Written answers
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the increased high dependency subvention for nursing home patients that was due to start on 1 January 2008 has not been... - Health Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order that they can access a language line so that victims of... - Medical Cards
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her response to the submission made to her by an organisation (details supplied) prior to budget 2009; if she will address the financial... - Health and Safety Assessments
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a risk assessment (details supplied) has been carried out at locations; if these risks included ornamental fountains; and the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in terms of whole time equivalents she has allocated within her Department to support the Better Regulation group's... - Health Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of security cover for the former Bon Secours Hospital in Tuam, County Galway since the site was acquired by the Health Service... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not been processed together with a further 2000 outstanding claims... - Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a developmental clinic for young infants available in the health centre, Loughrea, County Galway; the age at which children... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing the claim for a person (details supplied) under the health repayment scheme; the further reason an... - Vaccination Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their BCG immunisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Foster Care
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and teenagers with foster families here. [45756/08] - Health Services
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children considered at risk here who are under the observation of the Health Service Executive. [45757/08] - Departmental Offices
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of square meters of unused office space or potential office space in the Health Service Executive estate in County Donegal;... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim under the nursing home repayment scheme was refused; and if she will... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners who will retire year on year over the next five years; the plans in place to replace these GPs in... - Hospital Staff
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants who will retire year on year over the next five years; the specialties in which these retirements will take... - Health Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason public health nurses in the north east are not doing dressings for patients who are medical card holders; if it was not the... - Child Care Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money recouped from private child care providers in County Meath who received a grant to develop and operate a child care... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will provide local minor repair services for hearing aids in County Louth; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to counteract the adverse impact on dental patients of the halving of tax relief in budget 2009 for... - Health Representative Organisations
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the role of the Irish Dental Association will be given essential recognition under the plans to amend the Competition Act 2002 to... - Child Care Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of the application by an association (details supplied) for funding under the National Childcare Investment Programme... - Health Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Longford will receive essential orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocation for 2009 in respect of the disability sector following the diverting of €17 million from this sector; and if... - Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to the Health Service Executive for the provision of an outpatient addiction treatment centre for Waterford;... - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in discussions aimed at including independent midwives in the State's insurance package; and if she will... - Health Service Staff
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists who have been recruited in 2008 to fill the estimated 183 unfilled posts at the end of 2007; and... - Health Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response to a proposal (details supplied) will issue. [45831/08] - Consultancy Contracts
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding all contracts for the years 2007 and 2008 with consultants in relation to the preparation of reports of any kind;... - Ambulance Service
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the ambulance fleet throughout the country has been adequately updated and modernised in terms of vehicles,... - Health Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which her Department has identified specific funding for orthodontics; if this is expected to meet requirements in terms... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children born in each of the past ten years affected by autism or Asperger's syndrome; the degree to which research has... - Hospital Staffing
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the degree to which agency nursing staff are utilised in the public and private hospital sectors; and if she will make a statement on... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate accident and emergency staff at all locations throughout the country over the... - Cancer Incidence
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has received or sought information which might indicate the level of various forms of cancer on a county or... - Hospital Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cystic fibrosis patients who received transplants here in the past 12 months; the number referred overseas; and if she... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which laboratory facilities to meet all expected requirements are available here without referring same overseas; and if... - Health Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the health budget for 2009 is expected to meet requirements in full to the end of 2009; and if she will make a... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which comparisons have been made regarding bed occupancy in the public and private sector; and if she will make a... - Cancer Incidence
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 8 July 2008, if she has given further consideration to conducting a baseline health study... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be considered for the new nursing home scheme. [45911/08] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing each carer with a needs assessment every year, every two years and every... - Medical Cards
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied)in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the money which she had made available in the 2009 Estimates for implementation of the nursing home support scheme; if it will be funded...
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