Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a contract (details supplied) was extended; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31878/08] - Health Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in an area (details supplied) who have to avail of dental services in alternative locations due to the lack of a... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a response has not issued to date from her Department to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she... - Health Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a grant system or funding available to groups (details supplied) to carry out research and technology improvements relating... - Health Service Allowances
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision on an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the reports, in regard to genetically modified animals in the United States of America, which... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the blood banks here which have not met the ISO standards which the Irish Medicines Board has set as a requirement to operate in the... - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the issue of medical negligence insurance for medical practitioners; if such insurance is obligatory; if the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a company (details supplied) was chosen to undertake a study of Health Service Executive integration at a cost of €720,000... - Medicinal Products
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the alternatives to methadone available to recovering drug users in this country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31922/08] - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will have this reviewed; and if she will make a statement on... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appeal will be opened in respect of a claim made under the health repayment scheme in view of the fact that the patient was in a... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the €1,359,996 professional costs contained in the non-pay revenue costs section of the accounts... - Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter concerning a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [31957/08] - Medical Cards
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards issued for the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive; if she will provide the findings in tabular form; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are on the waiting lists to see consultants at Beaumont Hospital; the length of time each of the patients have... - Health Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it took the Health Service Executive from 4 March 2008 to 22 September 2008 to respond to a parliamentary question (details... - Departmental Staff
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bonuses awarded by her Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will list in regard to her Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of her Department, the original... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of her Department that have the power to issue compulsory... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual capitation fee for each eligible person paid to doctors under the GMS contract; the schedule of GMS fees and the fee for each... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive payment from the nursing payment fund in respect of his or her late... - Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [32086/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the submission on the statutory registration of counsellors and psychotherapists in Ireland completed by Psychological... - Proposed Legislation
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to legislate for the use of nanotechnology in the food and feed industries; the regulations which exist governing this... - Health Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of day care facilities within the Kildare area of the Health Service Executive; her plans to increase the number; if the... - Vaccination Programme
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the application by an association (details supplied) for free flu injections for carers in receipt of a carer's allowance... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has taken place since 20 April 2008 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when it is expected... - Health Service Reform
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Teamwork report on the reorganisation of health services in the mid-west has been brought to the board of the Health Service... - EU Directives
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress on Ireland's request for derogations for particular supplements under the EU Food Supplements Directive 2002/46/EC; the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a national policy not to take back and re-use aids and appliances such as crutches and wheelchairs, even if they are unused... - Health Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce a national diabetic retinopathy programme as recommended by the expert advisory group on diabetes; and if she... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding for development services for young people who are leaving schools for children with disabilities will be provided as... - Vaccination Programme
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 1 July 2008, the number of children on the waiting list for the BCG vaccine in the Health... - Departmental Reports
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the report on the issue of the removal of the wrong kidney from a patient in Crumlin children's hospital will be completed and... - Health Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the waiting time for chromosome analysis is nine months whereas a number of years ago it was three months; her... - Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated directly to her Department from the Revenue Commissioners by way of appropriation-in-aid as a result of the... - Hospital Services
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to withdraw colposcopy services from Letterkenny General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Child Care Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public and private places that have been created to date in relation to the national development plan's social inclusion... - Health Services
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a funding application (details supplied); when a final decision will be made in relation to this matter; and if she will... - Data Protection
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in her Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the... - Hospital Services
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a surgical appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32442/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views and that of the Health Service Executive on the employment of nursing staff from non-EU countries; if employing nursing staff... - Departmental Properties
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has approved land for sale in respect of a site of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if... - Health Service Publications
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost in 2007 and to date in 2008 of producing and distributing the Health Service Executive publication Health Matters; the persons... - Departmental Properties
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a vacant site in the ownership of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national screening programme for cystic fibrosis, scheduled to be introduced in 2008, will be implemented; the training that... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to ensure that patients, until recently on the GMS panel of a doctor (details supplied), from the Ringsend... - Ambulance Service
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the proposal to establish a helicopter emergency medical service, air ambulance for Munster; and... - Mental Health Services
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will honour a commitment made to the Union of Students in Ireland to support by way of funding of €8,500 its Please Talk... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children identified with Downs syndrome in each of the past five years; the way the figures here compare per 100,000 of... - Hospital Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to prevent misdiagnosis at all hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in 1991 in the delivery of the entire spectrum of health services to the entire population; the number... - Health Services
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children whose orthodontic treatment has been completed in each of the past five years to date in 2008; the number... - Health Service Staff
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing staff permanently employed throughout the health services; the number of agency staff included; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of home help; the number who received such help in 2006; the extent to which the number of hours per... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of accident and emergency beds available throughout the health service; the number available in 1990; and if she will make... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that the final phase of the Naas hospital development plan will be completed; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which all theatres in Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare are fully commissioned for procedures; the number of... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the refunds paid to date under the nursing home refund proposal; when the entire liability will be met; the full extent of... - Health Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason top-up grants, previously available to some applicants who qualified for local authority home improvement grants, are no... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants and other public servants in her Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by...
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