Written answers
Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Department of Health and Children
- Medical Cards
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the maximum amount a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can earn and still retain their medical card; if this amount referred to has... - Mental Health Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her view that the proposed Central Mental Hospital can be located at Thornton, County Dublin without planning permission; and... - Health Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the majority of physiotherapy graduates from UCD in 2006 have been unable to find work... - Eating Disorders
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for a dedicated eating disorder service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39159/06] - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns that the Irish Osteoporosis Society may have to close due to lack of funding; the steps she will take to support... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to provide independent living for people who have a disability and in particular in relation to a person (details... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to introduce a new Pharmacy Act; if the heads of such legislation have been approved by Government; and if she will... - Medical Cards
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in getting a medical card; and the reason for the hold-up regarding this... - Drug Trials
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug trials involving psychiatric patients in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006. [38492/06] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with an intellectual disability in psychiatric hospitals. [38493/06] - Hospital Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking in relation to the urgent requirements for the development of an acute in-patient unit at Beaumont Hospital... - Medical Cards
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the... - Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department intends investing to a greater extent in cardiovascular health services following recent research which found that... - Grant Payments
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the non-payment of a specific type of grant approved by the Health Service Executive in respect of a person... - Hospital Staff
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the health care assistants working at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare who have passed their full examinations will be... - Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time nationally for consultation and treatment for public orthodontic patients; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Service Staff
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will appoint a specialist orthodontist for the Kerry area to cope with the present public waiting list which has been closed due... - Hospital Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a full time palliative care unit will be established at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 27 September 2006, the mechanism a voluntary group (details supplied) in County Kildare can... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time involved in processing a payment under the nursing home repayment scheme from receipt of application to final... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a special needs assistant has been removed from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the decision will be... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received for repayments under the national repayments scheme to date; the number of those applications that... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the availability of BreastCheck in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38589/06] - Hospital Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with St. James's Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist the Centre for Independent Living in Castlebar, County Mayo; and if she will support them in their request for... - Hospital Procedures
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place in hospitals, health centres and Government offices to minimise the risk of Legionnaires' disease from showers,... - Proposed Legislation
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed health Bill will provide for controls for bacteria commonly found in water systems in hospitals and health care centres... - Health Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo in 2007 to ensure the continuation of its good... - Hospital Procedures
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding cleanliness and hygiene matters in hospitals here and on the strategies to end MRSA. [38646/06] - Care of the Elderly
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include under services to the elderly, massage therapy for senior citizens with severe pain problems in order to give them... - Child Care Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the appeals mechanism in place in relation to the inspection process for privately owned child care facilities in County Mayo; if there... - Ambulance Service
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the 20 hospitals where it is proposed to remove seven day 24 hour ambulance accident and emergency services. [38674/06] - Health Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if crowding comes within the 1985 guidelines of her Department in respect of orthodontic treatment; if she will confirm that it is... - Hospital Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the dermatology services in Ballina District Hospital, County Mayo; the plans for the service at the hospital... - Special Educational Needs
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available to stand alone autism units in secondary schools from her Department and agencies controlled by her Department;... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial supports available from her Department or other organisations to the Irish Osteoporosis Society; if her Department will... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of an appeal for nursing home subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 receives a day care place; and the action she will take regarding the... - Mental Health Services
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of compliance now and the steps underway to implement the recommendations of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals regarding... - Hospital Staff
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made to appoint a permanent breast cancer surgeon for Letterkenny General Hospital; if the appointed consultant... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the maximum single enhanced nursing home subvention granted to date in 2006 in the Health Service Executive east, south and west areas;... - Health Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive speech therapy in view of the fact that they will need regular speech... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures which are being taken to develop a dedicated acute unit to cater for persons with intellectual disability and challenging... - Care of the Elderly
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual provision for investment in health care services for the elderly each year since 1997 to date in 2006; the improvements to... - Health Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been a change in designation of the respite care beds in a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; if occasional... - International Agreements
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the constitutional ultra vires problems Ireland has with the proposed new intercountry adoption agreement... - Health Services
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason smear tests that were done in March 2006 are only now being processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39058/06] - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Commission of Inquiry which was set up by the Western Health Board in April 1999 to enquire into allegations... - Ambulance Service
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the findings made by the working group that was established to resolve the problem of duplication in the Dublin region between the two... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crisis nurses at accident and emergency departments in the health service. [39090/06] - Mental Health Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of finance allocated to the Mental Health Commission which was not spent in 2005; and the areas where these measures were... - Suicide Prevention
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons working in the individual suicide resource offices in each Health Service Executive region. [39092/06] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to develop a dedicated acute unit to cater for persons with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour... - Hospital Land
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking in relation to the sale of land at St. Ita's Hospital and St. Brendan's Hospital. [39095/06] - Mental Health Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to make capital investment available in the Health Service Executive northern area in order that appropriate... - Medical Cards
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the renewal of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [39104/06] - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress of the review of expenditure on demand led schemes such as the drug payment scheme; the implications of same for services;... - Mental Health Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the level of funding provided to mental health services in her 2007 budget in view of the dramatic decrease,... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify her statement and name the 26 hospitals that will lose there doctor led accident and emergency services in June... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the progress of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, for heating and two doors under...
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