Written answers
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of employing one nurse, including pension benefits. [13774/07] - Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a provision made under the increases announced in Budget 2007 for an allocation to ensure the continuity, maintenance and... - Health Service Staff
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if contracts will be irreversibly finalised in respect of the provision of private hospitals on public grounds before the imminent... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the drug Subutex is approved for the treatment of drug addicts; if not, if it is her intention to use or approve it; and if she will... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dental treatment is included under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if she will include it; and if she will make a statement on... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further funding can be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford towards the vital works needed to their home;... - Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time a patient has to wait to see an occupational therapist; and if there are plans in place to cut the waiting... - Care of the Elderly
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the means testing for home care grants and any changes that may have been made to means testing recently; the amount of home care grants... - Hospital Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the lack of treatment facilities for persons with cystic fibrosis; and when she will address the issue. [13550/07] - Pension Provisions
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the provision of pensions for general practitioners; if this is an adequate provision; her further views on the fact that... - Health Service Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to address the shortage of social workers in the south east area and in particular those dealing with families... - Adoption Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to make further funding available to provide supports in the area of post adoptive services or support structures for... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Wexford were refused a grant under special housing aid for the elderly; if there is... - Disabled Drivers
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications that have been made for a primary medical certificate in each year from 2000 to 2006; the number that were... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the current development is completed will the through road going through the grounds of Wexford General Hospital be reinstated; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be called for their appointment; the efforts being made to reduce waiting times;... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will the repayment of nursing home charges be made for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a... - Adoption Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of times the Adoption Board meets; the number of people who have applied in the past year to adopt; the number of people... - Child Care Regulations
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make available to this Deputy a hard copy of the revised child care regulations; when copies of the regulations were made... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the persons who own the hospital lands of St. Vincent's Hospital in Elm Park, St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire and St. Colmcille's... - Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied); if she will confirm that her Department has responded to this person as... - Water Pollution
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the recent outbreak of cryptosporidium in drinking water supplies, she remains content that the recruitment process by... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an ultra sound on their gall bladder; and if she will make a... - Hepatitis C Incidence
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on issuing a blue card to the thirty women nationwide suffering from Hepatitis C symptoms but testing negative; her further... - Medical Cards
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive western area officials to ensure that the student medical cards are granted to... - Health Insurance
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the studies and costing her Department has carried out on the introduction of universal health insurance; if she will supply this Deputy... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing the extra public acute beds required to deal with the accident and emergency crisis and waiting list problems; and... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of dealing properly with the increasing numbers of children with ADHD and autism; and if she will make a statement on the... - Infectious Diseases
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will make Lyme disease notifiable, making it obligatory for doctors to report cases to their local Director of Public Health;... - Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the publication date for the Report of the National Review of Laboratory Medicine; the reason for the development of hot... - Patient Statistics
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide statistics on the incidence of neural tube defects in the new born; if she will take public health measures to... - Hospital Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a reply has not issued to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 20 March 2007. [13693/07] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the national repayments scheme. [13694/07] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in Kerry currently awaiting hip replacement surgery, cataract operations, vascular surgery; the corresponding... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the improvement of services in the accident and emergency department of Kerry General Hospital; and if she will... - Care of the Elderly
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if provision will be made for respite care or home help in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which had to be postponed due to... - Health Service Executive Property
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if 30 acres of Health Service Executive land at Ballydribeen, Killarney, Co. Kerry will be made available to accommodate social housing... - Health Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the waiting time for orthodontic assessment; the waiting time for orthodontic treatment for persons in need of orthodontic... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will become available to Kerry women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/07] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of constructing the one thousand extra hospital beds provided for under the co-location initiative; the amount of... - Health Service Executive Property
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the yield to the Exchequer expected from the sale or lease of lands on the sites of public and voluntary hospitals under the co-location... - Medical Cards
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner cards issued to date at the latest date for which figures are available, broken down on a county... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new acute in-patient hospital beds opened since June 2002. [13794/07] - Care of the Elderly
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new step down beds opened since June 2002. [13795/07] - Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent to date on the PPARS project; if an estimate is available of the final cost; and if she will make a statement... - Maternity Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the National Working Party on home births; the number of reports on the issue that have been issued; the number of... - Medical Cards
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the ongoing delay in increasing the medical card eligibility limits at least in line with increases in the cost of... - Hospital Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding at the County Hospital Roscommon for the development of a support unit and continuing care unit for... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contractors who expressed an interest in tendering for the contract for phase 3C of Naas General Hospital; and when actual... - Health Services
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that waiting times for hearing tests for children at Newbridge and Tallaght Health Centres are now back to a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request a report from the Health Service Executive stating the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 6 March 2007. [13938/07] - Hospital Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the inadequate facilities in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin where expectant mothers have to endure... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to reduce waiting periods for patients attending the accident and emergency unit at the Mater Hospital;... - Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has made additional provision for a CT scanner, MRI and other imaging equipment for Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown;... - Medical Cards
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant all families of children with a disability a medical card regardless of income. [14017/07] - EU Regulations
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of a recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) an analysis has been carried out as to the impact this decision will... - Health Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for any delays; and if she will make a... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the counties in which the BreastCheck service is available; and the estimated percentage of women to which the service is now available.... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans held by her Department with regard to reports of the imposition of private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals in... - Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide assistance to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14089/07]
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