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has been purchased for use by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Services
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the winter initiative scheme will be issued in a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; the funding which will be provided... - Child Care Services
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on whether the proposed Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006 are feasible particularly in view of the new adult to... - Health Services
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Galway on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment or assessment; the longest waiting period for... - Ambulance Service
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients transported to hospital by helicopter in each of the Health Service Executive areas for each of the past five... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons currently employed in her Department whose status has changed to that of disabled since the commencement of their... - Health Services
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be targeted for diabetes treatment and prevention, as recommended and costed by the diabetes expert group four years... - Hospital Services
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in introducing stroke units nationwide, where patients would be managed under the direct care of a stroke... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if legislation will be introduced requiring pharmacists to report adverse side effects of drugs on patients to the authorities; and if... - Ambulance Service
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an air ambulance to cover Loop Head peninsula and the greater west Clare area; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people, per county, who have been assessed and are waiting for home help; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Care of the Elderly
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has a contingency plan in place to provide assistance for the elderly over the winter who have been approved for home help but... - Health Services
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has intervened at any stage to resolve the dispute between the Health Service Executive and home help organisers; if she has met... - Hospital Services
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure that the supplies depot, which is held at St. Lomans Hospital, Mullingar is left in place and is not... - Health Services
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved home help, in view of their medical condition and the availability of... - Health Service Staff
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a doctor has been appointed (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34256/06] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent to date under the acute hospital measure of the National Development Plan; the amount estimated to be spent under this... - Pregnancy Information Services
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that Cura have in place arrangements which fully comply with the service level agreement made with the Crisis... - Hospital Services
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make arrangements to put an end to the situation whereby both male and female elderly patients in Ennis General Hospital... - Health Services
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person who applied for an occupational therapist referral on 31 March 2006, is still waiting for the occupational therapist... - Medical Cards
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the renewal of a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the... - Health Services
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will a person (details supplied) in County Meath have an appointment with the Meath Community Paediatric Physiotherapy unit; the... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in finalising an application made to the Health Service Executive under the housing aid for the elderly scheme... - Health Screening Programmes
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that since the pilot programme involving general practitioners in the monitoring of persons with diabetes was... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite places that have been provided in each year under the Government's five year investment programme for disability;... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of addicts per health board community care area on a methadone treatment scheme per year since 1991 to date in 2006. [34380/06] - Sexual Health Strategy
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a sexual health strategy will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34391/06] - Health Services
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recognition given within the health system here to Tourette syndrome which can affect one in one hundred people and which is a... - School Curriculum
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide funding for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to run a course of sign language; the way in which... - National Health Strategy
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she and her Ministerial colleagues will take to address the growing problem of obesity here; and if she will make a... - Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals... - Medical Cards
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the extremely low uptake of the doctor only medical cards; if she proposes to restore the full medical cards that have been... - Departmental Staff
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria for persons with disabilities for seeking employment opportunities within her Department; the application procedures that... - Hospital Services
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not received an appointment for an operation, despite five examinations... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in County Tipperary waiting for mammography appointments in each hospital; the number waiting nationally; the... - Health Services
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of podiatry care available at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital; the number of podiatrists employed at the hospital; if... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support extending the age range for which women are invited for a free breast check every two years from the current 50-64... - Medical Cards
Question 427: 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. [34636/06] - Departmental Correspondence
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism has been in contact with her with regard to a person (details supplied); and if she will... - Health Funding
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive to allocate funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society in view of the fact that...
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