Written answers
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Department of Health and Children
- Cancer Screening Programme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce a cervical cancer vaccine programme for schoolgirls; if she has had further discussions on the cost and... - Hospital Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will have the Strategic Review of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Services, carried out by the Health Service Executive and... - Nutritional Supplements
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if new guidelines on the prescribing of nutritional supplements have been finalised; the consultation that has been undertaken on this... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that money has been allocated to commence the process of establishing a bowel cancer screening programme to be rolled... - Hospital Staff
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the new consultants' contract sufficiently deals with issues of consultant work practices in co-located... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is acceptable that appellants of the nursing home repayment scheme have to wait more than six months for a... - Health Service Staff
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed voluntary retirement scheme for Health Service Executive staff; and if she will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the detailed implementation plan for 2009 in relation to A Vision for Change; the funding ringfenced for this... - Medical Cards
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to be able to implement the promises in the programme for Government on increasing the threshold for qualification in... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that sufficient bed accommodation at all hospitals throughout the country will be provided to meet expected... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the finding of the group report, chaired by Dr Michael Barry, to achieve cost savings in the prescribing of drugs... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recent report of the Committee of Public Accounts on aspects of the delivery of health services; if she will, in... - Ambulance Service
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure adequate ambulance cover at the three ambulance bases serving County Roscommon; if her attention has... - Medical Cards
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to provide funding in 2009 for the expected increase in the number of people and families who will qualify for a... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there have been changes made in the operation of the long-term illness scheme; if those who hold a long-term illness book are required... - Hospital Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the implementation of the transformation plan for hospital services in the north east region; and if she will make a... - General Practitioner Co-Operatives
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the primary care centre for Athlone, promised since 2004; the number of general practitioners contracted for this centre;... - Hospital Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the report commissioned to review maternity hospitals in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of salary that has been agreed for medical consultants who also serve as professors in university medical schools; the way... - Health Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a similar service to that offered by the Health Service Executive south that is the farm and rural area stress-line is in operation in... - Hospital Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take the necessary steps to ensure that the Health Service Executive and all maternity hospitals in the State co-operate with... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had recent discussions on funding issues with the companies that have been selected to provide co-located private hospitals on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposals from a society (details supplied) which contain a number of practical measures to reduce the time public... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact the deferral of the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act, 2004 will have on the... - Pharmacy Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the burden being placed on pharmacists throughout the country in having to pay a fee of €2,500 to... - Hospital Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the delivery of her commitment announced in July 2008 on the retention of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to assisted living supports for people with disabilities; the resources she has allocated to assisted living in... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the further strains on Exchequer finances as highlighted in Revenue figures at the end of November 2008, it is still... - Health Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects hospice care to be available to the people of Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45497/08] - Obesity Levels
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Obesity as a matter of urgency in view of the accumulated evidence that... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the bilateral agreement in relation to adoption between Ireland and Vietnam; and the steps being taken for its... - Pharmacy Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional penalty the High Court judgment (details supplied) will have on the taxpayer; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the screening programme to prevent against sight loss associated with diabetes will not be rolled out in view of a promise in... - Hospital Staff
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new consultant posts that will be filled in 2009 as opposed to replacement posts; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to retain qualified physiotherapists in this country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45513/08] - Private Health Insurance
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive a decision from the EU Commission with regard to her proposal to impose a levy on health insurance companies... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposed to take in response to the recent report of the Committee of Public Accounts on health expenditure; and if she... - Mental Health Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the manner in which the money raised from the sale of psychiatric hospitals and lands will be ring-fenced to fund mental health... - HSE Service Plan
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in addressing the shortage of midwives as a result of the increasing birth rate; when the report on... - Child Protection
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a report was received by her in July 2008 regarding the child protection policies practised in the Cloyne Diocese; if the report... - Medical Cards
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of those over 70 years who on the basis of current calculations are expected to lose their eligibility for a full medical... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendations in the third interim report on the 2006 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of the Committee... - Private Health Insurance
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the VHI will not meet the requirement to achieve solvency of 40% by the end of 2008; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is still a shortage of speech and language therapy services while trained speech... - Medical Cards
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the general practitioner take-up rate of the single capitation fee of €290 in respect of all persons aged 70 years and over who will... - Suicide Prevention
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the initiatives that have been taken to target those most at risk of suicide in order to take measures to prevent such an outcome; and... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis on which a decision was made to reduce the number of beds in the Waterford specialist cancer centre; if she is satisfied that... - Pharmacy Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the High Court's decision (details supplied), her Department and the Health Service Executive can negotiate with... - Hospital Staff
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extra value for money she expects to be delivered to the health services as a result of the new consultants' contract; the mechanism... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration is being given to changing the way the Health Service Executive data on waiting times in hospital accident and... - Health Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the five year implementation framework for the Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care 2001;... - Hospital Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will ensure that hospital consultants who continue to work under their existing contract spend the appropriate time caring... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the establishment of arrangements to encourage inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive reallocates, to services for people with disabilities, the estimated €70 million... - Child Care Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from people working in child care on the adverse effects of the child care subvention scheme; and if... - Nursing Education
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from SIPTU regarding cutbacks in nurse education; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that have been put in place to address the concerns of former patients of a person (details supplied); if there is an... - Medicinal Products
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to commence a new tender process for the supply of unlicensed medicines to Irish patients; and if she will make a...
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