Written answers
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of staffing grant aid for a childcare centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is entitled to an increased sum under the nursing home subvention scheme. [19796/07] - Asylum Support Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children seeking asylum who have been provided with accommodation by the State; the nature of this... - Civil Registrations
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a proposed marriage of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allowed to proceed based on the information regarding an... - Health Service Allowances
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when mobility allowance will be awarded to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Child Care Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide additional funding for a group (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that dental services and facilities for the disabled are improved in 2007. [19720/07] - Medical Cards
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in forwarding documentation from the Health Service Executive Rathdown Road to the Medical Cards Appeals Office... - Mental Health Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposals to fully implement the 2006 national mental health policy framework, A Vision for... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to relieve pensioners over the age of 65, who do not have a medical card, from the cost of prescription medication in view of... - Health Contributions
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on abolishing the 2% health levy for people over the age of 65 in view of the financial burden pensioners are faced with; and... - Driving Licences
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on including the cost associated with obtaining a doctor's letter to renew a driving licence for pensioners over 70, within... - Medical Cards
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending chiropody services available under the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19728/07] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make BreastCheck available to women over the age of 65; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19729/07] - Hospital Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to provide isolation units for cystic fibrosis patients of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin in line with... - National Lottery Funding
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a group (details supplied) as a matter of priority. [19751/07] - Health Services
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied). [19752/07] - Health and Social Care Professionals
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a group (details supplied). [19754/07] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date with regard to improving conditions in accident and emergency departments; her plans for the future; and if she... - Medical Cards
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policies she has put in place to extend medical card coverage; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policies she has put in place to improve disability services nationwide; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement... - Care of the Elderly
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the polices she has put in place to improve health services for older people; her plans for the future; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having an admission appointment arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who needs a hip... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a group (details supplied) in County Limerick in their efforts that funding should be transferred to the Health... - Health Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19805/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make funding available for a Health Service Executive residence (details supplied) in County Longford to enable level D... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the abolition of the payment of €85 per month for prescription drugs for persons over 65 years of age; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if advice and support will be given to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19831/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if advice will be given to persons (details supplied) in County Dublin. [19832/07] - Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if advice and assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19834/07] - Medical Cards
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19838/07] - Health Services
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [19839/07] - Communications Masts
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the safety of masts in residential areas and their implications for health safety. [19840/07] - Health Service Expenditure
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement of the chief executive officer of the Health Services Executive, Professor Drumm, that the health services... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist young blind people under the age of 18 in obtaining guide dogs. [19851/07] - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will include a product (details supplied) for use in skin burn cases in the GMS card scheme. [19853/07] - Ambulance Service
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will provide training via the ambulance service to first responders in the north Kildare area covering... - Health Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [19855/07] - Health Services
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the shortage of physiotherapy services in County Tipperary will be addressed. [19858/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster region have to reduce the waiting list for assessment in speech and language... - Medical Cards
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [19869/07] - Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be assisted. [19870/07] - Hospital Services
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the establishment of dedicated, separate cystic fibrosis units in public general hospitals; the number of such units... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications under the nursing home repayment scheme that have been rejected on the grounds that the patient died prior to... - Suicide Incidence
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the statistic that over 30% of teenage suicides are committed by gays and lesbians and that one of every three... - Medical Cards
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be assisted. [19914/07] - Health Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted. [19925/07] - Ambulance Service
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the issuing of anti-stab vests for paramedics and ambulance personnel; and if her attention has been drawn... - Health Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to provide funding for low income families to access speech and language therapy for their children who require same; the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when nursing home charges will be repaid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [19952/07] - Health Services
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of separated children here seeking asylum who are accommodated by the Health Service Executive; the estimated cost of this... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme.
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when repayment of nursing home charges will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her attention has been... - Health Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has made or will make representations to the Health Service Executive in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims verified for the repayment of nursing home charges to date; the number of claims received to date; the number of... - Health Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an occupational therapy appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20069/07] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare in respect of nursing home charges; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 will be assisted. [20170/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the recruitment of home help assistance; if vacancies are filled when home helpers retire; if the embargo on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if a long-term care plan will be put in place. [20193/07] - Health Services
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is seen by an occupational therapist urgently; and if they will be given... - National Lottery Funding
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding by a group (details supplied) in County Kildare under the National Lottery funds; and... - Health Services
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange a re-assessment for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20258/07] - Medical Cards
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of the fact that all documents... - Health Services
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if provision will be made for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Medical Cards
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20285/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an increase in home help hours will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a mobility allowance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Service Staff
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time the freeze on recruitment in the Health Service Executive will last; and if the operating theatre and six surgical... - Health Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [20417/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way Health Service Executive recruitment freeze will impact on Cashel hospital. [20419/07] - Health Services
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to provide emergency funding and resources to alleviate the current crisis at Ennis General Hospital; and if she... -
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for infrastructural projects (details supplied). [20457/07] - Tobacco Control Legislation
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of compliance tests carried out on retail premises by the Office of Tobacco Control; the number of prosecutions initiated... - Health Services
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a one to one carer will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20527/07] - Hospital Services
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding an unacceptable level of patient care in the... - Health Services
