Written answers
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Positive Ageing Strategy
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to develop in conjunction with the recognised... - Care of the Elderly
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to extend the slán abhaile programme. [18589/08] - Medical Cards
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to allow people with disabilities to work without... - Mental Health Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount allocated in 2006, 2007 and 2008 for the implementation of the commitments contained in A Vision for Change; the amount of... - Cancer Treatment Strategy
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people diagnosed and deaths per annum from prostate, breast and cervical cancer; the prevalence of each cancer; the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to roll-out a nationwide bowel cancer screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18029/08] - Child Protection Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to address the lack of resources for dealing with children as highlighted in a recent Health Service Executive... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if increased payment of subvention will be made in each of the cases of persons (details supplied). [18078/08] - Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to expedite a positive response regarding the applications submitted by persons... - Hospital Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reinvestigate the provision of long-term care at a hospital in County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Ambulance Service
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an ambulance service for an area (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the location has been secured for same;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied). [18164/08] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will be in a position to provide enhanced nursing home subvention payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and... - Health Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who suffered three brain haemorrhages is not facilitated with nursing home... - Hospital Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a kidney dialysis unit will be operational in the mid-west region; if her attention has been drawn to plans to provide a kidney... - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in respect of the regulation for fertility treatment, she will indicate the regulations that apply here; if fertility units are... - Health Service Reports
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the report, commissioned by the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board, into the number of individual... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange a new form of assessment for miners from the Sliabh-Arda coalfields and the Arigna coalfields in respect of their... - Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the circumstances of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare suffering from Eagle-Barrett syndrome; if in view of this... - Hospital Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the announced closure of St. Catherine's ward at the Mercy Hospital, which will have a seriously... - Hospital Staff
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical director has been appointed to the development board of the National Children's Hospital; the projected timescale for the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a payment will be made under the health repayment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, in respect of their... - Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the director of the Health Service Executive replies to a letter (details supplied) sent to him; and if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of throughput of public patients for orthopaedic surgery in the public ward of a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork... - Health Services
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for orthodontics for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request an early appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the eye department in the Mater Hospital,... - Health Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will give an early appointment to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request for the Health Service Executive to expedite an application for a medical card in the name of a person (details... - Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason home help has not been approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18289/08] - Departmental Funding
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been provided by her Department to child contact centres (details supplied); if so, the amount of funding given to same... - Health Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that there have been only 15 new day service places made available at a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for... - Health Promotion Strategy
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to expedite the delivery of a national strategy for... - Addiction Treatment Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to prioritise and intensify measures to tackle... - Youth Cafés
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to put in place a fund for the provision of a countrywide... - Alcohol Abuse
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to implement the recommendations of the working group on... - Water Fluoridation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government that the Health Service Executive will carry out a... - Regulation of Complementary Therapists
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to promote greater regulation of complementary health;... - Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to continue to encourage breast-feeding to achieve higher... - Mental Health Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to run a media campaign to help remove the stigma of... - Health Promotion Guidelines
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date, in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government, on which the expert group to develop guidelines for a... - Patient Safety
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to initiate a periodic review of legislation to improve... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to extend the general practitioner out-of-hours service... - Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to index the income thresholds for medical cards to... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of dedicated public only hospital... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that the patient treatment register is operated... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further increase the number of accident and emergency... - Infectious Diseases
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide additional staffing to deal with health care... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to complete the national roll-out of the BreastCheck... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to significantly invest in diagnostic equipment and... - Mental Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ring-fence funds from the sale of existing mental... - Psychological Service
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to increase the number of postgraduate training places... - Special Educational Needs
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide community alternatives to psychiatric... - Care of the Elderly
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a community led pilot scheme to counter the... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to implement the fair deal for nursing home care costs... - Health Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that the needs of all people who require... - Medical Education
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to implement the restructuring of medical education... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, in relation to the number of people who successfully appealed their offer under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006, they... - Foster Care
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 2 April 2008 regarding a number of foster children in the Laois/Offaly area... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to commence by June 2007, the provision for an... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the existing rehabilitation bed capacity... - Hospital Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at a hospital (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she... - Medical Education
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the graduate medical school at University Limerick, and the progress on other graduate medical schools; her plans... - Hospital Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 22 April 2008, the persons who are the key stakeholders that the Health Service Executive... - Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a programme (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused funding and staff are on protective notice; and if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be admitted for surgery; the reason for the delay in relation to same; and if... - Men's Health Policy
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the national men's health policy; and when it is expected that the report will be published. [18637/08] - Health Service Expenditure
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the portion, leaving aside fixed costs such as payroll, of the Health Service Executive budget she regards as being dedicated or... - Medical Cards
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will review the guidelines for medical cards in view of the increasing costs of inflation since the last review; and if she... - Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients from County Carlow who require X-rays are not being accommodated in County Carlow; if she will request the Health... - Health Service Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community care social workers employed by the Health Service Executive in children and family services dealing with...
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