Written answers
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a grant or funding application under the dormant accounts fund in respect of suicide prevention for an organisation... - Health Services
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish a new national programme of wet facilities on the basis of a harm reduction approach; and if she will make a... - Pre-school Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position for parents of children born during June, July or August 2006 in respect of the new child care grant (details supplied),... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person who is charged with processing applications for the 2009 back to school, clothing and footwear scheme in north Tipperary in... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath who have applied for domiciliary care allowance; if approval... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some community welfare officers in County Galway are not accepting applications under... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made with the Vietnamese authorities on agreeing arrangements for intercountry adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam; the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if she will... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has not obtained a date for their operation; the further reason they have not been... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal under the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a proposal to change the status of the specialist laboratories at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a... - Hospital Procedures
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on facilitating or issuing a directive to the Health Service Executive to facilitate the collection of cord blood by a company... - Health Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the application in respect of by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25670/09] - Pre-school Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow regarding the early childhood care and education... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when, taking into account the Ryan report and other cases of abuse highlighted in the media she will introduce independent inspections... - Children in Care
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on relocating the facility for homeless children to a more convenient location (details supplied) in the Dublin city centre,... - Pharmacist Numbers
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pharmacists registered here in March 2008; and the number of pharmacists registered as of March 2009. [25692/09] - Value for Money Reviews
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nature and outcome of any value for money audit carried out by her Department during the past three years; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the money spent by the Health Service Executive on public and private transport for each of the past five years; if... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants, registrars, senior house officers on the breast cancer team in Waterford; the number of cases which have been... - Pharmacy Training
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the embargo on recruitment in hospitals and other health facilities to facilitate the training modules of pharmacy... - Infectious Diseases
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline in respect of a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin, the number of persons who died solely as a consequence... - Hospital Charges
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the circumstances where the fee of €100 for a visit to a Hospital Emergency Department is waived or considered... - Health Service Staff
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that places for trainee clinical psychology for 2009 are not affected by the recruitment embargo and that they are... - Company Compliance
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical group (details supplied) is compliant with the necessary regulations in the Companies Registration Office; if its required... - Health Service Staff
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the problems being experienced by the Health Service Executive and the unions with regards to the introduction of the... - Hospital Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a hospital appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help hours will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; when speech and language services and... - Children in Care
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons under 18 years of age currently in State care who do not have an allocated social worker; the number of these... - Health Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assure a person (details supplied) in County Kildare that their next appointment will not be cancelled; and if she will make... - Pre-school Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a matter (details supplied). [25822/09] - Hospital Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a hospital appointment for an urgent treatment; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo as soon as possible. [25828/09] - Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25841/09] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of interest paid by her in respect of the late payments for goods or services contracted by her Department for the past five... - Medical Cards
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [25871/09] - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that four children died in workplaces in 2008; if she has had discussions with the... - Children in Care
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in residential care who are waiting for psychological assessments from the Health Service Executive; and if she... - Mental Health Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to incorporate recommendations made by the Dáil na nÓg council on mental health strategies for young people; and if she will... - Children in Care
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all inspections of institutions that cater for children that have been carried out by the Health Information and Qualify... - Garda Vetting Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive staff who work with children and are waiting for Garda clearance; the locations at which these... - Children in Care
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of foster homes here. [25878/09] - Hospital Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will stop the proposed closure of 16 respite beds in Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. [25891/09] - Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if 2009 physiotherapy graduates will be given an opportunity to apply for future vacancies with the Health Service Executive in view of... - Commissions of Investigation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in publishing the commission report into Leas Cross; if such report, received by her on 10 June 2009, has or... - Health Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the hospice groups here which are in receipt of grant aid from the Health Service Executive: the amount of aid awarded to each group in... - Hospital Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the possible outsourcing of pathology and blood tests from St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; the... - Pre-school Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been in discussions with North Tipperary pre-school providers to determine if the new Government sponsored pre-school year... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a claim by a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim under the nursing home refund scheme will be awarded; and if she will make... - Medical Cards
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be re-issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend a service (details supplied). [26109/09] - Hospital Procedures
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the situation at Mallow Hospital, Cork, where a CAT scanner is again lying idle with a radiographer... - Hospital Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, remain on crowded wards and... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projects listed for the Health Service Executive south; and the location of same. [26125/09] - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intended start date for fair deal, now that the legislation has passed all stages in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the income limits and other conditions that apply to a person, to be deemed eligible to apply for a medical card; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that children (details supplied) in County Sligo who are in need of orthodontic treatment will receive that treatment... - Organ Retention
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the independent audit of currently retained organs in all hospitals here which is being carried out following the... - Health Services
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in allocating funding to enable day placement for a person (details supplied). [26201/09] - Sale of Tobacco Products
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has prepared a compliance cost analysis on the impact of new restrictions on tobacco sales; and if she is satisfied that small... - Hospital Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place or are proposed to secure the future of orthopaedic services in Sligo General Hospital; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she and the Health Service Executive recognise autism as a condition in its own right; if a person who is diagnosed as autistic can... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of crutches or pairs of crutches purchased by the Health Service Executive in the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the cost... - Mental Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to relocate the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Portrane; the stage the plans are at; if Fingal County Council and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical appointment for 25 June 2009 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has been cancelled... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the health repayment scheme reimbursement is awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim as a... - Health Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthodontic treatment. [26237/09] - Vaccination Programme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 19 April 2005, her views on whether to conduct an investigation into vaccine trials carried... - Food Labelling
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the labelling obligations of fast food outlets regarding the amount and type of nutritional and other information such establishments... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the contacts she has had with community pharmacists in respect of her announcements regarding the cost of drugs and medicines; and if... - Industrial Disputes
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the long-running industrial dispute between her Department and the Department of Social and Family... - Health Service Staff
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 28 April 2009, the impact of the recruitment ban on acute hospital services and community... - Hospital Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to support services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26305/09] - Health Service Staff
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a director for mental health. [26409/09]
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