Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Mental Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if amendments to the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act 1845, or to other relevant legislation, are envisaged in connection... - Adoption Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Waterford. [23614/08] - Regulatory Impact Analysis
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the occasions on which she did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives... - Child Protection
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings in a recent programme on the services for children at risk; and the meetings she has held and the action she... - Smoking Ban
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if public houses are obliged to provide smoking areas other than the public road under tobacco regulations. [22494/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and names of consultants operating at the Mercy Hospital, Cork, in 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and the plans in... - Hospital Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reduction in services that has taken place over the past six months at the Mercy Hospital, Cork and those planned over the next 12... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in dental services under general anaesthetic for adults with an intellectual disability in the Cork area; and if she... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cut-off point for applications for a nursing home payment refund; the basis for this cut-off date; if it has been challenged in the... - Care of the Elderly
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Budget 2006 financial allocation of €55 million for additional home care packages was fully expended on that purpose; and if... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €75 million for extra residential places, respite care and day services for people with... - Mental Health Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €25 million for the implementation of 'A Vision for Change' was fully expended on that... - Health Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €20 million for the development of 100 new multidisciplinary primary care teams was fully... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €8 million for the national drugs strategy was fully expended on that purpose; and if she... - Health Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €55 million for 2,000 home care packages was fully expended on that purpose; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a private clinic (details supplied) in County Dublin can carry out a specific surgery (details supplied). [22559/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of jobs to be cut at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin 2008; the type of jobs involved; the reason for these cuts; if... - Medical Cards
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card or doctor only card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Departmental Agencies
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the agencies under the aegis of her Department. [22584/08] - Vaccination Programme
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the backlog in the administration of the BCG vaccine for infants to be cleared; if she is satisfied with progress to... - Health Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a primary care certificate... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is only receiving part payment of a claim under the health repayment scheme;... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the development of the National Children's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22601/08] - Medical Cards
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the decision to deny a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22603/08] - Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Roscommon for respite services in 2008; if there was... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a nebuliser machine will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Ambulance Service
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is necessary when there is an emergency and where a helicopter is needed for the Aran Islands that the local doctor there... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in County Dublin. [22656/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on an issue (details supplied). [22657/08] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of vacant beds (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22664/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not received reimbursement in respect of their late sister; and if she... - Pharmacy Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding talks between the Health Service Executive and pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 286: 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. [22718/08] - Health Services
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care centres which are fully operational in Dublin and in areas seven and eight on Dublin's northside; the... - Hospital Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when planning first commenced for the new dialysis unit in Beaumont Hospital; and the reason for the delay.. [22723/08] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the facilities and the staffing of the accident and emergency department and the assessment units at Beaumont Hospital and St. James... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason people who were transferred to boarding-out houses in view of the fact that there were no beds available for them in public... - Health Services
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason PAD West did not respond to a query sent twice to them in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [22736/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive scheme administrator did not respond to a query by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo on... - Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the refusal to allow children between the ages of six and 18 access to assessment for speech therapy... - Medical Cards
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the anomaly created when a person who has an artificial limb, who is in receipt of the disability allowance and who... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly people are being contacted by staff in the Health Service Executive's health... - Medical Inquiries
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to the holding of a full and open inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) from bacterial meningitis;... - Hospital Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure acute hospitals are not penalised under the casemix criteria for delaying discharge of patients in cases where they... - Medical Cards
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason patients who have a medical card have to pay their general practitioners to have a cervical smear taken; and if she will make... - International Agreements
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will address the obligations in the Schengen Agreement which oblige Ireland to permit people living in the EU to travel with... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an application for repayment under the health repayment scheme is made to a person (details supplied) in County... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 310: 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.... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria the Health Service Executive apply to the distribution of its hospital budget allocations per county and its local health... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress in providing a 14-bed inpatient psychiatric unit for children and adolescents up to the age of 16 in... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) suffering from a long-term progressive illness; if issues arise in respect... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22860/08] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for nursing home subvention by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused on appeal under the health repayment scheme; if it can be further appealed; and... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time in the accident and emergency departments at Beaumont, the Mater and St. James Hospitals; and if she will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time to see a consultant neurosurgeon in Beaumont Hospital; the measures she is proposing to reduce the waiting... - Health Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has proposals to develop or fund a drug treatment or rehabilitation centre at a location (details supplied); if so, the number of... - Hospital Charges
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the charges payable in respect of people who are in public beds in hospitals; the amount payable by a person in a calendar year or any... - Mental Health Services
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines or practice regarding the number of nurses that should be on duty in a facility for caring for seven adults with moderate... - Youth Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans for the Office of the Minister for Children to provide funding for the development of a youth cafe in Lanesboro, County... - Health Research
