Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on introducing a cost of disability payment as recommended by disability support organisations; and if she will make a... - Hospital Staff
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to carry out a national staffing audit on the nursing personnel in hospitals here; the intended scope of that audit;... - Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce amending legislation to allow HIQA to monitor and enforce standards in private health care institutions; and if she... - Hygiene Standards
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure that hygiene standards in public hospitals are significantly improved; and if she will make a... - Child Care Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the further consultation with the community childcare sector that will be undertaken in relation to the community childcare subvention... - Vaccination Programme
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis, with regard to the primary childhood immunisation schedule, on which the decision was taken to include Hepatitis B and... - Departmental Investigations
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the investigation into breast cancer services at Midland Regional Hospital will be completed by the end of November... - Medical Cards
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy regarding the treatment of medical card holders by private physiotherapists; the plans to alter same; and if she... - Departmental Staff
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if staff in her Department have been redeployed or reduced in the context of the transfer of much of the responsibility for overseeing... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that will be taken in relation to the underspent money in the 2007 budget for the repayment to patients and families of money... - Contract Staff
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is not appropriate to have contract cleaners responsible for cleaning in clinical areas of hospitals; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the home help service has been affected by the Health Service Executive embargo on recruitment and overtime; if flexibility will be... - Hospital Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, and the way it is intended to transfer resources including staff, from Mullingar and Portlaoise in the context of the transfer of... - Children in Care
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is developing a policy to deal with the increases in both the numbers of children committed to care in the past two years and the... - Hospital Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date she expects the cancer centres of excellence to be fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29997/07] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the Health Service Executive contract with a company (details supplied); the length of time the contract is for; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the flexibility that will be given to Professor Tom Keane with regard to the provision of cancer care in the north west; if the... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contracts that have been awarded to a UK consultancy firm (details supplied) in relation to the health service here; the amount it... - Mental Health Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the recent study by the Health Research Board which showed that one in three patients admitted to... - Hospital Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contingencies in place to treat patients denied treatment due to the closure of the orthopaedic unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made on the provision of cocaine specific clinics where cocaine problems are most acute; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken on foot of the investigation carried out by the Joint Committee on Health and Children into orthodontic services; and... - Vaccination Programme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the provision of a cervical cancer vaccine in this State; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of recommended inpatient beds and the number of such beds in the health service. [29401/07] - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed changes to the wholesalers margin will be implemented from 1 December 2007; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of radiologists employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of radiologists with an expertise in breast cancer; and... - UN Conventions
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location she exercised her responsibility in protecting the rights of the child, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of... - Hospital Staff
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that hospital staff who go on statutory leave are replaced during the recruitment embargo by the Health Service... - Foreign Marriages
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to examine the laws governing the recognition of marriages by Irish citizens in jurisdictions outside the European... - Hospital Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all oncology services in the north east region and at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, in particular, will remain in place... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the average cost of methadone treatment is per patient, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26307/07] - Proposed Legislation
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to proceed with plans to introduce legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with... - Hospital Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29743/07] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inpatient beds in the health service to treat eating disorders. [29402/07] - Health Service Reform
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans and the timescale for the rationalisation of the health services in the north east in the context of the Teamwork Report; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an assessment has been carried out on the way the recruitment embargo is affecting waiting lists for operations; and if she will... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when work will commence on the provision of additional beds at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire... - Private Nursing Homes
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects that national standards on private nursing homes as announced by HIQA in August 2007 will be finalised; and if she... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be a standardisation of top-up and enhanced nursing home subventions across the country and an equality of rights for... - Health Action Plan
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the OECD report on health in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29946/07] - Hospital Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that there is adequate provision for the isolation of patients who are a risk to other patients due to infection;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report on cancer diagnosis and care in relation to Barrington's Hospital/University College Hospital... - Medical Cards
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people holding a medical card and a doctor only medical card at the end of October 2007; the figures for each of the... - Health Service Reform
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the individual, body, group or agency currently influential or most influential in the determination of the location and delivery of... - Proposed Legislation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up an independent complaints procedure for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29987/07] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Service Executive, as well as that of her Department's Hospital... - Hospital Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to close private cancer facilities that do not have the throughput of patients and standard of assessment and care... - Health Service Staff
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts on 1 January 2007 and the number on 1 November 2007 in the context of the requirement for permission from her... - Infectious Diseases
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the increase in MRSA cases in hospitals from 445 cases in 2002 to 588 cases in 2006; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in preparing a report on transport needs within the health services as promised to the Public Accounts Committee in... - Task Force on Alcohol
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations of the Task Force on Alcohol that are relevant to her Department that have been implemented; when she will implement...
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