Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Obesity Task Force
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intended time frame for implementing the recommendations of the National Task Force on Tackling Obesity. [33408/08] - Pre-School Education
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage and number of children in the three to four year age group here who are in receipt of pre-school education; and if she... - Children in Care
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people placed in foster care by the State who have taken legal action against the State in the previous five years, citing... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the availability of dermatology services at Tallaght hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who is severally... - Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she and the Health Service Executive have held discussions regarding the provision of a full needs assessment for carers as requested... - Medical Cards
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in County Meath holding medical cards in 2007; and the number at present. [33302/08] - Medical Certificates
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the costs associated with obtaining a medical certificate in order to obtain a driving licence for a person over 70... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her carbon footprint and that of each Minister of State in her Department; the change in this footprint after one year in office; and if... - Food Labelling
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additives are checked regularly in respect of ingredients in baby food and other consumer products; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Charges
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has completed its review of changing practices for haemochromatosis patients; the hospitals that treat... - Health Service Staff
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [33384/08] - Health Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [33386/08] - Medical Cards
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [33387/08] - Health Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [33388/08] - Hospital Facilities
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has forwarded a reply to her question as referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 4 March 2008... - Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a two year wait for speech therapy assessment at a health centre (details... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new beds for step-down or long-term care which have been made available as a result of diverting some of the money... - Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a long-stay bed is expected to be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33482/08] - Legal Costs
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money the Health Service Executive has spent on legal costs in dealing with the dispute in relation to the new contract... - Hospital Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an out-patient appointment at Cork University Hospital. [33495/08] - Food Traceability
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Food Safety Authority of Ireland last completed a review of traceability within the food industry; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if physiotherapy hours will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Staff
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the case of married female nurses who left the service on disability grounds before the widows and orphans scheme was introduced... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the enhanced levels of nursing home subvention in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33604/08] - Departmental Staff
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and proportion of the increase in the number of public servants in or under the aegis of her Department from 81,513 in 2000... - Adoption Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in recognising the purpose of the Hague Convention in protecting children in the process of adoption through the use of a regulatory... - Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a waiting list of approximately six months in the southern area of the Health Service Executive for orthotics for... - Hospital Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33672/08] - Vaccination Programme
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the flu vaccine programme for over 50s was abruptly cancelled; the person who made that decision; the funds spent on rolling... - Health Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that will be provided to voluntary organisations (details supplied) to assist in the training and recruitment of volunteers... - Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 136 of 1 of October 2008 to the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, if her... - Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused hospital transport; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be available in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33725/08] - Hospital Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed in Beaumont Hospital will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [33727/08] - Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive occupational therapy. [33800/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is envisaged that new posts will be created in the Health Service Executive under the proposed appointment of area directors; if a... - Patient Safety
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing recommendation 11, point four of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the studies carried out by her Department on the level of ADHD here; the most common medicines administered for this condition; the cost... - Health Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appeal for domiciliary allowance back payment will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will... - Vaccination Programme
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the final report of the vaccine damage compensation group; the recommendations of the group; the action that will be... - National Lottery Funding
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on providing funding from the national lottery for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Care Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of county child care committees in existence; the annual budget for these committees; the number of staff directly employed... - Hospital Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
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