Written answers
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for grant assistance for a crèche (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Mental Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the latest NESF report on mental health and social inclusion; the way the senior officials group will... - Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) will be assisted. [33415/07] - Vaccination Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date the first child will be vaccinated against pneumococcal disease; the person who is responsible within the Health Service... - Pension Provisions
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the parallel benchmarking for retired group VIII rationalisation salary scale will be applied. [33228/07] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for nursing home rebate for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will supply home support for a child (details supplied) in County Cavan with cerebral palsy and worster drought syndrome; and if... - Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a situation in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33259/07] - Energy Resources
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of energy consumed in her Department and in all agencies for which her Department has responsibility that comes from... - Health Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for further investigation of their health problem in view... - Proposed Legislation
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time-scale for the implementation of the fair deal scheme. [33302/07] - Food Safety
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to protect consumers in view of the advertisements by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland informing the public... - Departmental Reports
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the response by her Department to the recommendations made to her Department by the Competition Authority in its June 2006 report on... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide core funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society to enable this charity to continue and expand its vital work for... - Cigarette Prices
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process by which the minimum price of various packets of 20 cigarettes is calculated; the legislative provisions that support this... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of mobile telephone bills paid directly by her Department in 2006 and to date in 2007; the percentage or amount of this for... - Health Service Staff
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of positions that remain to be filled by the Health Service Executive in each of its 32 local areas (details supplied); and... - Hygiene Standards
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the suite of sanctions available to enforce hygiene standards in hospitals; her views on whether the sanctions are adequate to address... - Care of the Elderly
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals in place to fund, staff and resource HIQA to meet its remit under the fair deal, to have in place an inspectorate to... - Hospital Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal to develop a national cancer biobank infrastructure starting off with two hospitals; and if she will work... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has reviewed the evidence in support of her policy of ending the application of free BreastCheck at age 65; her estimate of the... - Hospital Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a patient (details supplied) of Cork University Hospital was informed that their brain scan files had become... - Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care facilities in County Kildare; her plans to roll out further facilities in a growing area like Kildare; and if... - Hospital Car Parks
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contractual arrangements relating to parking at Cork University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if she will... - Departmental Staff
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, rank and pay of all civil servants in her Department and ministerial staff, personally appointed by her or otherwise, who... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and name of newspapers purchased by her Department daily and weekly; the number provided to herself and to the Minister of... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, cost and name of any media consultants employed by her Department; the cost of such advice for each year since 1997 to date... - Departmental Staff
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of press advisers employed by her Department; the cost of such advice for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; and if she... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of credit cards held by her Department; the cost of same for each year since 2000 to date in 2007; the persons who hold these... - Government Information Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department receives a daily summary of stories relevant to her Department from Government Information Services; if this summary... - Official Engagements
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a press adviser travels with her on official visits; and if there were official visits attended by her in the past year at which a... - Departmental Transport
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing transport including their official car to Ministers of State in her Department and staff for each year from 1997... - Departmental Communications
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department carries news summaries on its internal web; the persons who have access to such information; the way they access same;... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of mobile phones used by her and supplied by her Department; the annual cost of same for each year since 1997 to date in... - Departmental Reports
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the value for money review of the allocation and utilisation of funds for acute hospitals will be completed; the anticipated value... - Child Care Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the child care providers in County Kildare that have received capital funding and financial support for running costs since 2004 to date... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to extend the nursing home refund scheme to patients who are in private nursing homes in contracted beds; and if... - Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the existence of a project (details supplied) in County Cork; if so, if her attention has further... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons whose claims have been settled under the nursing home repayments scheme; the proportion of claims settled; the... - Health Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the full range of services available at the Health Service Executive health centre in Cromcastle, Coolock, Dublin 5. [33828/07] - Hospital Staff
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, in view of the important revelations by various medical professionals (details supplied) on withdrawing the so-called gagging... - Medical Cards
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards available on a county basis; if she is satisfied that the system is working; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for an appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if she... - Infectious Diseases
