Written answers
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts her Department is prepared to make in order to help a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if she will provide advice... - Food Labelling
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that partially sighted persons find it difficult to read labels on food products due to font... - Health Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for occupational therapy in view of the fact that this person has been... - Special Educational Needs
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason speech and language therapists are not available to assist a person (details supplied) who has autism and is in mainstream... - Departmental Properties
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ionad Folláin, Myshall, County Carlow, which was bought by the Office of Public Works... - Community Care
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a carer or home help can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the conditions in Dublin's Rotunda Hospital where women in labour awaiting treatment are left in the... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied); the funding being provided to this organisation that deals with... - Pharmaceutical Sector
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of a meeting between her Department and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union which took place on 24 February 2007 with a view to... - Mental Health Services
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 1 February 2007, the percentage of the budget 2007 allocation for psychiatric services in... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on the progress made in relation to the cervical screening programme; and... - Hospital Services
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received an appointment for urgent surgery in view of the fact that the... - Health Services
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlements of school going children to dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9471/07] - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a refund under the health repayment scheme. [9473/07] - Hospital Services
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the trauma and orthopaedic services at Kerry General Hospital have not been developed; when facilities will be improved,... - Medical Cards
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response to their... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a short term subvention payment will be granted to a nursing home on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if... - Adoption Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite all the commitments given to prospective adopters, the waiting list even for... - Child Care Services
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to a previous parliamentary question of 14 February 2007, the steps this child care group (details supplied) should... - Hospital Staff
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take immediate steps to appoint a consultant rheumatologist to the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, as such an... - Health Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a long-term care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 as a matter of priority. [9499/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason parents of children with spina bifida are forced to raise funds for new equipment; and if these services will be properly... - Organ Retention
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17 regarding the organ retention issue; and if she will work with... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application for a subvention has not been processed for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Care Services
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 February 2007, if the appeal assessment process has been concluded by Pobal; if a... - Health Services
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made to provide much needed health centre facilities in Fettercairn, Tallaght; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the future of a building (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9544/07] - Health Services
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it takes many weeks for a medical card holder to have an eye test form stamped taking into account that one person was told... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when relatives of deceased persons who had been cared for in public nursing homes will be notified as to when the deceased's nursing... - Health Services
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an estimated costing for the full implementation of the cancer strategy has been calculated; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the health repayment scheme in relation to the estate of... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has only been awarded subvention of €192 per week; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to the ophthalmic outpatient clinic in a hospital in Galway in view of... - Care of the Elderly
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an inquiry into matters relating to Bedford House Nursing Home including transfers from St. Ita's Portrane to the... - Hospital Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a hip replacement operation in any possible hospital location for a person (details supplied) in County Louth;... - Medical Cards
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was only renewed for two months for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the great work being achieved by a group (details supplied); her views on the importance of this... - Health Services
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when physiotherapy will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [9610/07] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the BreastCheck clinic adjacent to the Victoria Hospital, Cork will open on schedule in September 2007; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the salary of an administrator (details supplied) for the year 2006; and the travel and subsistence or other expenses claimed by that... - Hospital Services
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person who has had a kidney transplant abroad, in a non-EU country can be considered for a refund of any of the costs incurred for... - Health Services
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has sanctioned the nationwide entitlement to chiropody services for persons on the medical card; and if she will make a statement... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the cervical screening programme which has been piloted at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick will be rolled out on a... - Hospital Services
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the hospice bed in Boyle, County Roscommon will be opened; the steps she is taking to resolve the outstanding issues; the cost of... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a nursing home rebate will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to deal with the backlog of school children waiting for treatment at the Health Service Executive dental... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a new motorised wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response... - Medical Files
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the six years of medical files relative to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have been located; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if multi-channel television service will be provided for the long stay patients in a ward (details supplied) in St. Canice's Psychiatric... - Medical Cards
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9807/07] - Health Services
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the provision of long-term care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9808/07] - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available for a group who want to start up an Internet cafe and make the facilities available to people with disabilities;... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of... - Health Service Staff
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate of the number of speech and language therapists required to provide for the needs of persons in the south east region and... - Hospital Services
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the development of neurology services in the south east; the stage the development process is currently at; when... - Health Services
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children who do not attend public national schools are not entitled to free dental or... - Departmental Staff
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on gender balance at each grade in her Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of her Department. [9854/07] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with knee surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional assistance available from her Department for a person (details supplied) in County Meath to further the speech and... - Hospital Services
Question 421: 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 if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a report produced by the Harbour Group entitled the Harbour Map; if she will instruct the Health... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim in relation to the health repayment scheme was submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied); if this is a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in admitting a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to Beaumont Hospital where they are to have brain... - Child Abuse
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it would be timely to review the operation of the systems for dealing with persons who have been victims of child... - Disabled Drivers