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that applications for the health repayment scheme have been received by the Health Service Executive and the... - Health Service Staff
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures put in place for the recruitment drive of permanent midwives for the maternity unit, at the Midlands Regional Hospital,... - Health Services
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of maternity units that are able to offer epidurals on a 24 hour seven day a week basis; the number not able to offer this;... - Health Service Staff
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommended staffing levels in a maternity unit, proportional to its sizes; her views on same; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of an independent review of the maternity unit at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, in 2006, to... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has seen the terms of the contract under which refunds of moneys unlawfully collected by the Government from persons in nursing... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make arrangements whereby nebulisers needed for the proper administration of medication will be covered under the drug... - Health Service Investigations
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Louth and the issues in relation to the... - Departmental Appointments
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has a chief dental officer; and if not, when one will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of ambulance requests from a hospital (details supplied) to take patients from that hospital to the accident and emergency... - Food Products
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate concerns that a product (details supplied) marketed at young children is damaging to health and sold in... - Health Services
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment to see an orthopaedic consultant. [20652/07] - Hospital Services
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make additional resources available for cytology services at the Rotunda Hospital, taking into account the closure of... - Health Services
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the impending closure of a varicose veins unit (details supplied) in Dublin 3; the reason for the closure of this facility;... - Health Care Professionals
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the specific action she proposes to take to address the 100% unemployment among 2007 physiotherapy graduates in view of the fact that... - Health Service Staff
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is Health Service Executive policy to publish statistics on numbers employed to include both staff on paid leave, that is... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time frame for a decision on the location of the new regional hospital for the north east; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when follow up tests and scans will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Home Help Service
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when urgent home help will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the provision of elastic stockings which have been medically recommended for elderly patients has been removed from the GMS... - Midwifery Courses
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been brought to the fact that there are currently no return-to-midwifery-practice courses in any of the Dublin... - Health Services
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist a group (details supplied). [20704/07] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive have reviewed all families in receipt of nursing home subvention to award them the benefit of the... - Hospital Services
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the delay of 18 months for consultant referrals to reduce; if her attention has been drawn to the immense hardship... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the precise procedures, services or facilities including support services for the parents of children suffering from autism; the precise... - Health Services
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20841/07] - Hospital Services
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the 34 bed unit will be built in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; and if she will make a... - Health Service Programmes
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 26 June 2007 and in view of the investigations being conducted by the Health Service... - Child Care Services
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown by county of funding allocated under Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000 to 2006; the funding... - Proposed Legislation
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the publication and enactment of the Pharmacy Bill No. 1 and No. 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20878/07] - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 26 June 2007 regarding the consultation with the IPU the progress to date; the formula... - Compensation Schemes
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report into the feasibility of introducing the vaccine damage compensation scheme by the vaccine damage steering... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date and attendees at meetings held between the Health Service Executive and her Department regarding the issue of interest owing to... - Hospital Services
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 31 January 2007, her plans and that of the Health Service Executive for the St. Luke's... - School of Podiatry
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 November 2006, the reason AIT was unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop the existing diabetic services and introduce new services in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Service Staff
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 31 January 2007, the position regarding the issues raised; and if she will make a statement... - Domestic Violence
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 24 April 2007, the progress to date in dealing with the issue of domestic violence; and if... - Health Services
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 702 of 31 January 2007, her plans to implement the report of the Universal Neonatal Hearing... - Suicide Incidence
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Health and Children in respect of suicide; and if she... - Health Services
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the full information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 31 January 2007 has not been furnished, in particular the... - Public Inquiry
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on establishing a public enquiry into the allegations contained in a letter (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Grant Payments
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to their application for grant aid. [20935/07] - Health Services
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can be re-assessed for orthodontic treatment. [20936/07] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the contract has been awarded for phase 3C of Naas General Hospital. [21012/07] - Health Services
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for eye tests for children in Maynooth and Naas Health Centres in County Kildare. [21013/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the three additional speech and language therapists recruited for the Kildare and west Wicklow service are in place. [21014/07] - Health Services
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for hearing tests for children in Newbridge Health Centre in County Kildare and Tallaght Health Centre in Dublin 24;... - Home Help Service
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help employees employed by the Health Service Executive for each of the years from 2003 to date in 2007 in the... - Health Services
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the winter initiative project; the number of personnel involved; the projected cost; the areas to be covered by the... - Health Service Staff
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of employees that have been granted early retirement from the Health Service Executive and that are now being offered or are... - Hospital Staff
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names of the hospitals that benefited from the recent allocation of extra consultants as a result of best practice within the... - Health Services
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the primary continuous community care plan; if the plan has been fully implemented; if all of the positions for the... - Health Service Staff
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of positions that remain to be filled in the Health Service Executive in the Kildare/West Wicklow areas in all the various... - Sudden Cardiac Death
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's plans for the community first responders; if she or her Department has identified resources for the continued training... - Health Services
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim is called to receive category four braces, under the school dental... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a draft code of practice for sheltered workshops was completed under the terms of the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness; if so,... - Health Capital Projects
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process by which design teams for HSE projects are appointed; if a national panel for design teams has been established; if not,... - Health Services
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent psychiatric teams working in the southern region of the Health Service Executive; the details of the... - Health Service Staff
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a clinical director of child and adolescent psychiatry in the southern region of the Health Service Executive at present; if... - Child Care Services
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the new community child care subvention scheme will result in the cessation of staffing grants to community child care groups; and if... - Hospital Services
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the pathology laboratory in UCHG has full accreditation. [21135/07] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cervical smears that are being sent abroad for processing. [21137/07] - Hospital Services
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive use laboratories in private hospitals; and the number of these that hold full accreditation. [21138/07]
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