Written answers
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government proposal to open two cocaine specific treatment centres; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government proposal to improve health facilities on the offshore islands to ensure... - Health Service Allowances
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the promised review of the cost of disability payment will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28869/08] - Community Care
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the home care package application for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if funding will be... - Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [28288/08] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [28290/08] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the money set aside for the implementation of the Fair Deal scheme for long-term residential care for older people for the years 2008,... - Health Service Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount in bonus payments paid to the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2005, 2006 and... - Care of the Elderly
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services or facilities available for elderly people who are discharged from hospital and have nobody to care for them at home; and... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rate of nursing home subvention; the breakdown of the way this rate is assessed; the number of payments being issued in north... - Community Care
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reinstate the Borrisoleigh community welfare officer to Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary in view of the fact that the officer... - Medical Cards
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and young people under 18 years covered by the full medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Suicide Incidence
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to the National Office on Suicide Prevention for the implementation of Reach Out National Strategy for... - Codes of Practice
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to consulting with children's and youth organisations when the revised voluntary alcohol marketing, communications... - Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of occupational therapy and speech and language therapy applications for a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [28348/08] - Departmental Properties
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the purpose for which a building (detail supplied) in County Dublin is being used; if it used as a hostel for the homeless or a half way... - Health Service Staff
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Dublin's north east inner city; the number of vacancies that... - Child Protection
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on waiting lists in the Dublin's north east inner city Dublin in need of immediate assessment and families... - Hospital Services
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of transferring patients from Mallow General Hospital to Cork for CAT scans over the past 24 months while a CT scanner... - Health Service Staff
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make additional staff and staffing cover for maternity leave, sick leave replacement and so on available to an organisation... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure by her Department on consultants for each of the past six calendar years, including to date in 2008; the breakdown of... - Health Service Staff
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the pay and emoluments granted to the chief executive officer, or equivalents, of all of the agencies under the control of her... - Health Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who applied for orthodontic treatment in March 2005 will be granted a treatment... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average timeframe for processing applications under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the midlands Health Service Executive... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the qualifying criteria for eligibility under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the length of time a person has to be waiting for... - Community Development
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department has provided to rural development and LEADER programmes; the way this money has been allocated and spent; and... - Hospital Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the vacancies in the developmental co-ordination disorder unit in St Finbarr's Hospital in Cork; her plans, to arrange for these... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding made available for supported employment in an enterprise (details supplied) in Dublin 16 for adults with learning... - Blood Disorders
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the report on haemochromotosis; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Cork to see an occupational therapist; and if she will make... - Mental Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, has plans to provide a mental health unit in north Tipperary; the locations... - Health Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the takeover of a unit (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she expects the takeover to be... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will include phase 3C of Naas General Hospital in the Final 2008 Health Service Executive capital plan. [28518/08] - Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the response from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 22 May 2008, the waiting list for eye... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to parliamentary Question No. 494 of 30 January 2008, when she will extend breast screening to women aged 65 to 69 years. [28520/08] - Health Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services provided individually in Maynooth, Celbridge, Leixlip, Kilcock, Clane, and Naas Health Centres in County Kildare. [28521/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the post of head audiology and senior medical officer in audiology in the Health Service Executive Dublin north east have been... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 22 May 2008. [28524/08] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, with regard to the €110 million ring-fenced for the implementation of the fair deal for nursing home care, on allowing fair... - Health Service Reform
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of health care regions and the geographical area they will encompass with regard to Health Service Executive reforms; the... - Health Service Staff
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed Health Service Executive staff redundancy programme; the number and categories of staff involved;... - Departmental Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of non-Civil Service staff employed in her Department; the roles of these staff; the cost of these staff to the Exchequer;... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by Health Service Executive officials on transport costs, including air travel, public transport and mileage costs, per... - Infectious Diseases
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of Clostridium difficile that have been reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre since it became a... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by the Health Service Executive per annum on taxis and private ambulances for patients, per HSE area, since 2005 to... - Mental Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent community mental health teams that have been established in relation to the Vision for Change... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has terminated funding for a development supported... - Vaccination Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the maternity units or PCCC areas which do not administer the BCG to newborn babies; the number of newborns without such cover in each... - Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is envisaged that patients who attended the audiology clinic in Roscommon in April 2008 and were advised at that clinic they... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in connection with fair deal scheme for assisting families with older people in long-term residential care and to which €110... - Special Educational Needs
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing funding for the autism unit in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if this funding will be... - Community Care
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of funding for home help services; and her plans to address this shortage to ensure that... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received under the nursing home repayment scheme from applicants with an intellectual disability or their... - Health Service Staff
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of paramedical grade posts in each profession which are currently vacant in primary, acute and long stay services in County... - Hospital Services
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the review of radiology at the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth to be finalised and published; and... - Health Service Staff
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing vacancies in the health services at the end of June 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28860/08] - Health Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a structured tinnitus support service including clinical and audiological services, professional support and peer... - Child Care Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the roll-out of the community child care subvention scheme including the number of additional child care places... - General Practitioners
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners in practice here; the estimate of the number required to meet the primary care needs of the growing... - Health Services
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new primary care centres, that is, general practitioner and other services delivered in one location or premises, provided... - Regional Health Forums
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date since their establishment of the regional health forums; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28868/08] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of dedicated public only hospital beds in June 2007 and the number in June 2008; and if she will make a statement on the... - Youth Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals with regard to the transfer of youth work responsibilities from the Department of Education and Science to her Department;... - Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of in-patient medically managed alcohol and drug detoxification services available to patients under 18 years of age; the... - Mental Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds in each Health Service Executive area dedicated exclusively to adolescents with mental health problems, in... - Substance Abuse
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if research has been completed by her Department regarding the development of strategies to work with pre-adolescents at risk of... - Mental Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the mental health expert group has been established as outlined in "A Vision for Change"; the membership of same; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify a matter (details supplied). [28991/08] - Child Care Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the discontinuation of staffing grants to community child care services is... - Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an intense hearing test and access to early intervention for autism.... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the regulations under which the Health Service Executive have the right to refer a person with an intellectual... - Hospital Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the provision of outpatient cystic fibrosis services at Beaumont Hospital; the number of dedicated cystic fibrosis... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there has been a reduction of services to heroin users, intravenous drug-users and methadone dependent clients in Inchicore,... - Suicide Incidence
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rate of suicide in the Dublin 8 area; the rate State wide; the initiatives she has taken aimed at areas where there is an identified... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the Health Service Executive have withdrawn funding for new adult day places and training places for young... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions referred by her to the Health Service Executive which were replied to within 20 working days; the... - Health Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is assigned suitable accommodation in a facility that caters for... - Commissions of Investigation
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in the Leas Cross inquiry; when a final report is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29110/08] - Nursing Home Inspections
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details regarding nursing home inspections for each year on a county basis since 2002 to date in 2008; if all nursing homes have... - Medical Cards
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card and general practitioner visit card applications received for Counties Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan for... - Hospital Staff
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the provision of a clinical education building and the appointment of clinical education consultant teaching staff... - Health Care Funding
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the official level of debt at Letterkenny General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29126/08] - Ministerial Travel
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost and frequency of travel per month since the beginning of this new Government by Ministers and Ministers of State by means of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an angiogram at University College Hospital Galway. [29158/08] - Departmental Agencies
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is confident that all agencies and bodies under her Department's responsibility comply fully with the Department of Finance... - Medical Cards
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29175/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to a service for day services for 2008 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on cost saving measures she plans introducing in the second half of 2008; if such measures will affect the...
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