Written answers
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 207: 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... - Smoking Ban
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to ban smoking in cars in which children under 16 are being transported in view of the fact that passive smoking is... - Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that persons (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive speech and language therapy services. [11560/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money raised from the sale of psychiatric lands and buildings since January 2006; the amount of this that was retained by... - Food Labelling
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to bring in legislation for the labelling of food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11610/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist persons (details supplied). [11620/08] - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she will put in place to provide guidelines to protect patient safety in relation to Internet pharmacies; and if she will make... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the funding allocated for the phase one development of Ennis General Hospital; the amount of funding allocated to... - Health Service Allowances
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the arrears of domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the additional development posts that are to be drugs treatment and rehabilitation posts pursuant to the new Health... - Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available for a project (detail supplied) in County Limerick. [11203/08] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be offered a long term stay bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Community Care
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a house (details supplied) in Dublin 6W has not received the required funding to ensure that they can extend their current... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 receives the care and support they need. [11210/08] - Hospital Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that angiogram equipment is sitting unused in Waterford Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medical cards will be made available to carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11232/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide extra funding for additional home help hours to facilitate a two week respite break for home carers; and if she will... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will resolve a matter (details supplied). [11237/08] - Foreign Adoptions
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive's position on a matter (details supplied). [11238/08] - Legislative Programme
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage the Nurses and Midwives Bill is at; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11284/08] - Hospital Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will retain the breast cancer care service in Sligo General Hospital; if she will make Sligo General Hospital a centre of... - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure or give an undertaking to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon that their next appointment for surgery in... - Grant Payments
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a grant towards the purchase of a digital hearing aid by a person (details supplied) in County... - Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards issued in 2007; the number of full medical cards issued per county; and if she will make a statement on... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown nationally of the number awaiting assessment for suspected autism related conditions; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will allocate funding for a dedicated, modern maternity unit at Kerry General Hospital. [11324/08] - Child Care Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital funding and grants available for the development of private child-care facilities in rural areas; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 31 October 2007, when her Minister of State will visit the facilities concerned; and if she... - Child Care Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 13 November 2007, if a decision has been made on the request for a review by the group... - Hospital Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients with haemochromatosis who visit Beaumont Hospital regularly for venesection are being charged €60 per procedure... - Health Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a helpline (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for teenagers who are feeling suicidal, is... - Mental Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of psychiatric patients the Health Service Executive has sent to unaccredited facilities; the location of these facilities;... - Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 12 February 2008. [11395/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty which persons on leave of absence or career break from the Health Service Executive... - Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [11416/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [11417/08] - Medical Cards
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines in place for medical centres and general practitioners which allow or facilitate medical cards to be used with them... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding her Department has given to a group (details supplied) over the past five years on an annual basis. [11434/08] - Health Services
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding her Department has given to a group (details supplied) over the past five years on an annual basis. [11435/08] - Patient Statistics
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of victims of strokes under the age of 40 between the years 2005 to date in 2008; if she has taken measures to highlight this... - Health Service Staff
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the plans by ambulance personnel to strike across the State; the measure she is putting in place to... - Health Services
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a unit (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has not received funding from the Health Service... - Infection Control
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish a draft report produced by the Working Group of the Strategy for the Control of Anti-Microbial Resistance in Ireland... - Computerisation Programme
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the procedures being followed by her Department in updating the security of its computer systems and... - Hospital Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rent being charged to those private hospitals which will be collocated on Health Service Executive sites on a contract basis. [11473/08] - Patient Statistics
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rates of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis here from 1990 to date in 2008. [11475/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to review the ongoing pharmacological training received by doctors in view of two separate studies which found that... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the progress to date of the implementation of the recommendations made by the Emergency Department Task... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation regarding the provision of a modern centre for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service at Cork... - Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent comments by a person (details supplied) that more than 1,000 people die or acquire significant... - Health Service Allowances
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Health Service Executive managers receive an annual bonus for treating more patients in a given year than the previous one; and if... - Health Service Staff
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the sanctioned posts for therapists have been abolished in response to her Department's circular of 8 January 2008, which indicates... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll-out of BreastCheck in the mid west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11493/08] - Health Services
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times in the Health Service Executive health centres throughout Dublin for speech and language services for... - Health Service Executive Review
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review into how effective the Health Service Executive is working, as promised in the programme for Government, has commenced;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Information and Quality Authority was not asked to investigate circumstances surrounding the misdiagnosis of women... - Health Information and Quality Authority Investigation
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority review of pathology services at University College Hospital Galway includes the work of... - Hospital Service Review
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will insist on the publication of a UK review of the work of a person (details supplied) at Cork University Hospital which media... - Health Service Funding
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to the Health Service Executive south to spend on eating disorder services in 2007; the way this funding... - Medical Cards
