Written answers
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the occupational therapist for the Cork region has not been replaced when they left; if an assessment will be carried out for... - Services for Older People
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to establish the office of an older persons' ombudsman to inform on advocacy, entitlement and rights; and if she will... - Health Service Allowances
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will make an early decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 regarding an application for a... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for the nursing home subvention for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if... - Departmental Funding
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the way in which the amount of... - Child Care Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the increase in fees at a crèche (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if she will provide extra funding... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if speech therapy services will be provided for special needs children (details supplied) in a school in County Louth; and if she will... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and type of dedicated cocaine treatment programmes which are available nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when, in view of the current figure of only 5 paediatric neurologists currently working here to cater for the entire population and with... - Mental Health Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to establish a national mental health service directorate within the Health Service Executive, one of the key... - Medicinal Products
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a drug (details supplied) will be made available either under the long term illness scheme or the drugs repayment scheme for... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide this Deputy with a copy of the tender document for the new co-located hospitals; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for each cancer condition; the waiting lists for radiotherapy at St. Lukes Hospital in Dublin; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes made in relation to provision for radiotherapy services by way of PPPs; her plans for provision in each of the four Health... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend BreastCheck to women over the age of 64; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14097/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria used in assessing children with disabilities for residential care and deciding whether they are entitled to five or seven... - Health Service Allowances
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an assessment with a doctor from the Health Service Executive for their... - Health Service Staff
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the problems faced by so many physiotherapist graduates; the reason her Department is not ensuring that there are... - Care of the Elderly
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a document (details supplied); her views on the issues raised in that document; and if she will make... - Hospital Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment for surgery; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that older women will not be compelled to change their general practitioner when they become eligible for a medical... - Care of the Elderly
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide older women with regular visits from public health nurses with regular health assessments and access to services... - Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans in view of the significant increase in the population of a town (details supplied) in County Kildare as of the last Census to... - Medical Cards
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 with a medical card as they are paying out a lot of money on medication; and... - Health Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the review of the dental treatment services scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if progress made in relation to resolving the difficulties being experienced by couples here wishing to adopt children from Belarus and... - Nursing Home Care
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person who will provide the balance of nursing home costs for a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for housing aid for the elderly will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to make chiropody services free to medical card holders, people with long term illness and pensioners; and if she will make a... - Pension Provisions
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the years of employment given by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be credited to their record for pension... - Hospital Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with an orthopaedic consultant... - Ministerial Staff
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names, titles, duties and dates of appointment of each of the special advisers, political advisers, personal assistants and press... - Hospital Services
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an angiogram for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 8 March 2007, the reason a formal reply has not been issued by the Health Service... - Foster Care
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will given effect to the proposed inter-Governmental agreement known as the Accord with the Government of Belarus... - Medical Cards
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new medical cards that have been issued in each of the past six months; the number of new general practitioner only cards... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, will be... - Hospital Services
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for the delay in arranging a bone assessment at St. James Hospital, Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County... - Ambulance Service
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will immediately ensure a safe ambulance service to the Belmullet area of County Mayo by ensuring funding for a full 24 hour... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application under the housing aid for the elderly will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [14245/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support St. John of God Kildare Services, St. Raphael's, Celbridge, Kildare and end the unjust charge to disabled persons in... - Health Service Staff
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that front line Health Service Executive staff are provided with appropriate training to deal with domestic violence;... - Domestic Violence
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ringfence annual funding to support agencies dealing with the issue of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no epidural available for pregnant women outside the hours 9 a.m to 5 p.m in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the administration of the health repayment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14263/07] - Adoption Services
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a delay in the adoption process; her plans to employ more social workers to speed up the process; the other... - Health Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available for those who have had prosthesis and amputations; the funding available for the repair of same; and if she will... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of day hospital beds in 2001 in relation to the Government's commitment to older people, stated in the National Health... - Health Services
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early appointment will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the medical need for such an... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason young children with autistic disorders attending mainstream schools are being denied health board services such as speech... - Hospital Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received an appointment for surgery; when the person will receive this... - Home Help Service
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to have home help hours increased from three hours per week to the original five hours per week for persons... - Health Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if support will be given to persons (details supplied) with extra support hours; and if she will work with the family on a care plan.... - Hospital Staff
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding training for health professionals dealing with cerebral palsy patients in hospitals; and if these families will... - Pension Provisions
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 1 February 2007, the progress in reaching a decision in the person's case by her Department... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the putting in place of the national protocols in regard to the availability of a drug (details supplied) for... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update to parliamentary questions of 31 January 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14317/07] - Hospital Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with hip surgery. [14338/07] - Medical Cards
