Written answers
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of treatment for drug addiction in Waterford. [5167/08] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if research has been carried out on the number of accidents that occurred causing death which could be clearly shown to be related to... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report on the legal defence by the State of cases seeking to recover the private nursing home costs incurred by... - Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the exact entitlements of medical card holders regarding dental services; if a statement exists in relation to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is on a waiting list for a tonsillectomy; and when they can expect to be called. [4481/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare will be appointed a home help in view of the fact that their present home help is on... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug addicts registered in County Clare. [4487/08] - Youth Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the youth facilities including youth cafés planned for County Clare in 2008. [4488/08] - Hospital Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cystic fibrosis services available at Cork University Hospital; the number of patients availing of these services; the plans in... - Health Service Staff
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 13 December 2007, if a vacant social worker position is still outstanding; and if she... - Adoption Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lengthy delay in the midlands area with regard to the assessment of appropriate candidates for... - Hospital Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the bed places currently closed in Clonakilty community hospital will be made available to those in need of them; and if there is... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide core funding for the Irish Osteoporosis Society in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4525/08] - Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will insist on the reinstatement of physiotherapy services at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had communication with a person (details supplied) who has been appointed to play a role in the dispute over pharmacy fees... - Child Care Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria for approving applications for funding under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 to 2010; and if she will... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the nursing home charges repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. ... - Hospital Staff
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future position regarding nursing staff at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and her views on the proposed changes. ... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future status for a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and her views on whether works will be carried out to update this... - Smoking Ban
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the tobacco industry or their representatives were appraised of options that her Department were considering with respect to the... - Hospital Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions being afforded to cystic fibrosis patients; and the plans to improve care for sufferers; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a group (details supplied). [4590/08] - Child Care Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of immigrant unaccompanied children who have gone missing from Health Service Executive accommodation in each of the past... - Computerisation Programme
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will verify the exact financial loss resulting from the abandonment of the Progesa computer system by the Blood Transfusion... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is no provision for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to receive speech therapy; if her attention has been drawn... - Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has implemented any of the Competition Authority's recommendations regarding optometrists to date; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it can take three months or longer to receive the results of a smear test in the Cork region; her plans to rectify this... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date at Portlaoise General Hospital for an operation; and... - Care of the Elderly
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to the concerns of an association (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Government have failed for the past 17 months to give the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community an answer as to when a... - Community Care
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams the HSE plans to establish on the north side of Dublin city and what these primary care teams are; the... - Homeless Persons
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to commit funding for drop-in-centres for homeless drug and alcohol users in Abbey Street in 2008; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application to the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the... - Care of the Elderly
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to ensure that the additional €1.1 million she announced in December 2007 towards progressing the care costs in... - Departmental Staff
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agency workers employed by her Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of her Department. [4788/08] - Judicial Proceedings
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the State of the recent High Court proceedings regarding the health warnings on cigarette packets sold here being published... - Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment in relation to their circulation problems. [4807/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4812/08] - Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to increase funding for the home help service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4820/08] - Ambulance Service
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected to have a 24 hour ambulance service located at the ambulance base in Scariff, County Clare. [4821/08] - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has refused funding for a society (details supplied); and... - Cancer Incidence
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the plans by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to commission an... - Data Protection
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from... - Child Care Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider a staffing grant application by a group (details supplied) in County Mayo as had been promised, rather than... - Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for community services in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and audiology in... - Alcohol-related Deaths
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of alcohol-related deaths recorded in County Kerry during 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5050/08] - Hospital Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital bed nights taken up by people with alcohol related problems in Kerry General Hospital and in other hospitals... - Infectious Diseases
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is policy to ensure that patients with mental and physical disabilities in residential homes are segregated from residents... - Data Protection
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been informed by any of the agencies attached to her Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them any... - Mental Health Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy for developing facilities for children and teenagers admitted to accident and emergency with mental health crises such as... - Hospital Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to provide additional capacity in the dialysis unit at the General Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal. [5102/08] - Departmental Studies
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis for the Government's decision not to include DNA sampling in the scientific longitudinal childhood study; and if she will make... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has responded to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5120/08] - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding the application for work to be completed to the house of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under... - Hospital Staff
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of specialist nurses that have been employed in the various departments of Waterford Regional Hospital in each of the past... - Medicinal Products
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the drug sodium amytol was licensed for use here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5156/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers employed in each community care area in each of the past five years in the south-east region;... - Health Statistics
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drug related deaths each year for the past five years in Waterford. [5166/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in County Cork can be accommodated in a special speech and language class at a school in County Cork. [5183/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new nursing home fair deal scheme will be become operational in the Mayo area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason transport was withdrawn in mid-2007 from a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if her Department's cutbacks will... - Ambulance Service
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, she is satisfied that the level of 24 hour ambulance cover is adequate to meet the... - Hospital Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the persons (details supplied) were made aware of the review of ultrasounds at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if she... - Medical Cards
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the case for supplying all cystic fibrosis suffers with medical cards; and the estimated cost of doing so. [5208/08] - Hospital Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the range of services available to stroke victims, their families and carers at the stroke rehabilitation unit at Baggot Street... - Departmental Staff
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons have been dismissed from the Civil Service since the provisions of the Civil Service Regulation Act 2005 were introduced; the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid to civil servants by way of travel, subsistence or overnight allowances or payments for each of the years 2002 to the...
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