Written answers
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in reaching agreement on a bilateral arrangement for inter-country adoption between Ireland and Vietnam; when she... - Hospital Services
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Prospectus Review of Critical Care Services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26307/09] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether her attempts to tackle the crisis in hospital accident and emergency departments has failed; and if she will make a... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans of the Health Service Executive for long-term residential care and respite beds; and if she will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that mental health services offer adequate patient protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ... - Capital Projects
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her review of Health Service Executive capital projects will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26445/09] - Commissions of Investigation
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish in full the Commission of Investigation Report into Leas Cross Nursing Home; if so, when this will be published; and... - Infectious Diseases
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which will be needed in 2009 to pay for supplies of Tamiflu and other measures to address the swine flu pandemic;... - Medical Cards
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards and doctor only medical cards which have been issued in the first half of 2009; the way that compares... - Cancer Treatment Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the elements of the cancer control programme which remain to be implemented; the categories of staff which are needed in the eight... - Civil Registrations
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive sought sanction from her to establish an on-line service to provide certificates of births, deaths and... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she proposes to commence the roll-out of a colorectal screening programme; the way the programme will be funded; and if she will... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the emergency department task force, published in June 2007; if the targets set... - Medical Cards
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of old-age pensioners have lost their medical card as a result of Health... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Irish Medicines Board is not affected by cutbacks in order that it is facilitated in the orderly and timely... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to address the long waiting times for access to dermatology services; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions which have taken place on the implementation of the Labour Court recommendations on working arrangements of and payments... - Data Protection
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her policy and Health Service Executive policy that information contained on laptops is encrypted; if so, the reason... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the contract for the cancer control programme's cervical screening testing, currently held by a company (details supplied) will be... - Infectious Diseases
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures undertaken to address the threat of human swine flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26288/09] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a single waiting list for diagnostics is in place in each publicly funded hospital here; if consultants working in such hospitals are... - Medical Cards
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical cards in June 2008; the number in June 2009; the projected number of qualifying persons in June 2010;... - Health Service Staff
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Health Service Executive redundancy programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26424/09] - Community Pharmacy Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive have had discussions with a union (details supplied) on the proposed cutbacks to their... - Health Service Staff
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contract workers in the Health Service Executive whose contracts will not be renewed as a result of cutbacks; and if she... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views, in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive spent some €60 million between 2007 and 2008 on taxis for patient... - Hospital Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the deadline for the proposed removal of all acute hospital services from Monaghan General Hospital which was last signalled for early... - Health Service Policy
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the primary concern of policy determined by her or the Health Service Executive is of an economic nature rather than the need to... - Ambulance Service
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, taking into account that both public and private ambulance service are not currently regulated, to address the situation and... - Children in Care
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children at risk who have not been allowed a social worker; the number of new social workers who will be allocated for... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the completion of inter-country adoption arrangements with Vietnam, Russia and other countries where... - Residential Services for People with Disabilities
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ring-fence funding for the implementation of the Health Information and Quality Authority National Quality Standards for... - Hospital Staff
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated extra cost in 2009 of implementing the new consultant contract; the monitoring system which is in place to ensure that... - Adoption Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop and improve the air ambulance service in view of her plans to close accident and emergency departments in small... - Mental Health Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to introduce new legislation to ring-fence funding for mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing isolation beds and other appropriate services for patients suffering from cystic fibrosis; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions under way with regard to a voluntary redundancy or redeployment scheme for administrative and management staff in the... - Vaccination Programme
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to cancel the intended introduction of the HPV vaccine programme in 2009; and if she will make a... - Health Service Management Costs
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has requested a reduction in the money spent on advisers, media consultants, bonuses and other costs associated with senior... - Health Service Research Projects
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to an adjournment debate response of 26 May 2009, regarding foetal alcohol syndrome, the location at which the new research... - Health Service Funding
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to ensure that funding for new developments in the health services are spent on the purposes for which they have... - Departmental Reports
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy recommendations contained in the various reports commissioned by her in the past ten years which are being pursued including... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the potential savings to be achieved from the use of branded generic drugs; the steps being taken to achieve these savings;... - Hospital Funding
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy plans to change the system of funding hospitals to one which takes account of the type and level of activity carried out in... - Proposed Legislation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce legislation to ban female genital mutilation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26324/09] - Hospital Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans to develop out-patient services at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway, and at Roscommon Hospital; and if she will make a... - Health Care Regulation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when private health facilities will be subject to quality regulation and inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Agencies
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is intended to monitor the work that was previously carried out by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency when it is subsumed into the... - Child Care Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a copy of the most recent review of the adequacy of child and family services from the Health Service Executive; and... - Hospital Procedures (2 comments)
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will have an independent inquiry carried out into the practice of symphysiotomy in hospitals here; and if she will make a... - Victim Support Groups
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has met a support group for victims of a person (details supplied) who has been struck off the medical register; if so, the action... - Health Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full primary care teams in place; the number of these teams which operate out of publicly owned premises; and if she will...
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