Written answers
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Infectious Diseases
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the progress being made in tackling hospital acquired infections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22256/08] - Health Services
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been briefed by the Health Service Executive on the withdrawal of the hospital in the home scheme; the measures in place to... - Hospital Services
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19795/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has discussed with the Health Service Executive the decision to discontinue the post of specialist liaison nurse in Cavan-Monaghan... - Health Services
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason dedicated palliative care funding, announced by her in 2006 and 2007, were not expended on palliative care services; if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Bacon Report on physiotherapy will be fully implemented that is the filling of vacant posts in the health services as the... - Health Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive in its present form is capable of delivering a comprehensive health service to the people here in the... - Mental Health Services
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the decision to relocate the Central Mental Hospital to the site of the new prison complex; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the primary care strategy has not been rolled out in line with the commitments given in the Social Partnership Agreement,... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide appropriate adult placements for the autistic students leaving a school (details supplied) in County Dublin at the... - Health Services
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if guidelines have been changed in the number of home help hours that are allocated to elderly people; if so the way the needs are... - Sports Health Assessment
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the Cormac Trust and the proposal put forward by the group calling for the introduction of a mobile... - Health Services
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the finance allocation to the Health Service Executive in 2008 will enable it to deliver the 2007 level of... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a culture of acceptance of trolley waits in hospital accident and emergency departments exists; when she expects... - Hospital Services
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her specific plans in place to implement the recommendations of the Health Information and Quality Authority Report on the misdiagnosis... - Health Service Staff
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in filling the 183 occupational therapy posts that remained unfilled at the end of 2007; and if she will make a... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been informed of the design and construction problems which the Health Service Executive says are delaying the delivery of... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the roll-out of the National Drug Strategy treatment programmes for drug addiction; the new measures planned for... - Medical Cards
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that no procedures are in place for the replacement of a European health insurance card,... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the necessary funding for a media campaign highlighting the devastating effects of illegal drugs on the lives of... - Departmental Agencies
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will complete an efficiency review and audit of all State agencies and bodies under the responsibility of her... - Health Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the report which was completed several months ago on neurology services; the reason for the delay in publication;... - Care of the Elderly
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the portion of the €110 million that was allocated to implement the Fair Deal legislation in 2008 that has been spent on the needs of... - Hospital Staff
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes that will be brought about in the context of the new contract for hospital consultants; the timeframe for increasing the... - Patient Referrals
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal that patients would be able to refer themselves to consultants; if this proposal applies to public patients;... - Medical Inquiries
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a group (details supplied) who have been seeking to meet with her in relation to the Dunne Inquiry; and if she will make... - Suicide Incidence
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the level of suicide and self-harm in rural Ireland and on whether more action is needed at local level to protect the most... - Child Abuse
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the exact timescale for the implementation of recommendations contained in the report published in December 2007 into services provided... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with an intellectual disability and those with autism accommodated in psychiatric hospitals; the number of same... - Mental Health Services
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in developing inpatient beds for child and adolescent psychiatry; when the promised beds in Cork and in Fairview,... - Legislative Programme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the elements of the Disability Act 2005 which relate to her Department that have not been commenced; when they will be commenced; and if... - Proposed Legislation
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she expects to be able to take the proposed fair deal legislation through both Houses of the Oireachtas before the summer recess,... - Hospital Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the allocation for acute hospitals in the Health Service Executive budget for 2008 represents a cut in real terms of... - Infectious Diseases
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the immediate action she will take to implement in full the recommendations of the health protection surveillance centre on the spread of... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reconfigure the delivery of hospital services in the north east; if it is true there is not a red cent available to build a... - Proposed Legislation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to introduce legislation to ban female genital mutilation here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22153/08] - Alcohol Advertising
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings she has had with the national sports organisations regarding advertising and sponsorship of such organisations by... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the report by the emergency department task force; her views on the statement by the Irish Association... - Mental Health Services
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been sent abroad for treatment for eating disorders and other mental health treatment to date in 2008; when... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the provision of suitable accommodation for patients with cystic fibrosis who need to be hospitalised; the number of... - Alcohol Advertising
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recommendations issued by the report, The Relationship Between Alcohol Misuse and the Drinks Industry Sponsorship of Sporting... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has proposals to provide additional support for nursing home subvention in 2008 in view of the inadequacy of the maximum rates of... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how she will progress the National Disability Strategy; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22169/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposals by the Health Service Executive to offer voluntary redundancy and retirement to approximately 1,000... - Vaccination Programme
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to implement the proposal in the programme for Government to introduce a vaccination scheme for the prevention of... - Health Services
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the problems faced by people with muscular dystrophy living in the community, which include difficulty in accessing... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how she will ensure that the skills-base in cytology laboratory screening will be maintained in the context of the decision of the... - Hospital Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role she will have in making decisions on proposed changes to the roles of hospitals in the various regions that are awaiting reports... - Departmental Agencies
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has any plans to extend the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority to include private health service providers; and...
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