Written answers
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Research Funding
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received and studied the recent submission from an organisation (details supplied) with particular reference to the... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive's decision to reduce the reimbursement rates paid to pharmacists from 1 March 2008 under the community... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in regard to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 318 and 319 of 5 February 2008, she will instruct the Health Service Executive to issue a... - Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review of renal services in this State will be published; the number of dialysis patients there are in the State; the number of... - Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has paid funding towards the medical costs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the staff-to-case ratios of social work personnel in child protection; her plans to improve these ratios; and the timeframe... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contingency plans in place for 1 May 2008 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14850/08] - Qualifications Recognition
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made in relation to an application for registration by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - Drug Reclassification
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and names of countries in the EU which permit cannabis to be used for medical purposes; if she proposes to permit the use of... - Health Service Allowances
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a decision to discontinue the payment of domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a service (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given maximum support in 2008. [14864/08] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions in place to ensure adequate prostate screening for men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14871/08] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals that use the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme in relation to hip replacement operations; the location of... - Health Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a seating assessment will be carried out by occupational therapy services for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [14879/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application to the Health Service Executive health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County... - Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the full multi-disciplinary team will be put in place at a centre (details supplied) in County Limerick for children over six years... - Hospital Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to plans to provide dedicated facilities, including a day unit and patient beds, at Cork University Hospital... - Medicinal Products
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of any cancer drug reaction studies being carried out in the Dublin north east Health Service Executive area; the reason for... - Hospital Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 11 March 2008. [14918/08] - Community Care
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, in view of the positive assessment report by the Health Service Executive into the hospital in the home service, based in... - Hospital Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that treatment provided under the National Treatment Purchase Fund provides an equivalent level of specialisation to... - Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if treatment has been prescribed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14960/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of a refund due under the residential repayment scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if... - Mental Health Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the senior officials group will put into action the recommendations of the National Economic and Social Forum report as per the... - Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of a meeting held on 19 March 2008 (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this issue; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if alternative arrangements will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to allow them to obtain an operation; and if... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who was just released from hospital and to whom... - Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the necessary funds will be provided to the Health Service Executive west for the reopening of seven closed beds at a nursing home... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals heard under the health repayment scheme; the number that have been successful; the number that have been... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional resources, in the form of extra social worker staff, will be provided in the Dublin area to address and expedite... - Health Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action in relation to a query (details supplied). [13876/08] - Child Care Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding could be made available under the National Childcare Investment Programme for a new purpose built facility (details supplied)... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will provide financial support to persons who undergo a specific treatment abroad (details supplied).... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the location study carried out by The Health Partnership on the proposed location of a hospital in the north east; the... - Courts Service
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct that every assistance possible, and all necessary information, is supplied to a person (details supplied); and if she... - Vaccination Programme
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the lengthy waiting time for the BCG vaccination in the Cork area; her proposals to reduce this waiting time in view of the... - Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the range of health services that will be available at a centre (details supplied); when it is scheduled to open; if there will be... - Registration of Nurses
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced by nurses seeking their registration with An Bord Altranais; if... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she received an application for nursing home rebate from a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; when a reference number will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be offered a bed in a specific unit in Dublin. [13989/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the post of biochemist will be filled in a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a long stay bed. [14008/08] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in respect of adapting an existing ward at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin to provide isolation units for cystic... - Health Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have their respite care terminated as and from May 2008; and if she will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a MRI scan. [14065/08] - Hospital Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 8 April 2008, if the reply means that the radiation oncology capacity at the integrated... - Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultants who carried out work for her Department or for any body under the auspices of her Department during 2007; if each... - Child Care Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the introduction of the new subvention scheme with regard to the provision of childcare is the best way forward for... - Hospital Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a dedicated cystic fibrosis treatment facility in Cork University Hospital to cater for the sufferers of cystic... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure that an application for repayment under the health repayment scheme is made to a person (details... - Ambulance Service
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Ambulance Service have been recently advised by the chief fire officers in... - Medical Cards
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the income guidelines for a full medical card have not increased in the past two years; if her attention has been drawn to... - Research Funding
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on Ireland's contribution to funding EU embryonic stem cell research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/08] - Departmental Properties
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on Our Lady's Hospital, Lee Road, Cork; and the plans she has in order to eliminate what is considered to... - Health Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a recent comment made by the director of stroke services in Tallaght Hospital that at least 400 lives... - Food Safety Standards
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives she proposes to take to deal with the problems of gastroenteritis in the community which is a preventable disease and... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on plans for a new hospital at the site of St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Cork, to provide services for... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the new 100 bed community nursing unit in Ballincollig to be opened for use. [14195/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent report which stated that up to 90% of asylum seekers experienced depression and feelings of... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation where at least 60% of cervical smear tests carried out at Health Service Executive... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the new Health Service Executive report which suggests that the number of patients on hospital waiting... - Disability Allowance
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the payments made under subheading II F1 Payments in respect of disablement caused by thalidomide, to... - Hospital Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a recent UK study presented recently at the Irish Medical Organisation conference which found a 1%... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their payment under the health repayment scheme. [14212/08] - Research Funding
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fulfil a commitment to an organisation (details supplied) to provide funding for Exon skipping trials in the UK; and if she... - Primary Care Strategy
