Written answers
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the decision by the Russian Federal Ministry of Education not to accept documents from adoptive... - Health Service Staff
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on proposed bonuses for management in the Health Service Executive and in particular a proposed bonus for the chief... - Child Abuse
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a 24-hour child protection service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15213/09] - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding inter-country adoption, in particular such adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam; the status of the agreement... - Mental Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is an inter-departmental working group or committee working on the reinvestment of funds received from the disposal of mental... - Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of refuge places for victims of domestic violence here annually for the past five years; the location of these places; and... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the forthcoming Adoption Bill will provide for the continuance of the bilateral agreement with Vietnam and the introduction of... - Tax Code
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the types of income on which the health levy is currently payable; and the types of income that are currently exempt from the health... - Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [15094/09] - Child Care Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the concerns of the community child care workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [15133/09] - Hospital Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans in place to move rheumatology services from Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim to Sligo General... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the bed capacity in relation to each category of patient over the past five years for hospitals (details... - Hospital Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applicants awaiting placement for long stay in hospitals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will ensure that the ban on happy pills is implemented and enforced; if she has written to the head shops which sell these... - Health Services
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will continue home support for children suffering from autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15174/09] - Traveller Community
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the moneys and resources in the letters of allocation to the Health Service Executive, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and former... - Nursing Education
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recently advertised post-graduate degree in public health nursing (details supplied) is available to non-Health Service... - Mental Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on bringing forward a cross-departmental action plan regarding the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of service provided to a child (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason this service falls short of that available to... - Bullying in the Workplace
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of legal fees and costs and damages incurred in respect of 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 by her Department on... - Hospital Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional space per hospital ward and theatre that has been put in place at University College Hospital Galway since it has been... - Ambulance Service
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of calls for private ambulances processed on behalf of privately insured patients in Health Service Executive facilities... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 265: 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. [15230/09] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Meath at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún... - Mental Health Services
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time for child and adolescent mental health services in the south Lee... - Health Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of chiropody services for elderly patients; if they are obliged to pay a top-up fee to their chiropodist; and if she will make... - Health Service Transport
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vehicles owned by the Health Service Executive for transporting patients with disabilities; the cost of this service to... - Care of the Elderly
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she operates a scheme to provide house accessories and fittings for the elderly or infirm; the amount of money allocated for this... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on taxis for transporting patients in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children undergoing orthodontic treatment which is paid for by the State; the number of children on a waiting list for... - Hospital Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the unit for cystic fibrosis sufferers will commence construction at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress regarding the new hospital in Dingle, County Kerry; if the hospital and all its day services will be fully operational in... - Nursing Home Standards
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the residential homes for older people under the Health Service Executive considered to be not up to the standards set in the Health... - Health Services
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Service Executive's plans for Bolands Meadow, Foynes, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ... - Medical Cards
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a schedule to the full range of allowances and entitlements a holder of a medical card can avail of; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the capital cost of transferring the specialist breast centre from Cork's South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital... - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to introduce legislation in respect of embryonic stem cell research in this country. [15291/09] - Health Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be provided with the necessary orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a... - Cardiovascular Health Strategy
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that enough is being done to implement the Cardiovascular Health Strategy; the number of its 211 recommendations... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be released to a hospital (details supplied) in County Wexford to allow completion of phase two of building works; and... - Mental Health Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all applications for property related accelerated capital allowance schemes in relation to mental health centres. [15335/09] - Health Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [15349/09] - Proposed Legislation
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [15350/09] - Health Services
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) is to be moved from a centre on a full-time basis. [15399/09] - Medical Cards
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding application forms for medical cards (details supplied). [15406/09] - Health Services
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to increase the funding to an organisation (details supplied) in 2009; if her attention has been drawn to the fact... - Hospital Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients treated or admitted from St. Michael's Unit, South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel and St. Luke's Hospital,... - Tobacco-Related Diseases
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has conducted a regulatory impact analysis on the effects of the costs incurred on foot of implementing the regulations governing... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims, fully processed but not awarded under the health repayment scheme on a county basis in tabular form; and when... - Mental Health Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average national waiting time for assessment by a child psychiatrist; the waiting time for patients in south Tipperary; the maximum... - Health Services
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average national waiting time for assessment of a child by a speech and language therapist; the waiting time for children in south... - Health Service Staff
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15602/09] - Hospital Staff
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the specialist consultants with expertise in adult and in paediatric cystic fibrosis to be appointed for the... - Medical Cards
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the areas of dental care that are available to people with a medical card; if it includes fillings that are... - Departmental Staff
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of uncertified sick days taken within all sections of her Department for the years 2007 and 2008 and to date in 2009; the... - Medical Cards
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [15680/09] - Hospital Services
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a helipad at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; if there is one, if she will advise about its usage; and if she will make a... - Health Service Executive Expenditure
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on private security firms across the State for the years 2006 to date in 2009,... - Health Services
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for shoes under the podiatry scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will... - Mental Health Services
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average national waiting time for assessment by an adult psychiatrist; the waiting time for patients in south Tipperary; the maximum... - Medical Cards
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on issuing a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [15710/09] - Hospital Services
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for an outpatient appointment; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [15726/09] - Hospital Services
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will ensure that front-line services provided by nurses are protected in view of the moratorium on recruitment and promotion... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify a matter (details supplied). [15744/09] - Health Services
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [15745/09] - Child Care Services
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, in response to the funding difficulties that community child care groups are facing due to the changes introduced in the... - Health Services
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is proposing to engage a private company to take calls regarding at-risk children and then to nominate short-term foster families... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds at a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo that are being closed down. [15778/09] - Health Services
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to obtain the drug Tysabri which they have been told is unavailable... - Health Service Staff
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concern of a growing number of parents and the potential damage that can be inflicted on young... - Health Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers on the waiting lists for initial assessments for children referred to the speech and language therapy services in each of... - Youth Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 7 April 2009, if the national youth work advisory committee has completed its review of the... - Patient Private Property Fund
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 95 and 96 of 26 February 2009, the position regarding the issues raised; and if she will make a... - Care of the Elderly
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is in receipt of home help which has been reduced with the... - Proposed Legislation
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 to come before Dáil Éireann for Report Stage; when she expects the... - Health Services
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on the provision of capital funding for a new health centre (details supplied) in County Cork. [15893/09] - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided as soon as possible to purchase a wheelchair for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision that has been put in place to provide speech and language therapy for a child (details supplied) in County Meath; the... - Medical Cards
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that is used in the calculation of income regarding the assessment of income for an over 70 years medical card and in... - Health Services
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money currently being spent on autism services here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15934/09] - Mental Health Services
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and young people who have availed of psychiatric, psychological and other such support services outside the State... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 2 December 2008, the progress which has been made by the Health Service Executive in the... - Medical Cards
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [15940/09]
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