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further to the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, she will provide funding for Exon skipping trials in the... - Mental Health Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional funding provided in 2008 for the development of services for persons with an intellectual disability in the Ballinasloe... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to approve a bath seat for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is 82... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children under five waiting more than three months for occupational or speech and language therapy who have been given... - Child Care Services
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new childcare places created since June 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22957/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people working in the health services, both part time and full time, who are not included on the payroll system for dates... - Hospital Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assess the shortage of resources in the paediatric assessment unit in Temple Street Hospital which is resulting in a lengthy... - Health Services
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the day care centre in Celbridge Health Centre, Celbridge, County Kildare will reduce its opening days from four days per... - Hospital Services
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [22999/08] - Health Services
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the full extent of the support services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will continue when their child... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if financial assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is using a specific medical machine. [23029/08] - Health Services
Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding (details supplied). [23056/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a project (details supplied). [23057/08] - Health Services
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the reason the Health Service Executive did not respond to a parliamentary question previously placed (details... - Pension Provisions
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [23093/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the claim under the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make... - Hospital Staff
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [23100/08] - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [23101/08] - Health Services
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [23102/08] - Ambulance Service
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the spatial analysis study for the provision of ambulance services in County Wicklow has been completed. [23103/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to recruit a full time microbiologist for Loughlinstown Hospital; and the number of infection control nurses currently... - Health Service Reform
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the changes brought about in the Health Service Executive midlands consequent to a recent report (details supplied); and if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the regional disparities in the provision of care in-patient beds in the midlands; and if she will... - Health Service Funding
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated to palliative care in the midlands for the past five years; the amount of funding to be allocated to same in 2008;... - Child Care Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the replacement of the staffing grant at a pre-school facility (details supplied) in... - Hospital Services
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dialysis treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Funding
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated to the Clare local health office and to the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Ennis for each of the years since the... - Hospital Services
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 8 May 2008 when she expects an announcement on the Health Service Executive's capital... - Health Services
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive stroke action plan will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23170/08] - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason works under the housing aid for the elderly scheme were not fully completed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare;... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has been informed that they will not qualify for their procedure under the National... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when and the way she will address the lengthy waiting lists for specialist rheumatology treatment; and if she will make a statement on... - Employment Rights
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to implement a code of practice that incorporates employment rights for persons with an intellectual disability in... - Health Services
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve services for patients with epilepsy; her proposals to address waiting lists for MRI scans, neuropsychological... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfalls in the area of muscular dystrophy, with particular reference to physiotherapy which is denied to 18%... - Adoption Services
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the long delays in dealing with applications to the Adoption Board caused by the illness of two... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on using the treatment purchase scheme to assist those patients on waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in view of the... - Medical Cards
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23208/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been no permanent consultant psychiatrist in Inishowen, County Donegal, for the past number of years; and if she... - Care of the Elderly
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has approved the business case prepared by a nursing home (details supplied) in County Galway; and if... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost for buildings leased for use by the Health Service Executive north west in Donegal; and the capacity in which these... - EU Directives
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the European food supplements directive; the position of Ireland on this directive; and if she will make a statement on... - Infectious Diseases
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who have contracted Clostridium difficile each year during the past... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a final decision will be made on an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Properties
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will confirm its ownership or otherwise of the property referred to in correspondence (details supplied) where the... - Hospital Services
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for an operation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 393: 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. [23445/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the agreed reduced working week in respect of nursing staff will be fully implemented (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 395: 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. [23487/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to appoint a consultant endocrinologist to Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to roll out a national diabetic eye screening programme; the locations where the programme is currently being operated; the... - Health Service Allowances
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be backdated to when the person was... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for refund of nursing home charges by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for a screening clinic which carries out screening for families who have lost a young person to sudden adult... - Medical Cards
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons and the percentage of the population covered by the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposals by the Health Service Executive to discontinue a service at St. Mary's Orthopaedic... - Health Services
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [23613/08] - Hospital Services
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of surgical procedures for weight reduction for the morbidly obese, such as gastric banding and other such surgical... - Medical Cards
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to increase the threshold for medical cards in line with rising inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure in 2007 on public relations; her views on whether this is value for money; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare is admitted to hospital; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 410: 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 Clare; and if she will make a... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, where people who are on a waiting list for the appropriate period subsequently receive treatment under the National Treatment...
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