Written answers
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Community Development
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the funding announced on 23 December 2008 of almost €3.1 million to support 120 small-scale health and... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application for the renewal of the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam; if the... - Medicinal Products
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a waiting list of 12 to 18 months for a drug in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford which... - Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of new day places (details supplied); if it is the intention of the Health Service Executive to... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if plans exist to move locally provided services in respect of the general medical services scheme, particularly, medical cards being... - Child Care Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if approval will be granted for an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intercede with the Health Service Executive to ensure that a health repayment scheme application in respect of a person... - Ambulance Service
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding ambulances (details supplied); if this is an efficient use of resources and professional manpower; the specific... - Health Service Staff
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has been provided and allocated to the Health Information and Quality Authority to recruit 48 inspectors to inspect nursing... - Health Services
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of day care and day activity centres within the Dublin north area of the Health Service Executive; the number of places that... - Health Service Staff
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to introduce the cycle to work scheme for Health Service Executive employees; and if she will make a statement... - Health Service Allowances
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review can or will be undertaken with regard to a mobility allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Health Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W has had his or her home help reduced; if this decision will be overturned in view of... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs involved behind the project to build a new national paediatric hospital at the site of the Mater Hospital, Dublin; the sums of... - Commissions of Investigation
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report on the Leas Cross inquiry; if not, when she expects to receive it; if she will provide a briefing and... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded payment under the health repayment scheme. [10961/09] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if in view of the circumstances they will be allocated speech... - Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as a matter of urgency; and if she will make... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals for a new residential development for blind and visually impaired children in respect of a centre (details supplied) in... - Youth Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that any reductions in funding from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the renewal of the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia will be finalised to allow intercountry adoptions... - Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in respect of a matter (details supplied). [10993/09] - Care of the Elderly
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the communication of a diagnosis (details supplied) to a patient's family. [11017/09] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amounts of capital funding granted to a hospital (details supplied) in the past five years; if she will list the projects funded;... - Hospital Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding made available to a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 24 over the past five years for children's services and cancer... - Departmental Investigations
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Hynes review of the circumstances surrounding the elapse of time in bringing to completion the Western Health Board... - Child Care Services
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork will be notified of its allocation for 2009 under the community child care... - Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Services Executive's attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) that has carried out work for... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 3 December 2008, the reason there was no follow up as a result of that question in view of... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding potential blood donors who have had surgical procedures carried out in Northern Ireland being excluded from... - Ministerial Staff
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of drivers for each individual Minister of State in her Department and their remuneration; and if she will make a statement... - Mental Health Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the health budget for 2009 allocated to the mental health services. [11133/09] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal in respect of nursing home subvention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [11138/09] - Health Services
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the ongoing primary care infrastructure competition is being conducted by the Health Service Executive in full... - Suicide Incidence
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of suicides and attempted suicides in the south west inner city of Dublin... - Mental Health Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicide prevention officers covering Dublin city and county with a breakdown of their geographic areas of responsibility.... - Hospital Staff
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the staffing levels have been reduced in the recent months in a hospital (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 30 October 2008, when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be called for... - Health Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the necessity for general practitioner services in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if there... - Mental Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding under the dormant accounts fund in respect of an association (details supplied) in... - Health Service Staff
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a national transfer list established for clerical officers in the Health Service Executive; the number of persons on that... - Proposed Legislation
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the fair deal scheme to be implemented. [11199/09] - Mental Health Services
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation from her Department for the implementation of the recommendations of A Vision for Change, the report of the expert... - Departmental Staff
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the names of the members of the Office for Disability and Mental Health. [11203/09] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied). [11207/09] - Decentralisation Programme
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed relocation, under the decentralisation programme, of the Health Information and Quality Authority, addressing... - Medical Cards
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be reached in respect of medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will... - Public Procurement Policy
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that policies and procedures of her Department and of the Health Service Executive in relation to public procurement... - Industrial Relations
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the meeting to be held in March 2009 with nursing unions has taken place with regard to the opening of a paediatric high dependency... - Hospital Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be given an operation at St Vincent's Hospital for osteoarthritis. [11284/09] - Voluntary Bodies
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding made available by the Health Service Executive and by her Department to respective voluntary bodies in 2005, 2006,... - Community Development
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm the grant announced on 23 December 2008 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11521/09] - Medical Cards
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the system in place to deal with the assessments for medical cards in respect of persons over 70 years old; if the details of card... - Health Services
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from a group (details supplied) seeking statutory professional recognition for creative arts... - Child Care Services
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that Pobal funding is granted to a group (details supplied) as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that the group... - Health Services
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that adequate funding is allocated to enable day placement to commence for a person (details supplied) in County... - Departmental Allowances
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of individuals who are in receipt of fixed car allowances within any semi-State body reporting into her Department; the cost... - Traveller Community
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding allocated by her Department for Traveller health development in 2007 and 2008; and the expenditure on Traveller health... - Diabetes Services
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a local diabetes service implementation group recommended by the Health Service Executive diabetes expert advisory group in its first... - Health Services
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a new health centre (details supplied) in County Donegal has been approved; when the project was approved; the stage of planning it... - Medical Cards
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that medical card services will continue to be delivered from the Mary Mercer Health Centre, Kiltalown Village,... - Hospital Staff
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bill for the NCHD pay in the health service, broken down to basic pay, overtime, training grants and lunch payment bearing in mind... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that front-line services are protected in planned cutbacks in health in the forthcoming Budget; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in Cork city will be assessed for developmental co-ordination disorder; and when appropriate services... - Medical Cards
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11802/09] - Health Services
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in providing speech therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which she and the Health Service Executive plan to address the funding shortfall of €1billion, which includes the funding... - Medical Cards
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons granted a medical card per month from January 2008 to date; the number who will apply for the medical card in... - Health Services
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be assessed for occupational therapy; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Procurement
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a break down and report on the monetary amount of both Irish origin and non-Irish origin pork, ham and bacon products... - EU Directives
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposed harmonisation across the EU of products (details supplied). [12059/09] - Departmental Investigations
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out an investigation into the changes in the Health Service Executive report which were made at the behest of the HSE... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Health Service Executive staff on duty in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, with regard to persons (details supplied)... - Hospital Services
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation in relation to admissions to Stewards Hospital, Dublin; if they are allowing no further... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she or her Department officials have had in the past five years with the board or the master of the Coombe Women's... - Medical Cards
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [12083/09] - Health Service Staff
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of qualified personnel in advanced paramedic training attached to the ambulance service nationwide; the number attached to... - Medical Cards
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a medical card in view of her long-term illness; and if she will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding that will be provided to service providers in Cork in 2009 for adult day care services in respect of persons with... - Hospital Staff
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to change the rules whereby staff in voluntary hospitals cannot transfer into posts within the Health Service... - Health Services
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; the reason for the delay in the... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if restrictions have been placed on fertility drugs made available under the drugs payment scheme; the fertility drugs available under... - Hospital Services
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has yet to meet a consultant; the further reason they have not been referred to... - Medical Cards
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath has been removed. [12277/09] - Health Services
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when occupational therapy will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [12285/09]
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