Written answers

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Department of Health and Children

 
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to fund the new national paediatric hospital; if the sale of lands at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children,...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the six year waiting times for rheumatology services in some parts of the country; if her attention has been drawn to a...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital funding which will be made available for the implementation of the reconfiguration plan for hospitals in the north east; the...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify if proceeds from the sale of psychiatric hospitals and lands will be ring-fenced for reinvestment in mental health...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures being taken to reduce the waiting times of, on average, six months and more in some parts of the country for colonoscopies...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is reconsidering the decision to postpone the introduction of the proposed HPV vaccine programme for 12 year old girls; her views...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the further action she will take in 2009 to address needs of the 600 plus people who are in acute beds while their acute treatment is...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the indication she has from the developers of the proposed co-located hospitals that they will proceed in the present economic climate;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that 23,000 patients are currently on hospital waiting lists in Galway and that a total of 1,341 bed days were lost...
  • Child Abuse
    Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the conclusions reached in the meeting that took place between the Minister of State for Children and members of the hierarchy in respect...
  • Private Health Insurance Levy
    Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date she expects to receive a decision from the EU Commission on the new private health insurance levy; and if she will make a...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, taking into account that the new children's hospital is projected to cost approximately €1 billion, this project is being reviewed...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Dr. Michael Barry report; the amount of money expected to be saved if the recommendations of the report are...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the locations of the 500 hospital beds closed in 2008, including the wards, the number that were closed in each ward, and when they were...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate for the so-called saving to be made in 2009 from the abolition of the automatic entitlement to the medical card for people...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to prioritise the establishment of a national bowel cancer screening programme, as recommended by the National Cancer Screening...
  • Residential Care Standards
    Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the draft standards for nursing home care, approved by the Health Information and Quality Authority in March 2008, will be approved...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a company (details supplied) is meeting the turnaround times agreed with the National Cancer Screening Service for cervical cancer...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will act on the calls of general practitioners in the mid-west Health Service Executive region not to proceed with the downgrading...
  • Child Protection Services
    Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have died during the past ten years subsequent to a report made to a health board or to the Health Service...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if staff will be redeployed within the Health Service Executive to ease the burden on community welfare officers struggling to cope with...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information on the implementation of the recommendation of the Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied there is a regime in place to monitor the implementation of the terms of the consultants' contract; if the terms of...
  • Health Services
    Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on concerns recently expressed, including at the Joint Committee on Health and Children, that all of the services which will be...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that a total of 16,316 operations were cancelled here in 2008 and that this is a 10% increase on 2007 when 14,903...
  • Infectious Diseases
    Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of MRSA and Clostridium difficile infection reported or confirmed in each of the past five years to date; the action...
  • Child Protection Services
    Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken by her and by the Minister of State for children since the publication on 31 July 2008 of the national review of...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extra funding that will be required in 2009 in order to implement the agreement reached on new consultants' contracts; and if she...
  • Food Suppliers
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if suppliers of pork, ham and poultry products to the Health Service Executive mid-west region source products here; and if she will make...
  • National Counselling Service
    Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that former patients of a doctor (details supplied) who has been struck off the medical register can attend accredited...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how, in respect of the announcement on 3 February 2009, it is intended to achieve the general administrative reductions in regard to her...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the development of services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42169/08]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contingencies in place to cater for the increased number of persons qualifying for the medical card as a result of the economic...
  • Homeless Persons
    Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she plans to tackle the high incidence of substance abuse amongst the homeless population; if she will ensure that adequate...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of suitably qualified general practitioners expected to be available on a yearly basis for each of the next five years to...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding of €50 million required for the implementation of a Vision for Change in 2008 and 2009 will be provided; and if she will...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will act on the call of general practitioners in Cavan, Monaghan, Clare and north Tipperary for the Health Service Executive not...
  • Health Services
    Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on Health Service Executive plans for long-term residential care beds; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review of the long-term illness scheme has been completed; if she will add Huntington's disease to the scheme in view of the fact...
  • Rights of the Child
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the input she has had into discussions on proposals aimed at inserting the rights of children into the Constitution. [6525/09]
  • Child Care Services
    Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the availability of social workers at weekends for vulnerable children; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfall in funding for amputees whereby they have to pay a considerable amount of the cost of prosthetic arms...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the report on the reconfiguration of acute hospitals in the south; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is seeking voluntary redundancies and early retirements from staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects BreastCheck to be fully rolled out here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6538/09]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to proceed with the development of a new regional hospital for the north east. [6605/09]
  • Health Services
    Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the Health Service Executive service plan for 2009. [6604/09]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons expected to lose their medical card, including those over 70 years of age in the course of 2009; and if she will...

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