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of infection control committees and teams that have been put in place in each hospital to date as recommended in the Health... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of her co-location initiative; the number of contracts that remain at tender stage; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the length of time she expects the health service employment recruitment ban to continue; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Insurance
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is wise and fair that the smallest insurer in the market (details supplied) should be the only health insurer... - Health Service Investigations
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the investigations into diagnosis in Portlaoise Hospital will include other cancers as well as cancer of the breast; if concerns have... - Hospital Staff
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will authorise the appointment of a paediatric phlebotomist for the Mid-West Regional Hospital to replace the service which was... - Health Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if core funding will be provided for a society (details supplied) to enable it to continue its works. [33991/07] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who has been seeking refund of nursing home charges; and if... - Health Services
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional home help hours funded by her Department in 2007; the cost of this programme; the number of home help hours in... - Child Care Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional child care places under the NCIP and the previous equal opportunities child care programme funded by her... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional residential and respite care places in respect of physical and sensory disability funded by her Department in... - Mental Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional beds for under 16s in the child and adolescent mental health programme funded by her Department in 2007; the... - Health Services
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional primary care teams funded by her Department in 2007; the cost of this programme; the number of primary care... - Vaccination Programme
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the final report of the vaccine damage compensation group; the funding provided in budget 2008 to implement... - Infectious Diseases
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to establish a compensation fund for the victims of hospital acquired infection; and if she will make a statement on... - Official Engagements
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if meetings have taken place between herself or her Ministers of State and representatives of the drinks industry, including members of... - Health Service Staff
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the HSE does not collate complaints of bullying and harassment of HSE staff but does so in relation to service users; the way... - Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to the HSE to provide home care packages for the Kildare/west Wicklow areas for the year 2007; if this... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the comparison and difference in cost values of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in relation to costs, time scale of hospital... - Health Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 26 September, 2007 was confined to Longford-Westmeath when the question was in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for their operation or if they are entitled to seek such an... - Mental Health Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the status of the new psychiatric unit in Letterkenny; if planning permission has been applied for; when... - Departmental Transport
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost on a yearly basis for transport hire of any kind for her transport and that of her staff for each year since 1997 to date in... - Medical Services Regulation
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for regulation and consumer protection in the area of cosmetic surgery and cosmetic procedures; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the number of detoxification beds for recovering drug addicts has been affected by recent Health Service Executive cutbacks; if so,... - Health Service Staff
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the chief executive of the Health Service Executive has decided that the administrative roll out of PPARS will be suspended; the... - Health Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason young children cannot avail of the free child development service in places like Ballinasloe, Tuam and Loughrea in County... - Departmental Staff
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of non-Civil Service staff employed by her Department; the specific roles of these staff; the cost of these staff to the... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of co-located private hospitals to the Exchequer with a breakdown of the cost for each of these hospitals; the amount of tax... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason children in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 can not access a speech and language therapist; the measures she will... - Departmental Communications
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her Department that are provided with a blackberry device or similar mobile e-mail equipment. [34225/07] - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by Ministerial travel in her Department; and if none to date, the... - Data Protection
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that personal information relating to members of the public held on her departmental databases is safe from hackers;... - Management Information Framework System
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate of the money saved to the Exchequer in 2007 by the use of the management information framework system; the way this saving... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to improve funding and resources and to provide additional social workers to address the needs of the 450 people on the... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is available to preside over discussions between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union with a view to... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) in Dublin 8; her plans to respond favourably to same; and if she will... - Adoption Services
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Department will implement policy to reduce waiting times for intercountry adoptions; her plans to address this issue in... - Health Services
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 6 November 2007. [34379/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason home helps in the Kildare west Wicklow area have to wait until 2008 for the payment of their travel allowance payments and... - Mental Health Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the proposed refurbishment of the acute psychiatric unit at Letterkenny General Hospital; when work is scheduled to... - Departmental Properties
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive carried out an audit of the lands attached to the psychiatric hospitals throughout the country as she... - Departmental Staff
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a chief dental officer will be appointed in her Department; and when her Department will advertise to have that position filled.... - Health Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment to a clinic. [34417/07] - Departmental Reports
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person who carried out the review of recruitment procedures for locum consultants as announced in Dáil Éireann on 13 June 2000;...
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