Written answers
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 can obtain funding for the preschool overheads in order that no charge will be imposed on... - Special Educational Needs
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in respect of children who attend special schools in the Dublin area, she will confirm that where such children have an existing... - Health Service Staff
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if community welfare officers are supplied with mobile phones to help them carry out their work; if not, her plans, to supply same; and... - Departmental Funding
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been no increase in funding for the regional planning committee against violence against women over the past four... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for the refund of nursing home charges has been received which was submitted by a person (details supplied) in County... - Hospital Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for treatment in Sligo General... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no response issued from the Health Service Executive to a parliamentary question placed several weeks ago (details supplied).... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vehicles currently being used by a service in the west (details supplied) giving details on a county basis; the number of... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who had applied for assistance with a new special bike as they need this as a... - Hospital Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the provision of a bed at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she... - Health Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the level of home care and home help hours in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if... - Medical Cards
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response.... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Osteoporosis Society has not been allocated funding for 2006; if she will make a statement on the fact that due to the... - Hospital Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the prospect of radiotherapy facilities being provided in the north west region; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive will not give extra home help which had been agreed previously to a person (details supplied) in... - Smoking Ban
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been convicted for smoking in company cars and vehicles since the smoking ban came into effect; the number... - Health Insurance
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the outcome of a recent High Court case regarding risk equalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41254/06] - Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 4 October 2006, if she will consider an orthodontic reassessment for a person (details... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if expressions of interest have been received arising from the proposed health campus building at Tuam, County Galway; the closing date... - Hospital Services
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for the transfer of oncology services out of St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar; her plans for the hospital site once this takes... - Health Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Louth in view of their tragic circumstances; and if she will make... - Health Promotion
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures introduced by her Department to promote cycling as a healthy form of exercise; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money provided in 2006 for the treatment of public patients in the new radiotherapy unit at the Mid-West Regional... - Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in implementing the Government's policy on obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41321/06] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals where it is proposed to remove seven day 24 hour accident and emergency services; and if she will make a statement on the... - Care of the Elderly
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-stay elder care beds purchased in the private sector in each of the Health Service Executive areas to date in 2006;... - Mental Health Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the total allocated health budget that is allocated to mental health services; the percentage allocation for the years... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Departments policy and strategy regarding the provision of support services to children with an intellectual disability; the... - Suicide Incidence
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation for suicide prevention; the breakdown of the allocation of such funds; the additional services that have been put in... - Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to extend hours in a day care centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 10 October 2006, she will request the Health Service Executive to issue a comprehensive... - Health Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason information (details supplied) which was requested was not given and still has not issued; when this information was sought... - Health Service Charges
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes made to the medical card system for persons with a physical and intellectual disability living in community residences where... - Hospital Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who had been diagnosed by their general practitioner with pneumonia and sent to the... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the schedules for repaying the illegal nursing home charges are not being met; and if she has received the same flow of... - Health Service Allowances
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the conditions under which mobility allowance is granted in order that it would cover conditions such as agoraphobia... - Food Safety
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on its 2004 report into breaches of food labelling laws; and if she... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of calls to the Women's Aid helpline that went unanswered in 2005; her plans to provide... - Health Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the locations where the teen support programme is in operation; the number of participants in the programme; her plans to extend same;... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money she has made available for the rest of 2006 for enhanced nursing home subventions; and if she will make a statement... - Infectious Diseases
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the scientific basis used to underpin the decision not to stockpile face masks for use by members of the general public in the event of... - Health Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a variation in charges for smear tests throughout the country; the reason some people have had to wait up to... - Hospital Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of fatalities from head injuries that have occurred in each of Counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and... - Vaccination Programme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a vaccination against pneumococcal meningitis onto the childhood immunisation schedule as a matter of urgency.... - Mental Health Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the national working group on mental health guidelines for the management of depression and anxiety disorders in primary... - Health Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, having regard to the fact that many general medical practitioners are now providing warfarin clinics for the convenience of their... - Hospital Services
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with Cappagh Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for a hip... - HIV Infection
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and rate of HIV infection here, with a county break down of the incidence of HIV infection and an explanation of the role of... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans the Health Service Executive has to make up the shortfall of 500 beds in view of the decision not to convert the Balsekin... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to installation of services in the home of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines set down for the position of the school based occupational therapist by the Health Service Executive in County Kildare;... - Hospital Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their operating procedure cancelled on three occasions; when will they... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average number of patients waiting daily on hospital trolleys; the plans she has put in place to address the issue; the extent to... - Health Service Staff
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff vacancies to be filled throughout the Health Service Executive eastern region; when it is expected that these posts... - Health Services
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis at present; the location at which the treatment is being received; and if... - Medical Staff
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of doctors, nurses, surgeons and physicians who qualified here in each of the past eight years to date; the number who have... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which adequate hospital beds are available throughout the winter 2006 in view of the likelihood of winter illness; and if... - Health Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has in mind an enhanced role for the health centres to play in the delivery of the health services here with particular reference... - Hospital Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nature, level and source of the expert advice referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 7 November 2006, with reference to... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by her Department... - Hospital Staff
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is considering staff retention measures specifically aimed at nurses in view of the high drop out rate in recent years of... - Departmental Bodies
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an upper age limit applies regarding membership of State boards under her aegis; if so, the reason for the age limit; her plans to...
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