Written answers
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Care of the Elderly
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if capital funding will be made available to public nursing homes to enable them to upgrade their facilities to meet the new Health... - Health Insurance
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the VHI has acquired its reserve fund, as obliged under EU competition; if it is regulated by the Financial Regulator in time for the... - Health Service Staff
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her plans to introduce a Health Service Executive voluntary redundancy programme have been abandoned; and if she will make a statement... - Medicinal Products
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the State drugs bill through the use of generic medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13132/09] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; if she will include Huntington's disease; and if she will make... - Medical Cards
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of income declaration forms received by the Health Service Executive regarding the over 70 years medical card; the sanctions... - Health Service Staff
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new consultants appointed to date in 2009; the number of such posts that have been advertised; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the people who are regarded as having full eligibility to repayment of long stay charges under the Health (Repayment... - Child Protection
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to protect vulnerable children at weekends in the absence of social work cover; if she will ensure that such cover... - Health Service Staff
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether in the current economic climate pay increases for consultants can be justified; if she will review this matter; and... - Health Services
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason 1,200 children and adults in Cork, Limerick and Kerry have been recalled for a review of their hearing tests dating as far... - Medical Cards
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to centralise the administration of medical card applications; the way this will affect the assessment of people whose income... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the front-line services that will be affected due to the Health Service Executive funding shortfall of €1 billion; and if she will make... - Care of the Elderly
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new long stay beds for older people planned for 2009; the locations of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13093/09] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in reducing the waiting lists and times for rheumatology; the number of patients on waiting lists; and if she... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that will be taken on foot of the report (details supplied) to reduce the State drugs bill; if the Health Service Executive... - Departmental Funding
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding being made available to the rape crisis centres nationally; the percentage increases per centre from 2008 to 2009; and if she... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated full cost per year for the roll-out of bowel screening; when the national bowel screening programme will commence; and if... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the co-location hospital plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13165/09] - Health Promotion
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in reducing the level of alcohol advertising associated with community and sporting events nationwide; and if she... - Health Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of specialist consultants per county treating persons suffering from diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Vaccination Programme
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to suspend the roll-out of the cervical cancer vaccination programme for 12 year old girls; and if... - Community Care
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will protect the budgets for community care in order that elderly and disabled persons currently receiving a reasonable level of... - Health Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients currently receiving IVF treatment through the Health Service Executive; the average cost involved per patient; and... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a new inter-country adoption arrangement will be concluded between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam... - Departmental Reports
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the review of adult critical care services completed in January 2008, that identifies the need for 100 additional intensive... - Medical Laboratory Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of laboratories that will be cut and the staff reduction from same under recently announced plans to rationalise medical... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the development of the new national children's hospital, that is estimated to cost in the region of €1 billion,... - Medical Consent
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has sanctioned the Health Service Executive advising HSE and medical nursing personnel that legally consent is only needed from... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will direct the Health Service Executive to measure accident and emergency waiting time from the time of arrival, rather than the... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the dependence on methadone treatment to address problems of drug addiction; if policy changes are planned in this regard;... - Infectious Diseases
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in designating and implementing modern hygiene practices in hospitals in order to reduce and eradicate MRSA; and... - Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time periods and number of children seeking speech therapy in each Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a... - General Practitioner Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the general practitioner manpower crisis to ensure that primary care can continue to deliver a same... - Health Insurance
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a decision from the European Commission with regard to the new health insurance levy; and if she will make a... - Care of the Elderly
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the new charge levied against nursing home beds for inspection far exceeds the cost of conducting inspections and... - Health Service Staff
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of chiropodists employed by the Health Service Executive per county; the waiting times for elderly people wishing to avail of... - Health Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the funding provided for the expansion of the home birth service in the Dublin area will be protected in 2009; the plans to provide... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding spent on nursing home subvention per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13062/09] - Health Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for orthodontic treatment for children under 16 years of age in each Health Service Executive region; and if she will... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the juvenile residential facilities for substance abuse available here; her plans to improve these services; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken to ensure that all hospitals, including practices and procedures therein, are brought up to the standard of excellence in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made to reduce the waiting lists for patients waiting to access dermatology services; the number currently waiting;... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the cost to date spent on administering this fund; and if she... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has established a mechanism to protect funding for new developments in the areas of mental health, disability, palliative care,... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage the roll-out of the BreastCheck screening programme is at nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13083/09] - Hospital Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made in developing specific fully staffed cystic fibrosis units in designated hospitals; and if she will make a... - Food Labelling
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the proposals for a new food labelling system being finalised by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the financial state of hospitals nationwide; the number which will over-spend their allocated budgets; and if she will make a statement... - Care of the Elderly
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the difficulties the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill poses to farm families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11962/09] - Health Service Staff
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new physiotherapy posts expected to be created in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13071/09] - Mental Health Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the most recent figures for children diagnosed with ADHD per county; the cost of administering appropriate medications to those... - Health Service Staff
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers currently employed in each region; if there are plans to make further staff and resources... - Health Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plan and time frame to implement the recommendations of the report on maternity services in the Dublin area; and if she will make a...
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