Written answers
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the €50 million provided to the Health Service Executive in budget 2008 for additional services to people with... - Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the promised school support team to provide a six week block of speech therapy and occupational therapy for a person (details... - Mental Health Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed by the child and adolescent mental health service. [25883/08] - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which genetically modified food or food products are imported here and to other EU countries; and if she will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the availability of special needs assistants for preschools in respect of children with hydrocephalus and... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the nine appeals made to the health repayment scheme appeals office by people who missed the 31 December 2007 deadline;... - Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the hospital in the home scheme has been suspended as of 16 May 2008; if this scheme will be re-introduced; and if she will... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the charge being applied to persons who currently are admitted to a public nursing home or are placed in a nursing home bed by a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [25280/08] - Health Service Funding
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied), if she has received a response from the Health Service Executive... - EU Directives
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her position on the recognition of general practice as a speciality with reference to the implementation of Recognition of Professional... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of drug users here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25286/08] - Drugs-related Deaths
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of incidents where methadone featured in a drug related death since 1998 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Service Funding
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital expenditure in each acute hospital during 2005, 2006 and 2007; and the capital allocations or approvals in respect of each... - Health Action Plan
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will implement a national diabetes strategy alongside an integrated health promotion programme in order to make people aware of... - Hospital Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if increased paediatric dietetic hours will be granted to Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25310/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the position of a paediatric diabetes nurse specialist will be sanctioned for Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if counselling services for patients with diabetes will be provided in Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the provision of chiropody and ophthalmology services to diabetes patients free of charge; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction a selected number of doctor only visits per year by diabetes patients to their general practitioners; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time from outpatient referral to seeing a consultant by speciality in respect of the six major Dublin hospitals; and... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of emergency cases referred to the accident and emergency department of Ennis General Hospital for each of the years from... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements currently in place for women residing in County Clare to avail of both symptomatic breast screening and mammography... - Medical Cards
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the financial hardship endured by amputees who number approximately 5,000 of which 50% are not covered by the GMS... - Health Services
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding funding for therapy services (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when these services will be reinstated.... - Health Action Plan
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the members of the committee who are drawing up the action plan for rehabilitation services; the professional credentials of the... - Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of appropriately trained professionals employed in posts specifically designated for the rehabilitation of patients with a... - Community Drugs Scheme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise on a matter (details supplied). [25373/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [25374/08] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy regarding inclusion of specific long-term illnesses on the long-term illness scheme list; and the reason Huntington's disease... - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist on a matter regarding a person (details supplied). [25410/08] - Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been told that they cannot get their dentures fixed under the medical card... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received payment under the health repayment scheme; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 29 April 2008, the number of speech and language therapists in Counties Offaly and Laois... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available in University College Hospital, Galway for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [25476/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a matter (details supplied). [25492/08] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be admitted to Cork University Hospital for surgery; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the Independent Pricing Body on a dispensing fee to be paid to pharmacists in relation to the... - Hospital Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an appointment to a hospital in Dublin. [25512/08] - National Drugs Strategy
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the delivery of the current and future National Drugs Strategy will be impacted by the further cost cutting plans of the Health... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25519/08] - Health Services
Question 248: 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.... - Child Care Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a child care group (details supplied) in County Tipperary in relation to their application for funding.... - Vaccination Programme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will provide the BCG vaccination to newborns in the Cork region; the steps she is taking to reduce the two year waiting list... - Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be called for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will be instructed to release the development funding for intellectual disability to the relevant... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has informed her that orthotic services have recently been transferred from the hospital to the... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the health repayment scheme in view of the fact that a... - Departmental Contracts
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 15 May 2008 has not been furnished; and if she will make a... - Ethics in Public Offices Act
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, during or following her meeting on 27 July 2005 with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland, she received gifts; if so, the gifts she... - Hospital Procedures
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange admission for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25770/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional resources or staff required to put the additional ten beds funded in 2007 and lying idle at University College Hospital,... - Medical Cards
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Galway who were holders of full medical cards for each of the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 and to date in... - Hospital Staff
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time nurses at Merlin Park Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway for each of the years 2003... - Health Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that there are restrictions and cutbacks on travel within the Health Service Executive western area; the category of... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the planning, design and investigation for the provision of the new planned 50-bed unit at St Brendan's Hospital,... - Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive western area has benefited substantially from the bequest of a person (details supplied); when the... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Health Service Executive western area of the contract cleaning at University College Hospital, Galway, Merlin Park... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in County Galway who are in receipt of enhanced subvention in private and public nursing homes; the cost for each... - Health Service Staff
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bullying cases active within the Health Service Executive for each of the HSE areas; her views on whether in-house... - Hospital Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the ten-bed day respite ward in Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel was intended originally to be open full-time; the number of days a week... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise and assist on a matter regarding a person (details supplied). [25830/08] -
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise and assist on a matter regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will work with the Department of... - Mental Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the mental health day care and day unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary started construction on 7 April 2008 as planned; and the... - Hospital Services
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the two beds for respite care in Our Lady's Hospital in Cashel, County Tipperary in the newly refurbished unit are operational; if... - Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for setting up a community first responder programme in the Athea area of County Limerick, in order to train... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason support funding has been refused to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires care in a day service capacity;... - Child Care Services
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of funding for community child care facilities; the procedure to be employed from September 2008 for the allocation of such... - Hospital Staff
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to resource the staffing needs of the special care baby unit at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County... - Departmental Properties
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the psychiatric institutions sold to fund the A Vision for Change mental health policy; the land sold for these purposes; the sales of... - Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [25848/08] - Value for Money Reviews
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures agreed for her Department under the Value for Money Review 2006 to 2008; the projects which had the necessary changes made;... - Health Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the universal screening programme for cystic fibrosis planned to begin in 2008 will begin; the estimated cost per year of this... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the fair deal legislation dealing with nursing home subventions to come before Dáil Éireann; the additional funding... - Medical Cards
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on a complaint received by this Deputy that GMS or medical card patients are being charged €80 for ultrasound tests... - Departmental Reports
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the statement of Need for Adult Cystic Fibrosis is ready for publication; if it covers the day and inpatient facilities required, the... - Misuse of Drugs Act
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on adding party drugs such as BZP to the list of controlled substances under the misuse of Drugs Acts in view of their growing... - Community Care
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Minister of State with responsibility for disability will finalise discussions with the Health Service Executive in order... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at University College Hospital Galway, Portiuncula, Mayo... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the award of a tender to a company (details supplied) for the supply of all hospital and community pharmacies with unlicensed... - Mental Health Services
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected number of community mental health teams and staffing levels for each CMHT for Cork's child and adolescent mental health... - Hospital Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the delay in providing results of tests (details supplied) to persons who are waiting for a number of months for... - Hospital Staff
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the categories of posts that have been left vacant since the introduction of the Health Service Executive staff... - Nursing Education
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of student nurses completing their four year degree programme and registering with An Bord Altranais in June and July 2008... - Health Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a written assurance to the residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Kerry that the psychiatric patients... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the section of her Department or the section of the Health Service Executive that is examining the waiting list appointment system with... - Hospital Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the recent media advertisement placed by the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, to make available approximately 2,000 square...
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