Written answers
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to foster a parent plus approach to support families... - Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to open two cocaine-specific treatment centres, in... - Health Service Allowances
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision on an application for domiciliary care by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision made with regard to subvention for nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name of the applicant who made an application for payment under the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details... - Hospital Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a scan. [19273/08] - Infectious Diseases
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown, on a hospital and county basis, of the number of cases of MRSA that have been reported in each hospital in the period... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale behind the decision to outsource cervical screening services to a laboratory (details supplied) in view of the fact that... - Hospital Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount on average it costs for an orthopaedic surgeon to carry out a hip replacement; the cost to the Exchequer for funding all... - Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds available for drug detox in community based residential detox units, in medical detox units including stabilisation... - Health Service Staff
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical and clerical staff employed by the Health Service Executive within its detoxification and rehabilitation... - Health Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on a waiting list for admission to residential detox services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of an eight bed hospice unit at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the BCG vaccine. [19399/08] - Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it has taken such an inordinate amount of time for a primary certificate examination for the disabled drivers to take place... - Mental Health Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 29 April 2008, the classification of those children on the waiting list in County Clare as... - Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application to the Health Service Executive for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Grant Payments
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the application for a motorised transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [19478/08] - Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to alleviate the unnecessary stress and hardship to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19479/08] - Consultancy Contracts
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure by her Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if she will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and... - Hospital Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the name of the person with overall responsibility for the day to day construction of Tralee Community Hospital; the persons who will... - Health Service Staff
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the medical director has been appointed to the development board of the children's hospital, Tallaght; if not, when such an... - Health Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vacant beds in public nursing homes (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the local health manager... - Health Service Staff
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of neurologists per head of the population; the equivalent numbers for other European countries; and if she will make a... - Child Care Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding provided in each of the past seven years for all residential care placements for child care services; the funding for 2008;... - Health Service Allowances
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review can or will be undertaken with regard to a mobility allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19577/08] - Hospital Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Portiuncula Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19667/08] - Vaccination Programme
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in revaccinating children who received the out of date oral polio vaccine; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) will be called for speech therapy services; if owing to the long delay experienced she will examine the... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for nursing home subvention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19727/08] - Departmental Properties
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if departmental guidelines have been produced under the Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996 or the Health Act 2004 relevant to the sale... - Vaccination Programme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the provision of a BCG vaccine for new born babies in Cork city and county; the number of children currently... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify that the multi-annual funding for the disability sector promised in the programme for Government is being fulfilled... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 12 March 2008, when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be seen by a... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place to ensure that patients entitled to GMS will have access to a general practitioner in areas where doctors are... - Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no resources for palliative care nursing services in County Wicklow. [19774/08] - Child Care Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children from north Tipperary that are classified as at serious risk and who are currently on waiting lists for assessment... - Health Service Staff
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the number of social workers working in north Tipperary has increased or decreased since the Health Service Executive recruitment... - Community Care
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 195 and 197 of 8 April 2008, if her attention has been drawn to plans to provide a facility... - Child Care Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if community based homework clubs will be considered for funding under the national child care investment programme; and if she will... - Obesity Levels
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to tackle the problem of obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19824/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long-term care beds for the elderly in Limerick city, Limerick west and County Clare; the comparative figures for... - Departmental Reports
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations of the Judge Harding Clarke report into maternity services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda that have been... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the administrators of the nursing home refund scheme have refused repayments for periods when patients resided in a contract... - Medical Cards
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when tests and x-ray results carried out at Blanchardstown Hospital in July 2007 will be relayed to St. James's Hospital Dublin and... - Health Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who require speech and language therapy here; the number of speech and language therapists working here; the... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount to date that has been granted to the authors of the Teamwork report; if the personnel are still under contract with the... - Ministerial Staff
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and her junior Ministers since 1997 to date in...
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