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appeal for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the medical... - Health Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14349/07] - Child Care Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a playgroup (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be informed that funding will be provided; if... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 3 April 2007, the full details of the services available for severely disabled children who... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for issuing results of smear tests in County Limerick. [14372/07] - Health Services
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on implementing a pilot domino scheme in County Kilkenny and appointing a lactation consultant to improve the maternity... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the provision of a new accident and emergency at St. Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny has been approved; if the funding will be provided; the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has processed the application of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in regard to repayments under the... - Departmental Funding
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the funding provided to Headway Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14408/07] - Health Services
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in calling a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for the outstanding treatment; and if she will make a... - Ambulance Service
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any county has the first response unit working through any of the county ambulance switch boards; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a long stay bed will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [14434/07] - Health Services
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a facility will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [14445/07] - Medical Cards
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a decision. [14461/07] - Nursing Education
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the situation whereby State enrolled nurses, who have achieved their qualifications in the United Kingdom and... - Ambulance Service
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with an ambulance taxi service; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the occupational therapists available for medical card holders in Dublin 15; and the waiting list for same. [14478/07] - Hospital Staff
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to replace the orthopaedic surgeon at CUH when the present incumbent retires; and the number of orthopaedic surgeons... - Vaccination Programme
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a vaccine damage compensation scheme will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14483/07] - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will implement the recommendations set out in the report of the working group set up by her in March 2006 to examine the nature... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if claims under the nursing home repayment scheme are being processed not in chronological order but on a nursing home basis; if so, the... - Health Services
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for the enhanced subvention; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment of a nursing home refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [14533/07] - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the application for a hearing aid for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when and the person by whom the catchment area for physiotherapy services for Beaumont Hospital was set; the person who has... - Civil Registration
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a late birth registration of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been dealt with. [14552/07] - Care of the Elderly
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit the necessary resources to implement the Dementia Manifesto 2007 to 2009 launched by the Alzheimer's Society of... - Health Services
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14556/07] - Hospital Services
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will again intervene with Cappagh Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, regarding the delay being experienced by cancer patients at UCHG, she will offer the National Treatment Purchase Fund as an... - Health Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in view of their concerns in relation to the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time it will take to process a claim under the health payment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;... - Medical Cards
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved on medical grounds... - Health Services
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 27 March 2007, if generic complaints regarding irreversible damage having been caused to... - Medical Cards
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, has not received a decision on their application for a medical card. [14573/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a service (details supplied) in County Limerick has not been available to date; the capital funding provided for the project;... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for the refund of nursing home charges in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and... - Hospital Staff
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary resources to allow for the establishment at the Mercy Hospital Cork, of a dietician post to specialise... - Health Service Executive Property
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a request from a group (details supplied) in County Kerry for the use of around 30 acres of Health Service Executive... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow regarding illegal charging. [14620/07] - Medical Cards
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appeal against the decision of the Health Service Executive not to issue a medical card in the case of a person... - Health Services
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when provision can or will be made for a special needs dentist to cover children attending a school (details supplied) in County... - Pension Provisions
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when pension pay and lump sum will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has not received payment... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when repayment of nursing home charges will be refunded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Mental Health Services
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients released by the Mental Health Tribunal who were, in the opinion of the tribunal, not suffering from a mental... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly scheme will be processed; and... - Hospital Services
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has not received adequate assistance towards taxi costs in all of the circumstances;... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite payment of the refund of hospital charges in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she... - Industrial Disputes
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene in the nurses' dispute with a view to initiating meaningful negotiations with the INO and the PNA; and if she will... - Health Service Staff
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason more positions are not created in a service (details supplied) in view of the fact that there are waiting lists of people... - Health Services
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with home help; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14678/07] - Medical Cards
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the value given towards standard prescription spectacles for medical card holders who avail of optical and... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist. [14680/07] - Health Services
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will commence physiotherapy in view of the fact that they were promised this service... - Medical Cards
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 419: 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... - Mental Health Services
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the Government's proposal to relocate the Central Mental Hospital to a new site adjacent to the new prison site... - Health Services
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to deal with the problem of cerebral palsy here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14685/07] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 on a waiting list. [14688/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant physicians who were appointed in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting in-patient treatment and out-patient treatment at Beaumont Hospital; the number of patients waiting for... - Hospital Services
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for a new child leukaemia unit at Temple Street Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14691/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a person (details supplied) with a disability; and if she will work with their family on this matter. [14694/07] - Child Care Services
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the national child care investment programme 2006 to 2010 applications for a community based capital grant have been... - Hospital Services
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to the future of surgical services at Roscommon Hospital and in particular if all surgical services currently... - Health Services
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14721/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the waiting list for the dental hygienist in Ballina, County Mayo; if her attention has been drawn to the fact... - Pension Provisions
