Written answers
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Animal Welfare
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the controls in place and the inspections carried out to ensure the well-being of animals in laboratories; and if she will make a... - Departmental Funding
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the recommendations in the 1997 Report of the Task Force on Violence Against Women, specifically in relation to the... - Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in relation to their benefits and allowances. [3800/07] - Home Help Service
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with home help; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be transferred; her views on whether this person is not currently in a facility which... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the delay in processing the application for the installation of a shower for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the efforts... - Mental Health Services
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services in place to treat multiple personality disorder. [3420/07] - Health Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in the lifetime of this Government in establishing adequate cystic fibrosis services. [3421/07] - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the health repayment scheme in respect of elderly persons who were wrongly charged, when a person (details supplied) in... - Pharmaceutical Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will resolve the difficulties which exist between the Irish Pharmaceutical Union and her Department in view of the proposals to... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the operation of the repayment of nursing home fees; the reason no timeframe was established with a company... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will bring forward legislation on her proposed changes to the nursing home subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a prescription drug (details supplied) will be included in the GMS scheme and drug payment scheme; the reason it was excluded to... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3478/07] - Health Service Allowances
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused the domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a new wheelchair for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the... - Health Services
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if respite and palliative care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is a fact that there is no surgeon available to see and treat a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the Mater Private... - Telecommunications Masts
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are health and safety concerns regarding phone masts near residential and school areas. [3503/07] - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding payment under the National Repayment Scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [3505/07] - Nursing Home Services
Question 303: 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... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations that where cancelled in hospitals here due to a shortage of hospital beds in 2006; and if she will make a... - Mental Health Services
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the establishment of the National Mental Health Directorate, the formation of the mental health catchment areas as... - Care of the Elderly
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive southern area have withdrawn the provision of elastic stockings to elderly people who are... - Asylum Support Services
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report by the Irish Refugee Council titled Making Separated Children Visible; her views on the report; and her... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are circumstances in which a person who is not of pension age but with long term medical concerns can be considered for special... - Health Service Staff
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress achieved with the psychiatric nurses' claim for parity of pay with therapeutic grades with consequential upward adjustment... - Health Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to urgently assist a group (details supplied) in County Louth with proper occupational therapy, speech... - Health Service Staff
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people nationally who have completed FETAC healthcare support educational courses; if these course qualifications have... - Hospital Services
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken regarding the hospice beds in a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; if a medical officer has been... - Care of the Elderly
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 21 November 2006, when this family can expect a re-assessment to take place; and if she... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the receipt of an application and receipts submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [3637/07] - Mental Health Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the period by which waiting times will be reduced in relation to the A Vision For Change document and its reference to mental health... - Health Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; the renovations taking place; the capital funding that has been put... - Health Insurance
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will examine the possibility of developing a small health insurance scheme which would cover low income patients for... - Health Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a campus (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3653/07] - Hospital Services
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the research her Department has carried out in regard to ABI; if such research results are available; the action taken by her as a... - Health Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for hearing tests for children at the Newbridge Health Centre, Co. Kildare and the Tallaght Health Centre in Dublin... - Hospital Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 819 of 31 January if she will review the reply given; and if she will make a statement on... - Youth Services
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will recognise or offer financial or other support towards the setting up of a youth organisation modelled in the US based... - Hospital Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a taxi has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to attend their clinics at the Adelaide and Meath... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for public and private patients waiting for orthopaedic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that chiropodists are applying a top up charge of €10 to €20 per visit to medical card... - Child Care Services
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm plans to invest in the Childhood Development Initiative Strategy, A Place for Children, Tallaght West; her views on... - Health Insurance
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current position in relation to ensuring that should BUPA leave the health insurance market VHI do not become a monopoly; and if she... - Survivors of Symphysiotomy
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to negotiations for improved services to the survivors of symphysiotomy. [3851/07] - Health Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions there are for dental care for children under six years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3971/07] - Child Care Services
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the commitment by the HSE to conduct an enquiry into the tragic death of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford... - Nursing Home Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if services are being removed from public nursing homes (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the expected negative outcome of the McKenna 2003 EU case involving the tendering of emergency ambulance services in... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she is going to address and invest in the allocation of funding to a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact... - Hospital Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bed occupancy rate at Mayo General Hospital; the percentage of these beds occupied by elderly patients; and if she will make a... - Official Travel
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of times in 2005 and 2006 that Emergency Services were called to attend road accidents on the N85 between Ennis and... - Hospital Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the new sexual assault treatment unit for the midlands region has been located to Tullamore in view of the fact that this... - Health Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied); the way her Department or the Health Service Executive can resolve... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department since 2000; the value...
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