Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve a staffing grant for a child care group (details supplied) in County Roscommon which will be forced to close down... - Health Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to examine the criteria for eligibility for home care to ensure that they meet patient needs. [28721/07] - Mental Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the availability of child psychiatric services throughout the country with particular reference to the... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a meeting will be held between the Health Service Executive and the pharmacists on the issue of the pharmacy contract and the price... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the event of the death of a general practitioner, a patient must await the... - Medical Cards
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income limits for medical card eligibility in each of the past five years; and her plans to increase the current limits. [28051/07] - Hospital Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding seriously ill public cancer patients in accessing services; and if she will clarify the alleged claim that... - Site Acquisitions
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Health Service Executive's negotiations with Fingal County Council in relation to the acquisition of a site... - Child Care Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children currently living here whose parents are claiming the early child care supplement on their behalf; and the cost of... - Vaccination Programme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 3 October 2007, when she expects to receive the final report of the vaccine damage group;... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application to the health repayment scheme is deemed null and void when the elderly person in question passes away; the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was told they would have to wait six to 12 months will be urgently provided with an... - Medical Cards
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their circumstances regarding outstanding medical expenses reviewed. [28110/07] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11 on a matter. [28136/07] - Departmental Reports
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the recent Indecon report commissioned by the Health Service Executive has not been published; and if she will make a... - Ministerial Staff
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who... - Hospital Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operating theatres in the Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of these currently in use; and if she will make a... - Hospital Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of gynaecologists based at the Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of hours of operating theatre time each is... - Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an application by an organisation to the Health Service Executive for grant aid for fit-out costs for... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists are refusing to treat long-standing patients once they turn 70 and receive a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will make funding available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended that multi-annual budgeting will be introduced by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the third part-time nurse urgently required at the paediatric unit at Cork University... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended that the payments will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the health repayment scheme; and... - Health Service Allowances
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a statutory requirement for community welfare officers to retain records in regard to rent allowance payments; the period... - Communications Masts
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the safety of masts near residential areas and their public health implications. [28229/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied). [28230/07] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for public cancer patients accessing radiotherapy treatment, broken down by hospital or by region; and if she... - Youth Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make funding available to youth cafés to support them in their works; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004 will be commenced; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount a company (details supplied) is receiving to administer the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the Health Service... - Medical Cards
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an appeal for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Louth is not being dealt with by the appeals office,... - Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients in the National Rehabilitation Hospital are being refused funding, home care and nursing home packages to enable... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment in University College Hospital, Galway. [28381/07] - Departmental Properties
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of more suitable accommodation for the community welfare office at Mary Street, Dungarvan, County... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that payments which have been approved under the national repayment scheme have been... - Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost per year of increasing the medical card threshold by an additional €66 per week for a single person, €158.50 for a couple... - Care of the Elderly
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in getting storage heaters connected to the ESB for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28405/07] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the location of the new regional hospital in the north east will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress or otherwise being made in respect of implementation of the national mental health policy framework A Vision for Change;... - Departmental Agencies
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual operating budget of HIQA; the proposed operating budget for 2008; the number of staff engaged in its operation at present;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of sending smear tests to a company (details supplied). [28416/07] - Ambulance Service
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a new ambulance centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stage this project is at; when it... - Medical Cards
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost per year of allowing a person returning to the labour market, where eligible, to keep their medical card for five... - Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home care packages and nursing home packages are available to patients that can be discharged from the National Rehabilitation... - Adoption Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposed age limit for adoption in the legislation currently being prepared; if current declarations of eligibility and suitability... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the health repayment scheme administrator to in future sign all letters personally and not sign with a scribble with... - Hospital Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the starting date of a new breast surgeon for the Letterkenny area; if the surgeon will be located in Letterkenny or in Galway; and if... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the exact date when the BreastCheck service will be available to the women of Donegal; and the frequency with which this service will be... - Departmental Agencies
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are procedures in place to deal with situations whereby Health Service Executive staff mislead or misinform a meeting of the... - Vaccination Programme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the national immunisation programme tuberculosis vaccinations in secondary schools as advised by the 2002 National... - Medical Cards
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons persons with medical cards are being refused dentures and similar dental treatment; if her Department has completed a review... - Hospital Services
Question 200: 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 tests for MS carried out by a consultant... - Proposed Legislation
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the publication and enactment of the Pharmacy No. 2 Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28649/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied); if her Department has a policy in place to deal with the provision of nursing supports... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget for the year 2005 and the number of staff for 2005 for the National Breast Screening Programme; and if she will make a... - Departmental Agencies
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget and number of staff for the National Rehabilitation Board for each year from 1997 to 1999; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to direct the Health Service Executive to resolve the ongoing dispute with dentists which is having a direct... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has personally made contact with a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary regarding their concerns; if she has been... - Health Service Executive
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of members on the board of the Health Service Executive; the attendance rate of each board member at meetings of the HSE; the...
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