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the employment record of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the period prior to 1967 when they... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in having a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny admitted for surgery to Beaumont Hospital; and if she... - Disabled Drivers
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application for a disabled driver's grant submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused. [14758/07] - Departmental Funding
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the State funding currently being provided to the Coeliac Society of Ireland; if she plans to increase the level of funding in view of... - Health Services
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Funding
Question 444: 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... - Health Services
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the hospice beds in Boyle, County Roscommon will be opened; the steps she is taking to resolve the outstanding issues; the cost of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in making an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if an appointment and operation... - Industrial Disputes
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence in relation to benchmarking from the INO (details supplied); her plans in this regard; and if she... - Programmes for Government
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from the Disability Federation of Ireland in relation to the Programme for Government 2007 to 2012... - Medical Records
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allow an extension of the statue of limitations, that is three years, to access the medical records of a person (details... - Autism Services
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasoning behind the decision not to provide a centre for the care of people with autism at Myshall, County Carlow; the person who... - Health Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appointments which have to be made with private professionals for assessment of children with ADD and ADHD in Counties... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the proposal for private hospitals on public hospital land; if decisions have been made as to which... - Hospital Services
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has made an additional provision for a CT scanner, MRI and other imaging equipment for Connolly Hospital... - Health Services
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposal for a new health centre for Dunleer, County Louth; if a site has been acquired for the centre, the... - Medical Inquiries
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish an independent clinical review process to examine all aspects of the care and treatment provided to a person... - Health Service Staff
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be registered. [14898/07] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make different arrangements for the contribution of persons with long-term acute disability to the cost of long-term... - Health Service Staff
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the recruitment of specialist staff in the treatment if cystic fibrosis; if her attention has been drawn to the... - Departmental Funding
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a cap on payments to non governmental organisations in relation to funding from her Department or the Health Service... - Health Service Accommodation
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of placements available for women in crisis accommodation that are within the control of the Health Service Executive; the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of current nursing home residents who are entitled to repayments under the national repayments scheme; the number of... - Hospital Staff
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional funding she is providing to the Health Service Executive to employ additional phlebotomists at Waterford Regional... - Health Services
Question 471: 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... - Health Insurance
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has lived here for the past 10 years has been refused the approval of... - Health Service Staff
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the number of social workers dealing with adoption and fostering has been reduced from six to three; the reason for same; and if she... - Alcohol Policy
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the background to her suggestion that the alcohol industry represent Ireland at a World Health Organisation review on alcohol policy, as... - Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the comments by a leading respiratory consultant at the Mercy University Hospital Cork that the north-side of Cork City has... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their refund payment under the health repayments scheme; when the claim was... - Disabled Drivers
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it has been decided that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare does not qualify for a primary medical certificate under... - Departmental Funding
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from groups, bodies or individuals supporting an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Home Help Service
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an extra hour home help; and if she will make a statement on... - Medical Cards
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene with the Health Service Executive on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo and have their medical... - Nursing Education
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to commencing undergraduate psychiatric nurse training at a college (details supplied) in County Sligo; if she... - Hospital Staff
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines that exist governing hospital health workers who contract MRSA or VRE whilst carrying out their duties; and if, in the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15092/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made regarding the 32 staff working at Ballymote Community Nursing Home, County Sligo, who had been employed... - Medical Cards
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card will be approved in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene on this person's behalf (details supplied) in County Sligo and have them called for an MRI scan; and if she will... - Health Service Allowances
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a long delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath for domiciliary... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not receiving occupational or speech therapy; if her attention has been drawn... - HSE Report
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request a report from the Health Service Executive on the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied). [15209/07] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 5 April 2007. [15216/07] - Health Services
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 5 April 2007. [15226/07] - Medical Cards
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the introduction of the new half-rate carer's allowance will affect the entitlement to a medical card holder under 70 years; if... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the psychiatric unit in Sligo General Hospital is being delayed; if co-location will be an obstacle in the development of... - Hospital Staff
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to increase as a matter of extreme urgency the number of midwives employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the final list of public hospital sites on which land will be allocated to developers of private for-profit hospitals under the... - Hospital Services
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of her recent meetings including dates of same with Health Service Executive executives regarding acute hospital services in... - Tuberculosis Incidence
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will be making additional resources available to deal with public concern that has arisen from the incidence of... - Diabetes Services
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe the expert advisory group on diabetes is to deliver recommendations for a national strategy. [15290/07] - Child Care Services
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community childcare places that have been created under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 to 2010 to date.... - Hospital Services
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if better access to neurological, neurosurgery and rehabilitation services can be provided in respect of people with acquired brain... - Commissions of Investigation
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up an independent enquiry into the care of patients (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Home Inspections
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an inquiry into a nursing home (details supplied) in County Cavan where the incidence of dependent persons falling... - Hospital Services
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted for a hip operation, which is urgently required;... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to decentralisation within the Health Service Executive; if a national transfer list has been established; the...
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