Written answers
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Mental Health Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her intention to relocate the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum to the site of the proposed prison at Thornton Hall; if her... - Eating Disorders
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the implementation of a policy for the provision of an integrated inter-Departmental approach to addressing overweight and... - Health Service Allowances
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical criteria that applies where domiciliary care allowance is awarded; and the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo... - Child Care Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on ensuring that grant recipients under the equality opportunities childcare programme provide confirmation that they are in... - Health Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a physiotherapy service will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in introducing a national cervical screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3050/08] - Health Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the... - Care of the Elderly
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been a lack of information regarding the nursing home support scheme, also known as fair deal, which, if... - Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to tackle the arbitrary nature of the allocation of beds for patients requiring long-term care; the way she plans to... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the proposal that 80% of disposable income be charged to patients admitted to nursing homes; if it will be 80% of... - Care of the Elderly
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the inadequacies of residential services, both in nursing homes and in the community; and if she will make a... - Foster Care
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans for the future to have specialised facilities in place for children in foster care with special needs or... - Departmental Bodies
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statutory bodies for which she has responsibility; and the date of establishment of each of these statutory bodies. [3093/08] - Health Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the pay scheme for chiropodists providing a service to GMS card holders has not been reviewed since 1978; and the further... - Child Care Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her office will request an application for capital grant funding under the National Child Care Investment Programme 2006 to 2010 by... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional bed capacity being planned for in the new Mater adult hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3143/08] - Hospital Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position at Sligo General Hospital with regard to the provision of cancer services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Bodies
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of task forces currently operating in her Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the non-property cost of decentralisation for each quarter since the project was initiated with regard to her Department's quarterly... - Medicinal Products
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a drug (details supplied) available on the GMS in order that general practitioners may give it to high-risk patients... - Departmental Bodies
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role the Health Information and Quality Authority has in advising on the cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical and other therapies;... - Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the Pollock Report have been implemented, in particular the number of isolation rooms available to cystic... - Health Service Funding
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Budget 2008 continues to fund the Health Service Executive based on the old health board regional divisions rather than the... - Childhood Study
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis for the Government's decision to include DNA sampling in the scientific longitudinal childhood study; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be offered treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3276/08] - Hospital Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that all facilities from the old Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly will be fully transferred to... - Health Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when intervention services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3281/08] - Hospital Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place between the Mater Hospital and Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, for lung transplants for cystic fibrosis patients;... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the ongoing negotiations between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union; and if she will make a... - Hospital Staff
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the two orthodontic surgeons who left St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork, serving north and south Lee, west Cork and Kerry, in October... - Health Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive occupational therapy in order to meet the needs of their illness; and if... - Health Service Staff
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in the Health Service Executive who are on the assistant national director pay scale; the title and job... - Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when speech and language therapy will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Mental Health Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on re-evaluating present policy on asset stripping of mental health property to be re-distributed locally and targeted for... - Health Service Funding
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services, in view of a cap on over-run of budget spend in 2008, which will be adversely affected, in view of the fact that there is... - Hospital Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on the advancement of a radiotherapy centre of excellence for the northwest; the negotiations that have taken place between... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be enacted in relation to the fair deal scheme; the role of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when Donegal will have BreastCheck; the regularity with which this service will be available; if the service will be on a permanent... - Child Care Services
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the implementation of the Child Care (Pre School Services) Regulations 1996 and Child Care (Pre School) Services... - Medical Cards
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be assisted. [3639/08] - Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3641/08] - Proposed Legislation
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continuing delay in bringing forward legislation to prohibit the use of sunbeds by persons under 16 years of age; and... - Infectious Diseases
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the incidences of hospital infections of different kinds in the major Dublin hospitals; if she will provide an indication of the trend... - Health Service Staff
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will be in a position to recruit home helps in the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the extreme circumstances surrounding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16, she will intervene... - Health Service Staff
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied); and if she will respond to the issues raised. [3742/08] - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the special housing aid for the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for funding 14 palliative care beds adjacent to Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services available to cystic fibrosis patients in Mayo; the locations where treatment can be received; the number of staff employed... - EU Funding
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names of the programmes and schemes operated by her Department which were or continue to be funded in full or in part by the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for occupational therapy for their fine motor skills development. [3777/08] - National Lottery Funding
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she has received a grant application from an association (details supplied); if she will grant the request; and... - Departmental Strategies
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to implement the National Diabetes Strategy; when the report of the Expert Advisory Group on Diabetes will be... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that offers made to elderly persons or their representatives under the nursing home... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for approval of an ophthalmology appointment in County Roscommon; the steps she is taking to address the backlog; and... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the in-house cleaning costs and contract cleaning service costs for each hospital in the State for the years 2005 and 2007; and if she... - Health Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions that have been made to help children with dyslexia in County Meath for 2008; the supports her Department offers on same;... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost to her Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3865/08] - Health Service Allowances
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received to date under the health repayment scheme; the number and amount paid; the number still outstanding... - Hospital Staff
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts, surgical, medical, nursing or otherwise remaining to be filled at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; if...
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