Written answers
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding has not been provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a firm commitment to retain the accident and emergency services at St. John's Hospital, Limerick. [39206/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale for the 1% cut in disability funding in both 2008 and 2009, along with the withdrawal of €53 million and €17 million... - Child Care Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budgetary changes to the national child care investment programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39216/08] - Hospital Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their doctor's only medical card removed; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the external review into the procedure of symphysiotomy in some Irish hospitals (details supplied) is complete; if not, when it is... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is planned to open the new hospice unit at St. Ita's Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick. [39262/08] - Medical Cards
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to over-70 year old medical card holders whose entitlement will continue to be valid after 1 January 2009 because their... - Hospital Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a scan in relation to their medical problem. [39265/08] - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the appeal to the nursing home repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the efforts being made... - Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [39296/08] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an estimate of the cost of legal services which her Department paid for in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if she is... - Hospital Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renal unit capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in County Offaly; if all stations in same unit have been... - Medical Cards
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to married couples in which one spouse is aged over 70 years and the other aged under 70 years; if the spouse... - Health Services
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [39334/08] - Medical Cards
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39346/08] - Health Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a letter (details supplied); if, under the circumstances outlined, provision will be made for additional speech and... - Health Service Staff
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of palliative care nurses employed in County Wicklow; and the action being taken to ensure the employment of specialised... - Medical Cards
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the net annual savings that will be made by the new system for over 70s medical cards in comparison with the old system, taking into... - Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 16 in 2008; if the Health Service Executive funding for this... - Health Service Staff
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of orthodontists currently working in the Health Service Executive; the number working in the Dun Laoghaire area; if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a 20-month waiting list for the adult audiology service in Wexford; if she has... - Health Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the dental treatment services scheme for medical card holders is in full operation here; and if she will make a statement on the... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the delays in refunding patients under the drugs payment scheme will be expedited by invoking the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act in... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of capital projects which have gone over budget in each of the past five years; the original estimate for each of these... - Departmental Staff
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the severance packages for each retiring staff member in her Department over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [39565/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to provision of a home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [39592/08] - Mental Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on queries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter relating to the provision of mental health... - Medical Cards
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that after January 2009, once a medical card is legitimately received by a person over 70, that card will not be... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment in Galway with a neurologist in view of the fact that their... - Health Service Staff
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken by her Department to replace a speech and language therapist providing services at a school (details... - Medicinal Products
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken or will take on the recommendations issued by the Sub-Committee on the Adverse Side Effects of Pharmaceuticals;... - Planning Issues
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the development works undertaken by her Department under Section 181 (2) (a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000,... - Health Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding allocated to a service provider (details supplied) in 2007; and the breakdown of this budget. [39657/08] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed community hospital for Tuam, County Galway; the number of expressions of interest that were... - Medical Cards
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the introduction of a medical card for all full-time carers regardless of means; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff, employed and on contract, in the personal office of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive;... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is paying €350 per week out of their limited income for the maintenance of their... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of referrals from a group (details supplied) in Dublin 7, to the Mater Hospital accident and emergency department, in each... - Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the provision of home help for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39725/08] - Waste Management
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the interest of reducing paper use, her Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding issues raised between her Department, the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmacy Union; and if she will... - Hospital Staff
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the radiology department in the Louth Meath hospital group is sufficiently resourced with consultant... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive are taking action on the constant consultant representations regarding the inability of the... - Food Labelling
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a health warning on alcoholic products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39773/08] - Health Service Staff
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community drug prevention workers employed in each of the Health Service Executive areas; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Transport
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the public transport services used by her since she came into office or since 2007 on official business; the destinations travelled to;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when appointments will be made for women who have been referred by their general practitioners to Dochas Centre, Drogheda and Beaumont... - Departmental Investigations
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the investigation into the delay in publishing the McCoy report has been completed; and the reason for the delay in publishing the... - Child Care Services
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money paid to private companies and individuals to look after children in the care of the Health Service Executive in... - Long-term Illness Scheme
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on adding the condition lupus to the long term illness scheme in view of the nature of the condition which is consistent with... - Ambulance Service
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to coordinate the ambulance services in the Dublin area which are operated under the Health Service Executive and... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delays in paying claims under the drugs refund scheme in the midwest; if she will take action to... - National Centre for Medical Genetics
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a letter from an organisation (details supplied); if she will address the issue raised in their letter regarding the... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Exchequer of subventions paid to persons in nursing homes in 2007; the estimated cost in 2008; and if she will make a... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the process of decentralisation has cost the taxpayer to date excluding the cost of all sites or buildings acquired; and the...
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