Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Food Safety
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to ensure that all bottled water sold in the Irish market is tested to ensure compliance with either legal or EU... - Grant Payments
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the final phase of payment from the dormant accounts funds in respect of a project (details supplied) in... - Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied). [42234/08] - Grant Payments
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 1 October 2008, if funding will continue for an organisation (details supplied) in County... - Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [42272/08] - Medicinal Products
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be brought to Dáil Éireann to deal with shops selling herbal pills and party pills (details supplied); and if... - Food Safety
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the policy for establishment and maintenance of standards in production of bottled water here; if she will... - Homeless Persons
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the Health Service Executive's spending on youth homelessness for 2007 and 2008; and the expected spending for 2009.... - Health Service Allowances
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their son;... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long stay beds for older people in Cherry Orchard Hospital; the number of these beds currently available; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the speech and language therapy resources that will be made available from January 2009 to meet the demand for services at a special... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide additional beds in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant ophthalmic surgeons attached to Beaumont Hospital; her plans to increase this number; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the wards currently in operation at Our Lady's Hospital in Cashel; the plans there are to provide additional services in the hospital;... - Nursing Homes
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any complaints in the past 18 months in relation to nursing homes which have been upheld related to nursing homes in south Tipperary.... - Departmental Bodies
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and names of organisations or agencies under the auspices of her Department which have been amalgamated or eliminated due to... - Hospital Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if her further attention has been... - Hospital Staff
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assessments that have been made of the expected costs and savings that will result from the new consultants' contracts; the expected... - Pharmacy Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the response of her Department to each individual recommendation in respect of the recommendations contained within the Consumer... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the administrators of the health repayment scheme do not state the reason a particular claim is being rejected, but rather... - Hospital Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that almost 400 symphysiotomy procedures were carried out on women in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda,... - Community Care
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the effect that the cutbacks on travel allowance by the Health Service Executive will have on community addiction outreach workers; her... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the newspaper reports regarding new figures obtained from the report from the national drugs related deaths index that... - Child Care Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the application for assistance by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly towards the cost of... - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede and allow a respite care grant application lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to be sanctioned;... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [42304/08] - Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [42305/08] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision made with regard to subvention for nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Hospital Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 29 October 2008 and the alleged conflicting evidence regarding the suitability of... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision made with regard to subvention for nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Hospital Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a full-time neurology service to County Donegal; if there is a critical number of neurological patients in the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason €38 million has been diverted from the disability budget since January 2007; the location this money was spent in other... - Hospital Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it is still the intention of her Department and the Health Service Executive to transfer the functions of St.... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide, in panel format, the number of people who have been treated by the accident and emergency departments in Cork... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 18 November 2009, the timeline in respect of the tendering process for the establishment... - Departmental Reports
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to publish the Hynes report of the review of the circumstances surrounding the elapse of time in bringing to... - Child Abuse
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people permanently resident here who originate from countries that practice female... - Child Care Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for her refusal despite repeated requests to meet with groups (details supplied) regarding the community child care... - Care of the Elderly
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role her Department has in the introduction of a community led pilot scheme to counter the social isolation of the elderly in rural... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in each of the years 2000 to 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by her... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [42602/08] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated spend on mileage allowances for her Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details... - Medical Cards
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42632/08] - Pharmacy Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the contract negotiations between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmacy Union. [42644/08] - Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to free transport to University College Hospital, Galway in view... -
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify her response to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 21 October 2008; if the doctor concerned was or was not available... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason medical card holders are obliged to pay fees for chiropody services; the situation with regard to agreement of a common... - Health Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will provide a detailed response to questions (details supplied) in relation to cystic fibrosis... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new community nursing home unit on the grounds of Kerry General Hospital will be open for patients; and if she will make a... - Care of the Elderly
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-term residents aged 65 years in public and private nursing homes in the Health Service Executive south areas; and if... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her departmental officials have had discussions or negotiations with representatives of an association (details supplied)... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 is waiting for an eye operation for some time;... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the full-time beds which are available for persons under 65 years of age who need full-time care and attention in County... - Health Service Executive
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to make the Health Service Executive accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a... - Health Service Reform
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Department has issued instructions, guidelines or advice in the matter of restructuring and reconfiguration of the health... - Proposed Legislation
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to introduce a new Health Act to facilitate impending changes in structure of the Health Service Executive at local... - Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to ensure strategic research into the possible cause or causes of autism here with particular reference... - Hospital Services
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the view of many professionals that all hospitals regardless of location, status or size are required... - Infectious Diseases
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the instructions she has given to eliminate MRSA or other hospital-based infections with a view to ensuring patients entering hospitals... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected the full and final phase of the Naas Hospital development plan will be completed including the commissioning of all... - Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which it is intended to upgrade, improve or replace or extend the facilities at the various health centres throughout... - Ministerial Staff
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in her private office and her constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs involved in off-site rental storage of her departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied)....
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