Written answers
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to ensure the continued services of a service (details supplied) in Dublin 8 which has over 50 people on a waiting... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if sufferers of the muscle weakening disease myasthenia gravis would benefit from the illness being included on the long term illness... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will ensure that all persons with disabilities have a legal right to independent assessment of need; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many elderly persons and their families were obliged to arrange and pay for private... - Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was refused a medical card; if she will re-examine this application in view of this... - Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for orthodontic treatment. [7430/08] - Hospital Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is expected that the new Alzheimer's unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Mountmellick, which has been completed and ready for... - Health Services
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications to the Health Service Executive to provide medical centres in the County Kildare area; and if she will make a... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is expected that the new accident and emergency unit at Midland General Hospital, Portlaoise, which has been completed and ready... - Health Service Accounts
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 3 October 2007, the figure for the total owed for the end of 2007; the... - Research Funding
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding provided for research into prostate cancer; the plans for further investment into research into the cancer; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to ensure the additional services for the elderly as the continued services of a service (details supplied) in... - Home Help Service
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of funding from her Department of the home help services for the elderly is under way or planned, to ensure that adequate... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the number of extra beds supplied to hospitals in 2007 that remain unused; the location of these beds; the cost to... - Hospital Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that an operating theatre at Louth County Hospital remains unused; the reason this facility is not in use; the cost... - Hospital Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional staff will be recruited to operate the MRI scanner installed at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin in October 2007;... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adolescent psychiatric beds available in the HSE system; if there is a waiting list for such beds; if so, the period of... - Health Services
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify an issue (details supplied). [7521/08] - Pharmacy Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, before an arbitrary decision is taken to cut fees of pharmacists from 1 March 2008, consideration will be given to the setting up of... - Hospital Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing a cataract operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a date for... - Smoking Ban
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has to introduce a ban on smoking in cars in which children under 16 years of age are being transported (details... - Care of the Elderly
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that there is a full consultation with the organisations representing the elderly on the proposed fair deal... - Hospital Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way casemix is compiled in Mallow General Hospital in comparison with procedure in Cork University Hospital and if she is satisfied... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for the nursing home subvention by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if... - Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to extend and develop a health centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a specialist neurologist and specialist nurse on myasthenia gravis is appointed, attached to one of the main... - Health Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding and other resources will be provided to a group (details supplied) to assist people with this condition and to enhance... - Community Care
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding training for the community responders; if a person has been appointed to oversee this community scheme; if funds... - Home Help Service
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a decision in relation to an application for home help assistance; and... - Pension Provisions
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the payment of a gratuity allowance under Article 109 of the local government superannuation scheme to a person... - Home Help Service
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive home help assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapy positions that remain unfilled here; the extent to which the shortage of speech and language... - Children in Care
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to deal with the number of children reported missing from the custody of the Health Service Executive;... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the level of dental services available for intellectually disabled people; and if she has proposals in this... - Hospital Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve cystic fibrosis facilities for patients in the mid west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Organ Donation
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to initiate legislation to govern presumed organ donations to replace the current voluntary system; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to post a much needed second dedicated cystic fibrosis nurse at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement... - Medical Cards
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to include cystic fibrosis as a condition that will automatically entitle a patient to a medical card; and if she will make a... - Neonatal Screening
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to initiate a national neo-natal screening programme for the detection of cystic fibrosis, in view of the documented benefit... - Ambulance Service
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the direction that north Tipperary ambulance crews by-pass Nenagh Hospital accident and emergency with many of their... - Mental Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is carrying out a new cost benefit analysis to determine whether it would be cheaper to redevelop the... - Medical Cards
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a current medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from an association (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to the proposed closure and... - Hospital Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an independent audit will be carried out (details supplied); the impact the audit results will have on transfer proposals; and if... - Health Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with orthopaedic shoes; and when this child was measured for these... - Health Service Reports
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the report on a person (details supplied) will be released; the reason for the long delay; and if her attention has been drawn to... - Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly are unable to avail of the same service through the Health... - Child Care Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath where the Health Service Executive has taken no... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will further investigate the situation... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be extended to County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7859/08] - Hospital Catchment Areas
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the catchment area and population for the district hospitals of Wicklow town, Rathdrum and Baltinglass, by hospital; her plans to... - Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to allow general practitioners to refer clients directly for bone density tests rather than requiring such clients to... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a full and comprehensive reply has not been received to a parliamentary question to date (details supplied). [7870/08] - Cancer Incidence
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures or structures involved in identifying cancer clusters here; the regularity with which a review is carried out of new... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of aftercare free beds available at present in the Dublin region in view of her stated aim of freeing up hospital beds... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the ongoing difficulties being experienced in accident and emergency wards here, particularly in some Dublin hospitals... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 will come into effect; when patients can apply for subvention under the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied) relating to the delays that have been experienced by a patient awaiting essential... - Departmental Transport
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the taxi companies used by her Department and State agencies under the aegis of her Department have a minimum percentage of taxis... - Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are funds available from the Health Service Executive that would help persons (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the therapy unit at St. Bridget's Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway is being closed; if her attention has been drawn to... - EU Directives
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Directive 92/73EEC or Directive 92/74EEC have been transposed into Irish law; if they were enacted or transposed by way of statutory... - Health Service Allowances
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry only receives €94.50 per week subvention. [8017/08] - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Irish Blood Transfusion Service provided live personal data of donors to a third party; if other agencies under the... - Health Service Staff
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of employment vacancies within the Health Service Executive in Kildare and West Wicklow in relation to occupational... - Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8068/08] - Hospital Procedures
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action her Department have taken since receiving correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 relating to another... - Hospital Building Programme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the process for the selection of a site for a new regional hospital serving the north east has been concluded; when she expects the... - Mental Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's and the Health Service Executive plan in relation to moneys saved from the sale of buildings and lands; if in... - Hospital Staff
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of agreement of a common contract between the Health Service Executive and consultants; the breakdown of the fee structure... - Suicide Incidence
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the gender and the various age groups of people that have committed suicide here for each of the years 2002 to 2007... - Health Service Reports
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to release the report into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the scheme administrator of the health repayment scheme, the reason a person (details supplied) in County...
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