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that people with cystic fibrosis are automatically issued with a medical card; and if she will make a statement on... - Working Group Report
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Pollock Report from the Health Service Executive Cystic Fibrosis working group will be implemented; and if she will make a... - Health Service Funding
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €6.78 million ring-fenced in 2007 toward the provision of services for people with cystic fibrosis that has been... - Health Service Staff
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crisis nurses at accident and emergency departments in the Health Service Executive western region; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when urgent surgery will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - HIV Infection
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the increase in newly diagnosed HIV cases; and if there is a need for the urgent development of a... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review an application for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11555/08] - Health Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a group (details supplied) in 2008. [11563/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure on mental health services for each of the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the utilisation, for the years 2006 and... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to an application on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the nursing home charges... - Hospital Inquiry
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the internal inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who presented at the Dóchas Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in each of the past three years or... - Proposed Legislation
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on introducing legislation to ban smoking in cars in which children under 16 years of age are transported; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support an association (details supplied) in 2008; and if she will set out a clear strategy to assist 40,000 epilepsy... - Ambulance Service
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a cardiac arrest registry in order that ambulance response times can be monitored; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the new consultants contract; the date she will begin recruitment of consultants; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds in the three maternity hospitals, the National Maternity Hospital Holles Street, The Rotunda Hospital and... - Child Care Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if staffing grants are being introduced for community based child care facilities under the NCIP to ensure that the effective tiered fee... - Health Services
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive are not sanctioning extra hours home help to an association for a person (details supplied) in... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for the special housing aid for the elderly scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be dealt with.... - Hospital Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the provision of transport to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has stopped; and if this will be restored as... - Health Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive south have reduced the level of availability of the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was again cancelled in view of this person's age and medical... - Health Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate provided by the Health Service Executive, as part of the 2008 estimates process, to her Department and the Department of... - Hospital Services
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals, apart from Portlaoise Hospital, that are being investigated by her Department or another agency, in relation to failures... - Health Services
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take on the number of elderly people awaiting admission to nursing homes in the midlands, particularly in Longford... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an audit of automatic external defibrillators in the community and identify areas where access to those life... - Data Protection
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to ensure that all organisations under the control of her Department have developed proper data... - Hospital Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is proposing to expand the prenatal screening process and implement population based genetic testing as proposed by the chair... - Infectious Diseases
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether there are sufficient stockpiles of anti-virals here to protect against the imminent arrival of bird flu... - Health Services
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick. [11732/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time to assess children for intellectual disability and physical and sensory disability in the Kildare and west Wicklow... - Medical Cards
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason blood collection bags for haemochromatosis patients are not covered by medical cards and such patients have to buy these... - Health Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will issue the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 card, sometimes referred to as a blue card to a certain sector of people (details... - Medical Cards
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines given by her Department or the Health Service Executive on personal house calls to medical card holders by general... - Health Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent findings by an organisation (details supplied) that diagnoses of cancer and asthma, motor... - Mental Health Services
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of involuntary admission orders made in 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and the number in each year that were... - Hospital Staff
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure non-consultant hospital doctors' working hours are reduced and brought in line with working time... - Health Service Staff
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the current and rapidly worsening national general practitioner manpower shortage. [11768/08] - Health Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has refused to provide direct funding for clinical trials into muscular dystrophy treatment in the UK that could... - Alcohol Advisory Group
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent submission by an organisation (details supplied) to the Government alcohol advisory group... - Health Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent comments by the chief executive of the Irish Medical Organisation that the health services here... - Community Care
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 5 March 2008, the precise location of the 200 primary care teams in respect of which... - Health Service Staff
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the number of occupational therapist positions waiting to be filled nationally; the steps she is taking to meet the... - Diabetes Strategy
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she and the Health Service Executive have not responded to a document that the Expert Advisory Group on Diabetes submitted... - Patient Information Website
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation whereby the Irish Medical Organisation's independent patient information website has... - Health Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken in the two years since the Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death recommended an audit of all new cardiovascular services.... - Ambulance Service
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a cardiac arrest registry in order that ambulance response times could be accurately recorded. [11788/08] - Health Services
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce acute medical admissions units in all of the acute hospitals nationally and the accident medical admissions unit... - Health Service Staff
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a recent Health Service Executive report which states that it needs an additional 1,863 full-time... - Health Services
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent Inhale report which stated that the reason Ireland had such a high level of respiratory... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to overcome the crisis in relation to the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the waiting lists in Tallaght General... - Vaccination Programme
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the timely availability of BCG vaccination in the Dublin area and nationwide and in particular in a health centre... - Hospital Staff
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, in the interest of patient safety and more professional service, on bringing in regulations to standardise the certification... - Departmental Staff
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people employed in her Department; the costs associated with the number employed in the years 2003 to 2007; and the... - Health Service Staff
