Written answers
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Allowances
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their son.... - Health Service Staff
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the implications of the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze for the implementation of the national drugs strategy;... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of funding for an organisation (details supplied) in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Properties
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedures and conditions under which the Health Service Executive lands at Grangegorman will be vested in the Grangegorman... - Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist the priority case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [10018/08] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for surgery at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will... - Medical Cards
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the limits applied for eligibility for the medical card and the general practitioner visit card are realistic... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the works that were carried out in 2007 and that are being carried out to date in 2008 for the provision of additional hospital beds;... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [10064/08] - Vaccination Programme
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to ensure that a BCG vaccine is made available to all children in the Cork area without further delay; and if she will... - Health Service Staff
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to Health Service Executive cutbacks, a pool care assistant will not be available... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the proposed extension to Naas General Hospital; if she will confirm a date when the extension will commence; the... - Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of psychiatric patients the Health Service Executive has sent to uncredited facilities; the location of these facilities; the... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath and other children should be exposed to an altercation between a drug user,... - Hospital Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm receipt of information from a Deputy (details supplied) on 17 December 2007, that she received a reminder regarding... - Mental Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will build the long promised and now cancelled acute psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital; the location of the new site on the... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to make a regulation to ensure that persons over 70 years of age with a medical card are not charged by general practitioners... - Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on research which shows that passive smoke is particularly harmful to children and further evidence which shows that passive... - Infectious Diseases
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the regulations in place for the monitoring and auditing of the occurrence of meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary funding to staff a residential bungalow (details supplied) in County Cork. [10168/08] - Hospital Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients in County Donegal are forced to travel to Omagh to receive dialysis as... - Health Service Staff
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is necessary for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to have to undergo a six week adaptation and assessment period... - Legislative Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new nursing home subvention scheme, the fair deal scheme, will be introduced. [10205/08] - Medical Cards
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason homeless people are denied the medical card; the number of homeless applicants who have been refused the medical card in each... - Health Service Staff
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze is preventing the HSE in Limerick from... - Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the incidence of lymphoedema here; the treatment for same; if she is satisfied that sufficient resources are in place to support and to... - Health Service Staff
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers, CWOs, and superintendent CWOs that have applied to the national transfer unit for a transfer;... - Child Care Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve funding to mainstream a vital child care project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a... - Health Service Procurement Procedures
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to improve procedures for the procurement of information technology systems in the health service in order that... - Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed for the motorised transport grant. [10320/08] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the roll out of BreastCheck, particularly in the west of Ireland and consider extending the age for the test beyond... - Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a proposed primary health care centre at a location (details supplied) in County Limerick. [10361/08] - Hospital Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be given a date for an operation at the Mater Hospital; if this person is entitled... - Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for speech and language assessment in north Clondalkin and the fact that it is... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a payment under the health payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Organ Donation
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to introduce a mandatory organ donation policy with a voluntary opt-out option; the number of patients currently on... - Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the support service available to people who are suffering with acquired brain injuries; her plans to improve these services; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home helps that are in full-time pensionable employment and on temporary contracts who are employed in the Kildare-west... - General Practitioner Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a maximum payment for a visit to a general practitioner or if it is that the GP can charge for a consultation and a further... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a special fund in her Department entitled the innovation fund; and if so, the size and purpose of that fund. [10426/08] - Departmental Correspondence
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to parliamentary Question No. 251 of 12 February 2008, if she has received a report in respect of the death by suicide of a... - Proposed Legislation
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the nursing home support Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10488/08] - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has plans to fund the provision of digital hearing aids to medical card holders as they represent a superior... - Health Service Staff
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her Department will allocate staff to a facility (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all theatres are operational in Sligo and Letterkenny hospitals; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the effect on the GMS scheme and medical card holders if pharmacists decide not to participate in the scheme any longer due to the... - Departmental Staff
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants in her Department who have attended courses on stress management in the workplace between 2005 and 2007; if... - Departmental Reports
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 31 January 2008, when the acute hospital allocation and utilisation of funds report for... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 464 of 31 January 2008, if she will confirm when work will commence on the €39 million... - Health Service Allowances
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dietary allowance will be awarded to a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospice Care
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the hospice facility for Newcastle West, County Limerick will be opening; if this facility will be privately run or run by the...
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