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision not to issue a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare... - Hospital Services
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical operation will be arranged without delay for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will select the members of the public, with regard to her recent statement that a key element of the consultancy process on... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the application made under the national nursing home repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in... - Health Service Staff
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists in the Kildare area of the Health Service Executive that deal with children; if there is a... - Hospital Services
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number on the waiting list for assessment at the development co-ordination disorder unit in St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork; the... - Health Services
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 6 March 2007, if in view of the serious shortfall in speech and language therapists in... - Hospital Services
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who lives near Beaumont Hospital is outside the catchment area for Beaumont Hospital... - Health Services
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will consider and address the concerns of a group (details supplied) regarding services for brain... - Health Service Allowances
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a mobility allowance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to assist with work-related driving; and if she... - Health Services
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 on the lack of services for brain injured people here;... - Hospital Services
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding live kidney donor transplants; the reason only two of 15 planned live donor surgeries have been carried out in... - Health Services
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be reassessed for orthodontic treatment in view of the fact that they have been told... - Foreign Adoptions
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time between application and the successful conclusion for foreign adoptions; the number of applications... - Health Services
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive southern area terminated assistance towards transport costs for persons (details supplied) in... - Hospital Services
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who had eye surgery in August 2006 has had a number of post-operation appointments... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who has waited from 2005 to date to be provided with a hearing aid; when they... - Health Service Allowances
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a domiciliary allowance appeal will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Services
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment at a clinic in the Mid-West Regional Hospital will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.... - Departmental Reports
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish and place in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas, the minority report of the orthodontic review group of... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the funding in 2007 for St. Michael's House services; and if she will work with the Department of Education and... - EU Directives
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of EU directives awaiting transposition in her Department; the date by which these directives are to be, or were to be,... - Child Care Services
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she met with a delegation (details supplied) from County Mayo recently; if so, the location at which the meeting took place; the... - Hospital Services
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for a scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10070/07] - Health Services
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the position with regards to a child who was seen by an orthodontist in sixth class in school and did not need treatment;... - Hospital Services
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bariatric procedures that have been carried out in the State; the hospitals that carry out the procedure; and if she will... - Medical Cards
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork where their... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Mayo who have applied for the special housing aid for the elderly scheme;... - Hospital Services
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason transport for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been stopped in view of the fact that they have been provided... - Proposed Legislation
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she expects to have enacted legislation to regulate the use of sunbeds by the end of the 29th Dáil; and if she will make a statement... - Ambulance Service
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of ambulance stations in the midlands and north east regions of the Health Service Executive, with a list of... - Hospital Services
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical files and transferal letter of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo have been lost on two occasions, in... - Smoking Ban
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the delay in replying to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 5 December 2006; if an urgent response can be made; and if she will make a... - Proposed Legislation
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Medical Practitioners Bill will radically change and alter local health services or if they can be downgraded or abolished; and... - Care of the Elderly
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10167/07] - Hospital Services
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to a hospital appointment in Dublin. [10168/07] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a procedure. [10169/07] - Medical Cards
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 qualifies for a medical card; and if she will give the family the maximum support. [10264/07] - Health Services
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the concerns of families of people with a disability who are being charged by the Health Service Executive for their... - Health Service Staff
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts being made to replace the speech therapist in an area (details supplied) in County Wexford in order for the waiting list in... - Care of the Elderly
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an increase in their home help hours, taking into account that this... - Medical Cards
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look favourably on the medical card application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who suffered a massive heart... - Health Services
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the women of the west of Ireland can realistically expect to see the roll out of BreastCheck in Counties Mayo and Galway; if she... - Hospital Services
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the people of Mayo can expect a permanent ENT department at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Care of the Elderly
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for a home care grant in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10337/07] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when full cervical screening will be available to the women of County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10338/07] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the finance will be allocated by her Department for the necessary 40 additional beds at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an evaluation on the impact of levying long stay charges on those suffering from physical or intellectual... - Health Service Staff
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the post for a speech therapist at Mayo General Hospital has been advertised; if so the stage the interviews are at; when this... - Medical Cards
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the medical card issued to persons with a disability should be in conjunction with the Department of Social and... - Foreign Adoptions
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has acted on her commitment to make additional resources available to the Health Service Executive to speed up the process for... - Infectious Diseases
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a leaked Health Service Executive report indicating that as many as 250 people annually die from MRSA contracted in Irish... - Health Services
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will arrange an orthodontic assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Repatriation of Remains
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 13 February 2007. [10484/07] - Decentralisation Programme
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants in her Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to... - Ambulance Service
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a situation (details supplied); her further views on whether this is urgently needed due to the vast distance to Mayo... - Health Services
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people awaiting public physiotherapy services in the Health Service Executive southern region; the number of public... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services and facilities available to persons with a hearing disability who wish to phone her Department; and if she will make a...
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