Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Infectious Diseases
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if 68 patients contracted C. difficile in Beaumont Hospital in the period 1 July 2008 to 31 October 2008; the number of persons who died... - Hospital Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 756 beds in acute hospitals are inappropriately occupied by patients awaiting post-acute step-down,... - Health Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on proposals by a group (details supplied) to treat this illness more effectively; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish legislation to remove medical cards from over 70 year olds as a matter of right; the position of those who will... - Vaccination Programme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will proceed with the introduction of the cervical cancer vaccination programme in view of the fact that it was recommended by the... - Hospital Services
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Information and Quality Authority to investigate cancer misdiagnoses in Louth and Meath in view of the... - Departmental Bodies
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on her decision to dismantle the structure of the Health Service Executive into nine regional health... - Health Service Staff
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed voluntary retirement scheme for staff of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the concerns raised by the Irish Cancer Society that average waiting times for colonoscopies could be seven to nine months... - Mental Health Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has reconsidered the decision to move the Central Mental Hospital to Thornton Hall in view of the opposition to such a move; and... - Medical Cards
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected annual administration costs for the new medical card system in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42167/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she expects the resource capping of the new nursing home scheme, currently under consideration in the Houses of Oireachtas, will... - Hospital Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a report from the Health Service Executive on contingency plans for the removal of all acute inpatient services from... - Departmental Bodies
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce regional structures and integration of acute and PCCC care in these regions; the timeframe for same; the addition... - Health Services
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the pilot programme to include the services of a dietitian in the regional health centres of three north-west counties, namely,... - Hospital Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken or proposes to take to prevent the recurrence of misdiagnosis in respect of cancer patients, including... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be rolled out in the remaining counties in the south and west that do not have the screening programme. [42436/08] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a culture of acceptance of trolley waits in hospital accident and emergency departments exists within her Department; the reason... - Medical Cards
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected net annual cost of the new medical card system for over 70 year olds; the net budgetary savings introduced by the new... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the growing number of people here who are dependent on methadone programmes; if she has plans to... - Departmental Staff
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to reduce the number of staff within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42456/08] - Proposed Legislation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to regulate stem cell research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42439/08] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 21 October 2008, when the national rehabilitation strategy group will hold the public... - Hospital Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals that have been brought to her attention to transfer maternity hospitals in Dublin to the campuses of acute general... - General Practitioner Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners per head of population here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42465/08] - Hospital Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospital services which have been curtailed or suspended due to end of year cutbacks or budget over-runs; and if she will make a... - Proposed Legislation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to amend the Competition Act 2002 in order to be able to engage more effectively with groups (details supplied) and other such... - Medical Cards
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costings that have been done on the proposal for a common capitation fee to general practitioners in respect of all medical card... - Medicinal Products
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to address the growing problem of addiction to legal drugs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42444/08] - Care of the Elderly
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to allow a full debate on the legislation for the proposed fair deal scheme for funding nursing home care; when it is... - Hospital Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans there are to increase the number of paediatric surgeons here in view of the small number currently employed in comparison to... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in the review of the long-term illness scheme; her views on including other suitable illnesses within... - Food Labelling
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of national food labelling legislation; the action being taken to create common nutrition... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been a value for money audit carried out on the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the outcome of same; and if she will make... - Mental Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for implementing the recommendations in A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42426/08] - Hospital Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Teamwork report on hospitals in the mid-west will be published; the reason it has not been published; if it has been approved... - Mental Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the planned new child and adolescent psychiatric beds will be in place by the end of 2008; the plans in place for 2009; and if she... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe for a new major acute hospital for the north east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42446/08] - Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on commitments given on the provision of dedicated beds and other care services for people with cystic... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on statements contained in the Comptroller and Auditor General Annual Report 2007 that disability and mental health areas... - Departmental Capital Projects
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital projects being planned within her Department for commencement within the next five years; if she has had discussions within... - Nursing Education
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will engage with the Department of Education and Science on the proposed reduction in places in higher education nursing courses... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the recruitment of a senior rehabilitation co-ordinator and the establishment of the national drugs... - Medical Cards
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the administrative and other arrangements that have been put in place to implement the changes to the over 70 year olds medical card... - Infectious Diseases
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the new products that have been developed that would help in the control of hospital-borne infections... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her intentions with regard to reducing the cost of drugs to medical card patients to save some of the €100 million targeted under this... - Hospital Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to address the situation at Cavan General Hospital due to inadequate bed numbers, resulting in a record... - National Cancer Control Programme
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the budget 2009 allocation for cancer care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42464/08] - Health Reports
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the all-Ireland study on health inequality published by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and the... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the proposals for co-located hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals in view of the deteriorating finances of...
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