Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the €4.5 million allocated in 2007 will be agreed with the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland; if this finance will be paid in 2007;... - Child Care Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details regarding the locations of all child care facilities in County Cork funded under the EOCP. [27185/07] - Proposed Legislation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if forced marriage is a specific offence under Irish law; if she will introduce legislation in this area; and if she will make a... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which genetically modified food or food products are imported here and to other EU countries; and if she will make a... - Mental Health Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that funds realised from the sale of hospitals and lands and assets in the mental health sector will be ring fenced... - Health Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in respect of a case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 which was brought to the attention of the... - Child Care Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an announcement will be made regarding an application for funding by a crèche (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will... - Ambulance Service
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 17 October 2007 and the reply received (details supplied), if she will now publish the... - Health Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position is in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as a matter of urgency in Naas; if... - Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is waiting to have an ICP monitor carried out in Beaumount... - Medical Cards
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will put in place a review of the conditions governing qualification for the medical card; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a primary medical certificate will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - Drugs Reimbursement Arrangements
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to resolve the dispute between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union; if she has had... - Health Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend speech and language therapy services for children in County Clare; if she will provide additional tutoring services... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the rights of Members of the Oireachtas to make representations and receive detailed responses from the Health... - Ambulance Service
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the further progress that has been made since her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 10 October 2007 regarding payments due... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for refunds under the nursing homes compensation scheme; the number refused; the reasons given; the numbers... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the situation regarding entitlement of new general practitioners practices to see clients who have GP visit cards.... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck is expected to be rolled out to County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26962/07] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for a medical appointment at University Hospital, Cork;... - Child Care Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be released in respect of a community child care facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will confirm that... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the step-down facilities that will be provided at a hospital (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Service Staff
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when further posts will be available for speech and language therapists (details supplied) in County Wexford; if same will be expedited;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will secure an early appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by the Health Service Executive to offer suitable employment contracts to taxi and hackney drivers who are providing a... - Hospital Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, to establish a dedicated Alzheimer's unit at a hospital (details supplied)... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme. [27027/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new employees in front-line services in recent weeks while the embargo was in place on the north side of Dublin. [27029/07] - Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy of the Health Service Executive with regard to how soon physiotherapy should begin after a person has suffered a stroke; the... - Medical Cards
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medical examinations for a driving licence for persons over 70 are covered by medical cards (details supplied); and if she will make... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the free cervical smear programme available to traveller women in Ballyfermot was withdrawn two years ago and has not been... - Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding access to speech therapy at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of persons on the waiting... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the scope of the long-term illness card scheme for people suffering from a genetic condition (details supplied).... - Health Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a neurological appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [27102/07] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 166: 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... - Mental Health Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken to provide hospital facilities to treat people affected by eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the... - Eating Disorders
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been diagnosed with anorexia, bulimia or with other forms of eating disorders in the past five years; the... - Hospital Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 be released from accident and emergency rather than... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if bags for taking blood from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford with haemochromotosis will be made available to a general... - Mental Health Services
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community mental health teams in existence; the way they are resourced; and the number of CMHTs that are serving children... - Suicide Prevention
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to increase and fund suicide prevention services, including ensuring access to suicide prevention service in... - Health Service Staff
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will prevail upon the Health Service Executive to release the ban on staff recruitment to ensure that critical front-line staff... - Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for home help hours will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the delays that... - Hospital Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an independent review or report has been carried out on care and conditions in St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin particularly... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are individuals or groups who may receive the cervical cancer vaccine on the GMS or without charge in some other way; and if... - Adoption Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on recent changes in adoption regulations which require sole applicants to be assessed by the Irish Adoption Board for... - Ministerial Staff
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her constituency office; the number of these who are civil servants; the number who are not; the cost to the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding waiting lists at Mayo General Hospital for physiotherapy appointments; and the number of physiotherapists... - Departmental Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the performance objectives set out in respect of posts in which bonuses in her Department are paid; the way the performance is measured;... - Ministerial Staff
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and grades of staff employed in the Office of the Minister for Children; and the annual cost of those staff. [27270/07] - EU Directives
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the EU Directives awaiting incorporation into Irish law in her Department; the deadline for incorporation; the date she foresees for... - Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she or the Health Service Executive have for the future of the Meath Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Infectious Diseases
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of MRSA in hospitals that have occurred over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [27406/07] - Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital projects and respective costs approved for projects in County Roscommon and County Leitrim at the Health Service Executive... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend the health repayment scheme to people who were living in private nursing homes because they could not get a bed in a... - Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath cannot avail of respite care. [27470/07] - Health Service Allowances
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the domiciliary carers allowance of a person (details supplied) in County Meath has been discontinued; if she will... - Hospital Facilities
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy in respect of the provision of smoking facilities for hospital patients. [27501/07] - Departmental Correspondence
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of items of correspondence from Members of the Oireachtas to her office that were received from 1 March 2007 to 1 October... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the preparedness of Ireland to ratify the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption; the efforts being made... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds available in Dublin and countrywide for the rehabilitation of recovering drug addicts; and if she will make... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new changes being made in the near future to the nursing home subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when home help will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in urgent need of same; and if she will...
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