Written answers
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the bilateral arrangement on adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam, due to end in April 2009, will be renewed. [45028/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an inquiry into all aspects of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45535/08] - Hospital Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the delays in obtaining appointments for consultation or orthopaedic treatment in Cork and the fact... - Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made regarding the provision of a primary care centre in Listowel, County Kerry; the location of this centre; and the... - Health Service Staff
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the current staffing services are retained at Health Service Executive headquarters in Manorhamilton and that... - Mental Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will bring forward her review of the Mental Health Act 2001 in view of the fact that she had to introduce the Mental Health Act... - Medicinal Products
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason wholesale cost of medicines here are higher than the over the counter or retail cost of medicines in Spain; her proposals to... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the issue of doctors receiving capitation grants and fees for patients who are deceased more than three months;... - Nursing Education
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the cut in undergraduate nurse training places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44732/08] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the current expenditure and revenue budget allocated to a delivery organisation (details supplied)... - Computerisation Programme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the new computer system planned to replace PPARS; the cost to implement this system; the annual running... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and length of time patients have been waiting on outpatient waiting lists in hospital for orthopaedics, cardiology,... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she and the chief executive of the Health Service Executive received a letter from a group (details supplied) criticising the... - Departmental Reports
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the Dr. Michael Barry report; when she will publish the report; the amount of money expected to be saved if the... - Legislative Programme
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if legislation is required to introduce the new health insurance levy to facilitate community rating; and if she will make a statement... - Inter-Country Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments received and made for each of the past four years and estimated for 2008 in respect of medical treatment accorded to... - Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [44787/08] - Proposed Legislation
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress to date on the public health (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; when she expects the Bill will be introduced; and if she... - Medical Cards
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is a medical card holder is required to pay for medication which up to now... - Departmental Travel
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department and all agencies under her remit are in compliance with the Department of Finance guidelines on foreign travel; and... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of assisted living hours and the number of new hours allocated by the Health Service Executive in 2007 and to date in 2008... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with acquired brain injury who have been sent to the UK for treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund... - Hospital Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if she... - Hospital Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants who have signed up to a new contract; the number of consultants who remain on the old contract; the number of... - Hospital Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook, Dublin has decided to close Iona unit which is... - Community Care
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve the Health Service Executive service plan for 2009; if this includes a provision for non-pay costs associated with... - Hospital Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in opening a facility (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44877/08] - Health Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44936/08] - Hospital Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [44940/08] - Integration of Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of times she has met with her Northern Ireland ministerial counterpart Michael McGimpsey in 2008 to discuss the integration... - Ministerial Staff
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in each of the Ministers of State private offices and their constituency offices; the annual amount paid... - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals in regard to the future of a house (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding that was provided for the two replacement linear accelerators that were commissioned at St. Luke's Hospital,... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for the health repayment scheme will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; the reason for... - Foreign Adoptions
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is proposed not to renew the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam for inter-country adoption; and if she will... - Medical Cards
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [45132/08] - Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45240/08] - Hospital Staff
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if provision will be made in the Health Service Executive's services plan for the additional 50 staff required to make the new Dingle... - Infectious Diseases
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a case of botulism presented at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin on 21 November 2008; the... - Child Care Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 123 of 30 October 2008, the proposed level of funding for 2009 as advised to each group in Counties Roscommon... - Health Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will resolve a funding dispute in relation to the provision of a home dialysis unit for a person (details supplied) in County... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45291/08]
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