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if arrangements are being made to address the concerns of independent midwives regarding professional indemnity cover; if so, the... - Health Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made with regard to the provision of a primary care centre at Newcastle West; the time-frame involved; and if she will... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a situation whereby patients dealing with the National Treatment Purchase Fund are receiving treatment paid for... - Grant Payments
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a subvention grant will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ... - Health Services
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment under the health repayment scheme in respect of persons in residential institutions will be made to a person (details... - Health Service Allowances
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason mobility allowance has been reduced from €202 to €101 per month; if same will be reviewed in early date in the case of... - Health Service Staff
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapist posts that currently remain unfilled; the number of physiotherapists on panels available for appointment... - Care of the Elderly
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of recommendations made by the Forum on Older People established by the Health Service Executive following the publication... - Health Services
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the construction of the Tuam Health Campus, Tuam, County Galway; if she will outline the moneys that have been... - Health Service Staff
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the levels of absenteeism in 2005, 2006 and 2007; the cost agency staff amounts to as a result of this absenteeism; the levels of... - Departmental Facilities
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of car park spaces available nationally to those working in her Department and in the bodies and agencies under the aegis of... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a special housing aid for the elderly scheme application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11907/08] - Health Services
Question 378: 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. [11908/08] - Medical Cards
Question 379: 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. [11909/08] - Suicide Incidence
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to provide funding to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to allow the group continue its work in respect... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent decision made by general practitioners to distance themselves from the national roll-out of... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact ratification of the Hague Convention will have on adoption arrangements between Ireland and Russia; the measures he will put... - Health Services
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on this potentially... - Health Service Staff
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive frontline posts vacant in December 2007 in County Wicklow; the type of posts involved; her plans... - Health Services
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a home care grant; and if she will... - Grant Payments
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a mobility grant will be approved or continued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Health Service Staff
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will prioritise a visit by the occupational therapist to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her attention has... - Hospital Services
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [11993/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be accommodated in a special speech and language class at a school in County Cork, in... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the dealing of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford by the Health Service Executive health repayment... - Health Services
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position and timeline for the provision of a paediatric immunology clinic in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Education
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the education programmes in place for general practitioners on anaphylaxis; if she will roll out further education for GPs to enhance... - Health Services
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in improving health services for children with anaphylaxis; the steps being taken in respect of same; whether her... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 159 of 3 October 2007 (details supplied), when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if she... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the health repayment scheme, she will intervene to bring this... - Child Care Services
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital funding provided under the national child care investment programme per city and county child care committee; the criteria... - Health Services
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the closure of the dental clinic in Kilcock, County Kildare due to inadequate accommodation facilities and the fact there are... - Children in Care
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take given there are many foster children in the Laois-Offaly area without services of an allocated social... - Hospital Services
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cancer treatment service, including pre-operative, and post-operative services, available at present to people in counties Offaly... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects an application for mobility allowance to be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy position regarding supporting voluntary groups in the provision of defibrillators; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when the required bed will become... - Care of the Elderly
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public beds in private and public hospitals allocated for elderly long stay patients in Cork City and County; and if she... - Hospital Staff
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the position of a cystic fibrosis nurse in Waterford Regional Hospital has been advertised; if interviews have taken place for the... - Child Care Services
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on making funding available toward the cost of childcare for working parents in view of the increasing cost of living here... - Health Services
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 313 of 30 January 2008 and a subsequent Health Service Executive reply, if she will confirm that... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional funding provided in 2008 for the development of services for persons with an intellectual disability in the Ballinasloe... - Departmental Bodies
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name of every body, organisation and committee outside her Department, other than semi-State commercial companies, that have been... - Health Services
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if responsibility for the provision of respite care has been transferred for a certain age group (details supplied); the reasoning for... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application under the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) will be dealt with. [12307/08] - Suicide Prevention
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the application by a group (details supplied) in County Kildare for support for the setting up of a... - Health Service Staff
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to appoint a full-time epileptologist in the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12395/08] - Health Services
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate reports of the cutting of respite service to persons at a nursing home facility (details supplied); if she will... - Ambulance Service
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish an ambulance base in Mitchelstown, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12401/08] - Health Services
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has been instructed to divert the €110 million allocated in Budget 2008 for the implementation of the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown nationally of the number of people awaiting orthopaedic procedures for example hip replacements, knee replacements and so... - Ambulance Service
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an ambulance service for the Edenderry area of County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Travel
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has used helicopters for any purpose for each year since 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for such use; the suppliers... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [12430/08] - Suicide Prevention
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding services (details supplied). [12431/08] - Health Services
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied). [12432/08] - Medical Cards
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the medical profession in regard to people over 70 who are entitled to a medical card and a free...
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