Written answers
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Proposed Legislation
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Nursing Home Support Scheme Bill; the reason the fair deal for nursing home care was not introduced as planned... - Hospital Services
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the development of modular units at St. Vincent's Hospital in order that people with cystic fibrosis can be treated... - Mental Health Services
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 43% of the Vision for Change development funds in 2006 and 60% of funding provided in 2007 was diverted to... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by Professor Tom Keane on the development of cancer services; if a budget has been determined for 2008 to commence the... - Pharmaceutical Sector
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent discussions with pharmacists and if progress has been made; if she will appoint an independent body to... - Health Service Staff
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in the Health Service Executive on long term leave due to illness; if there is a strategic management plan for the... - Hospital Services
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to address the radiography and nursing staff shortage and ward closure at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a commitment that the accident and emergency services at St. John's Hospital, Limerick will not be downgraded but will... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recently published Acute Hospital Bed Capacity Review commissioned by the Health Service Executive.... - Health Service Staff
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation with regard to agreement of a common contract between the Health Service Executive and consultants; the process of... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contracts that have been signed for co-located private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals; if she is satisfied that her... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role that will be assigned to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the implementation of the fair deal proposals; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to develop a national framework of palliative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2715/08] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce a programme of vaccination against cervical cancer will be implemented;... - Health Promotion
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious concern of the medical profession and the physical education association of Ireland... - Medical Cards
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an Irish person (details supplied) studying as a mature student in the UK is not entitled to a medical card despite returning... - Health Service Staff
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the 52 additional infection-control staff promised in 2006 that have yet to be recruited; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the Health Service Executive's 2008 service plan. [2205/08] - Health Service Reports
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of the report by Dr. Ann O'Doherty on cancer diagnosis in Portlaoise Hospital; and if she will make a... - Medical Education
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the promised increase in general practitioner training places to 150 in 2008 is delivered; and if she will make a... - Mental Health Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has departed from the policy as recommended in the report of the development of the mental health services A Vision for... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; if she will, in particular, include Huntington's disease; and... - Hospital Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an undertaking that there will be no further delay in the implementation of the recommendations of the Pollock... - Health Services
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will issue a policy white paper on orthodontics in view of the critical delays and long waiting lists for school children in many... - Fuel Poverty
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the issues raised in a recent policy paper entitled All-Ireland Policy Paper on Fuel Poverty and Health published by... - Departmental Reports
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of the HIQA report in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to further extend eligibility for the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2199/08] - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consideration being given to addressing the transportation needs that will arise in association with the consolidation of cancer... - Medical Cards
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Government's commitment to allow people with disabilities to work without losing their... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 19 December 2007, if the draft national standards for services for people with disabilities... - Hospital Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to strengthen the capacity of maternity hospitals here to address the growing demand on their services; and if she... - Hospital Staff
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of the internal report by Cork University Hospital into the appointment of a pathologist (details... - Child Care Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes made to the initial proposals for community childcare facilities in response to concerns that the initial proposals would... - Departmental Investigations
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the publication of a report by HIQA of a review of pathology services at University College Hospital Galway in the wake... - Mental Health Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to increase the number of child and adolescent psychiatric beds in the short and medium term; the locations where... - Health Services
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent discussions with dentists; if progress has been made on the ongoing dispute; the plans she has to ensure... - Eating Disorders
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives that are ongoing by her Department to reduce the level of obesity in this country; and if she will make a statement on... - Detention Centres
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to make an order pursuant to Section 11 (2) (a) of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 to enable the Ombudsman for... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the special vests that alleviate the symptoms associated with cystic fibrosis are available to such patients here; if they are... - Eating Disorders
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the ACE schools project aimed at addressing obesity in school children in the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster region will... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is unacceptable that persons applying for inter country adoption have to wait for five years or more before they... - Departmental Funding
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra funding has been allocated to the National MRSA Reference Laboratory in response to concerns expressed in 2007 as to its... - Departmental Studies
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are provisions in place to examine or research the supports and services of caring on young carers and introduce an appropriate... - Suicide Prevention Strategy
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the Government's commitment to suicide prevention in view of the freeze in the 2008 Budget for the... - Infectious Diseases
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the information available to her on the incidence of MRSA, C Difficile and other infections in hospitals here; the measures being taken... - Child Abuse
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures in place in her Department to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the number of children who are the subject of reports to the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to establish a national cancer screening register; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2710/08] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on statistics published in a newspaper (details supplied) which showed long waiting times for out-patients appointments for... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug detox beds available; if this number meets the demand for such facilities; the areas where such facilities are... - Hospital Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with her counterpart in Northern Ireland regarding the use of hospital services in the border regions on a... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the survey by the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish College of General Practitioners showing that public... - Care of the Elderly
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has given consideration to alternative funding mechanisms for the care of older people in nursing homes instead of the... - Health Service Staff
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive front-line staff are being replaced while on maternity leave, leave of absence, long-term illness or... - Vaccination Programme
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a waiting list for BCG vaccinations since October 2007, that there is currently... - Health Service Staff
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department continues to require its approval for senior administrative posts in the Health Service Executive; the number of such... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the time frame for the roll-out of cervical cancer screening; the funding that has been set aside in 2008 for same; and if she will make... - Hospital Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans for the development of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2307/08] - Health Service Expenditure
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the effectiveness of spending in the health area; and if he has plans to improve scrutiny. [2123/08]
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