Written answers
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by families who are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance whereby... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision was taken by the National Cancer Screening Service to outsource specialised cervical screening to an American... - Pension Provisions
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment of moneys due from the Health Service Executive will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect... - Personal Care Assistants
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting list for personal care assistants for people with a disability in the Dublin area per postal district; the steps to reduce... - Mental Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if rehabilitation duties form part of the duties of psychiatric nurses in rehabilitation units under the Health Service Executive; and... - Health Service Staff
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps including disciplinary steps, that can be taken if a member of staff at a rehabilitation unit is not willing or has not... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason in the past eight months the Health Service Executive have not assessed a child (details supplied) in County Kildare for... - Children in Care
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Clare under the supervision or in the care of the Health Service Executive who have gone missing or are... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the protocols in place for the Health Service Executive and the circumstances under which the HSE can divert voted Oireachtas moneys for... - Departmental Investigations
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an inquiry has been established into the treatment and death of a person (details supplied); the findings of same; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists working with primary schools in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals heard under the health repayment scheme; the number of those appeals successful and the number unsuccessful in... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the planned commencement date on construction of the new children's hospital to replace Temple Street Hospital; the level of provision... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that she or the Health Service Executive has recently entered into five year leasing agreements for upgrading and... - Patient Safety
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to regulate eye clinics offering laser eye surgery; if her Department or the Health Information and Quality Authority have... - Adoption Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to amend the Adoption Act 1952, to allow for the adoption of a child by a surviving parent and his or her new spouse; and if... - Health Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise on the case of a person (details supplied). [20659/08] - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the outsourcing of cervical smears in Cork where 39,000 smears were processed by a company (details supplied); the... - Departmental Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants within her Department at the grade of assistant principal or higher; the number of whom were recruited to... - Health Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms, which are in place for hiring taxis in terms of tendering, value for money and procedure for using taxis, which are in... - Legislative Programme
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed fair deal scheme for elderly nursing home care. [20690/08] - Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14. [20692/08] - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pharmacists that have withdrawn from the community drugs scheme; the alternative mechanisms her Department or the Health... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have the surgery they have waited 18 months for; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking, in view of complaints to the Health Service Executive regarding the deterioration of staffing at St. Colman's... - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings or estimated savings to the Health Service Executive as a result of the first reduction in payments for April 2008 to the... - Child Care Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases in each of the past ten years where social workers were required to investigate allegations of children being at... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of private hospitals in use here; the location and bed capacity of each hospital; the number of public hospitals in use and... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in the subvention structure particularly in the Cavan-Monaghan area where no increased... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork had been told that they will receive a replacement mobility scooter to replace... - Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the home help service in Dublin south city is currently invoicing elderly persons who are in receipt of home help for... - Legislative Programme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the nursing home support Bill; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20748/08] - Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20751/08] - Food Labelling
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of breaches of food labelling and traceability regulations detected in the food processing, retailing and catering sectors... - Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on granting a full medical card on diagnoses to all children with a intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on introducing home care packages similar to those that have been successfully introduced for older people to persons with an... - Medical Cards
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford have been refused renewal of their medical cards despite the fact that their... - Mental Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the specific recommendation on the mental health needs for people with an intellectual disability as... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the promised 255 residential places, 85 new respite places and 535 new day places for persons with an intellectual... - Ambulance Service
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget for ambulance services in Counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in each of the past five years; the amount by which spending in... - Departmental Statistics
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of young people by gender below the age of 18 who smoke; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20917/08] - Health Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who have had the home care package withdrawn in view of the their circumstances;... - Health Service Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agency nurses employed in the health services in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and the cost of the... - Infection Control Procedures
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she proposes to publish draft infection prevention control standards. [20927/08] - Health Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the reason a drug to treat multiple sclerosis (details supplied) is not properly available here despite... - Medical Education
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a recent review of medical schools carried out by the Medical Council which states that interns are... - Vaccination Programme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to advise Irish football fans planning to travel to the Euro 2008 tournament this summer to ensure that they are... - Health Services
Question 252: 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.... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners who are continuing to receive payments under the general medical services scheme after their... - Mental Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish legislation setting out the way the dignity of persons and the protection of human rights will be safeguarded in the... - Health Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children waiting for treatment in a county (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20989/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive's allocation of funding for people with disabilities for 2008 has been given to the various HSE regions,... - Health Services
Question 262: 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. [21009/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the closing date for the applications under the health repayment scheme; if there is any leeway in respect of the closing date where an... - Hospital Staff
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if financial provision was made by her Department for the appointment of a clinical auditor at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda,... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a national working group comprising children with specific speech and language impairment and their parents and... - Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when dental treatment will be available to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who is in urgent need of dental extractions and is... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 April 2008. [21199/08] - Palliative Care
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the specialist palliative care nursing service in Wicklow community care which has been withdrawn; if she... - Health Services Expenditure
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was spent by the Health Service Executive on general building maintenance on its premises around the country in...
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