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the slow roll-out of the Health Service Executive's primary care teams and the fact that meetings have... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to commission a patient impact assessment by consulting with doctors and patients before changes are made in the... - Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the Health Service Executive to make its board meetings public and accountable in the interest of transparency in... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation whereby a new fully equipped accident and emergency unit at the Mercy Hospital, Cork, is... - Hospital Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department audits the level of private practice in all specialties in public hospitals; and if it is done on a consultant basis.... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she audits the National Treatment Purchase Fund referrals; and, if so, if she proposes to publish the outcomes of the patients it... - Vaccination Programme
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on recent comments made in a publication (details supplied) that shortages of the BCG vaccine since October... - Infectious Diseases
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of tuberculosis reported here from 2002 to 2007 inclusive and to date in 2008. [14230/08] - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is planning to deregulate general practitioner GMS lists before the end of 2008; and the rationale behind those plans. [14231/08] - Medical Cards
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued on medical grounds to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [14249/08] - Hospital Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the dentist in Baltinglass Hospital who was attending on two days per week but whose attendance has been... - Health Service Staff
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions that have taken place with the Irish Medical Organisation with regard to future initiatives on nurses prescribing.... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a nursing home subvention application prioritised for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [14257/08] - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange to have a motorised wheelchair provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [14259/08] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is taking the same action towards senior management salaries as they are doing towards subvention for... - Hospital Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours per week the theatre in Monaghan General Hospital is in use; if she is satisfied that the theatre which cost so much... - Proposed Legislation
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the remaining sections of the Public Health Tobacco Act 2002 will be implemented and specifically legislation covering in store... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare, one of three autistic children enrolled in the same school at the same time,... - Child Care Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital and other funding available to Montessori schools from her Department; the way such funding is allocated and distributed;... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has requested capital funding for the construction of a specialist cancer unit at Waterford Regional... - Health Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the primary care centre promised for Letterkenny will be purpose built on its own site, or if the Health Service Executive will enter... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position as regards bed availability for those people awaiting procedures in Cork University Hospital. [14306/08] - Palliative Care Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the terms of reference of Professor Tom Keane include the provision of palliative care across the country; and if she will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will publish its formal guidance document on residential facilities for adults with a disability; when... - Hospital Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of outpatients and accident and emergency attendees for each acute hospital in the north east for each year since 2000 to... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the proposed new regional hospital for the Dublin north east Health Service Executive area. [14418/08] - Hospital Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an eight year waiting list for the dermatology outpatients clinic in the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received payment under the health repayment scheme. [14424/08] - Health Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to ensure that the youth homelessness strategy is being implemented in County Wexford; and if she will make a... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contingency plans in place by her Department and the Health Service Executive to deal with the probability that pharmacists will... - Health Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive operated drug treatment clinic at Portlaoise, County Laois... - Care of the Elderly
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds that have been or are about to be closed throughout the country arising from budget constraints; the number... - Health Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the fact that ophthalmology and dental services are not available to asylum seekers until they receive a... - Medical Cards
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage at which an asylum seeker becomes eligible for a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14503/08] - Cosmetic Surgery Clinics
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to introduce legislation governing the regulation of private plastic surgery clinics here; the regulations that exist... - Medicinal Products
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the present legalisation and licensing system governing the importation, processing retailing and distribution of St John's Worth; if... - Irish Medicines Board
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference for the Irish Medicines Board; the way members are appointed; the persons who are the appointed members and when... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to he fact that a new accident and emergency unit at the Mercy Hospital, Cork is not operational; when... - Departmental Funding
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding given by her Department or the Health Service Executive for the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 to an institute... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department has considered the impact on rural pharmacies of the 8% cut in payment to pharmacists under the community drug... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the latest costing associated with the proposed new national paediatric hospital; the proposed costing for the four satellite units; and... - Health Service Inquiry
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Health Service Executive inquiry which is being held into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person... - Hospital Services
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing extra kidney dialysis facilities for the mid-west region; if planning permission has been procured for... - Palliative Care Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to ensure that a palliative care service exists in County Wicklow. [14586/08] - Consultancy Contracts
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget for consultancy services with a firm (details supplied) on integration of the health services; the brief given to the... - Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange to have respite care approved in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her attention has been... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inpatient psychiatric hospital beds in each year from 2000 to date in 2008. [14607/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will extend the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority which was established under the Health Act 2007 to cater... - Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the person will be seen as a matter of urgency; and if she... - Child Care Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child care facility that has closed down can be held to account for lapses of care while it was operational; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is legislation currently in place governing laser eye treatment in public and private facilities; if not, her views on such... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cytology laboratories which will carry out testing for the roll-out of cervical cancer screening are all outside of Ireland; if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who is on a waiting list for a triple bypass and heart valve replacement will again... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede with Health Service Executive officials to ensure that long-term stay patient repayments are made as soon as... - Health Service Staff
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a vacancy for a schools orthodontist in Dungarvan, County Waterford... - EU Directives
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the food supplement Directive, 2002/46/EC, will be implemented; if she will prevent the sale of vitamins and supplements at... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve the present situation governing orthodontic treatment waiting lists in St. Camillus' Hospital, Limerick, in view of... - Hospital Staff
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if non-Irish national nurses working in public hospitals are paid on the official pay scale agreed by her Department for all nursing... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the right of pharmacists to representation by their union, the Irish Pharmacy Union is not recognised; the reason the Health... - Hospital Staff
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason graduate nurses are unlikely to be offered pre-registration nursing experience in 2008 in the approximate four month period... - Infectious Diseases
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a delegation of the four Houses of the Oireachtas Members from County Clare to discuss the recent findings of the... - Ambulance Service
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of an ambulance base at Shannon, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis for payment of the different levels of nursing home subvention; the different rates of payment; when it is expected that the... - Homeless Persons
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that voluntary homeless groups believe there to be over a thousand children homeless in the...
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