Written answers
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of negotiations with Vietnam in relation to the interim agreement on inter-country adoption and the new bi-lateral agreement... - Departmental Schemes
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements being put in pace to enable families who wish to apply for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2009;... - Youth Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration will be given to an application for funding by an organisation (details supplied) for the appointment of a youth... - Health Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the appeal against a decision to disallow domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be... - Pre-School Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pre-school places she expects to provide by December 2009. [28030/09] - Medical Cards
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan. [27090/09] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of mobile telephone bills paid in respect of the departmental mobile telephone assigned to her by her Department in each of... - Child Care Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding being provided to a company (details supplied) to operate the Emergency Place of Safety Service; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the aspects of the Health Service Executive national inter-cultural health strategy which have not been implemented; and if she will... - Children in Care
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has consulted with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on developing an appropriate inspection scheme for the... - Health Service Executive Reports
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reports which have been conducted by either the Health Service Executive or former health boards during the past 20 years... - Departmental Investigations
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to publish the recommendations of the reports into the deaths of persons (details... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early date for an operation at Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin, will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason that an agency (details supplied) has had its licence revoked; if this is a permanent measure; the actions that are being... - Pre-School Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 127 and 128 of 27 May 2009, if in view of the fact that most children commence school at around... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the accumulated cost of court cases taken by her Department in the past five years; the cost of each individual case; the nature of each... - Health Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [27193/09] - Care of the Elderly
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a proposed closure or reduction in bed capacity at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she... - Cystic Fibrosis Screening Programme
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national screening programme for cystic fibrosis in new-born infants will be implemented; the money that has been allocated to... - Medical Training Programmes
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a scheme in place which provides for Health Service Executive staff to train or retrain as nurses while in receipt of salary... - Departmental Schemes
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if personnel employed by the Health Service Executive are eligible to participate in the recently announced cycle to work scheme; if so,... - Care of the Elderly
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review and reverse the planned closure of a six bed acute psychiatric unit for older people in Offaly-Laois; the provisions... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has not been provided with an electric wheelchair as promised by the Health Service... - Hospital Staff
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, which are occupied by people whose treatment is completed for each day throughout the... - Health Service Executive Investigations
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) has been completed; and if she will... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [27243/09] - Health Services
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be supported. [27244/09] - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how her recent decision to decrease by an average of 34% the payments pharmacists receive from the Health Service Executive was arrived... - Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of proposals within the Health Service Executive relative to new procurement processes; and if agreement has been reached to... - Tobacco Regulation
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the protocols and checklists devised by the Health Service Executive, the Office of Tobacco Control... - Ambulance Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the efficiency of operating two ambulance services in Dublin City; if both services have integrated communications; if... - Health Service Allowances
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the home improvement scheme for the elderly which was administered by the Health Service Executive but was then... - Child Care Services
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make a statement on the case of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27311/09] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the print jobs carried out for her Department and being provided by companies based outside the Republic of Ireland; the dates of the... - Health Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to close respite wards at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the... - Long-term Illness Scheme (1 comment)
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason auto-immune Crohn's disease is not on the long term illness list of the Health Act 1970 particularly in view of the increase... - Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27328/09] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are occupying beds for over 100 days in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, whose treatment has been completed; the... - Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have been assessed and have received orthodontic treatment in the Health Service Executive south area from 1... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all medical appliances and equipment that are being rented or leased by the Health Service Executive; the actual cost to... - Hospital Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has to travel to St. Vincent's Hospital, County Dublin by ambulance, when they... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will submit a planning application for the national paediatric hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27364/09] - Health Service Staff
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of radiation therapists employed directly by the Health Service Executive in the respective HSE regions; the amount spent on... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she will indicate when this project will be advanced to the... - Sheltered Housing
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children how the budgetary allocation for sheltered housing was allocated in 2008 and 2009 by organisation, location and amount; and if she will... - Suicide Incidence
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who died by suicide by gender and county in 2008. [27454/09] - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pharmacists who have issued notices of resignation from the general medical scheme and drugs payment scheme; and if she... - Health Insurance
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when extra relief for older subscribers to the VHI will be implemented consequent on the Supreme Court ruling on risk equalisation; and... - Disability Act
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the statutory three year review of the Disability Act 2005 sectoral plan pertaining to her Department and required under the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of properties her Department has paid rent on in the past three years; if the rent on such properties is fixed; if such... - Health Services
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthodontic treatment will be resumed for a person. [27622/09] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when early intervention services will be made available to a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; when an assessment under the... - Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 24 June 2009, when will a reply be issued; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will get an operation at Tullamore orthopaedic hospital, County Offaly; and if she... - Medical Cards
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full medical cards which have been removed from persons over 70 years of age in the past six months up to 1 July 2009;... - Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is not entitled to chiropody treatment in view of their health circumstances;... - Ambulance Service
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding for an advanced paramedic programme for three members of the Kildare ambulance service has not been used for the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a decision on an application for hearing aids by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review and reconsider the purported closure of Cherry Orchard respite centre, Dublin, whether it is a temporary closure or... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on paying delegates' allowance to officials for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [27755/09] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to include a long-term illness (details supplied) for either medical card or drugs card entitlement. [27762/09] - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Financial Emergency Measures Services in the Public Interest Act 2009 will be used to set the price of goods supplied by pharmacy... - Health Services
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a specified test. [27778/09] - Hospital Staff
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all surgical non-consultant hospital doctors working in the mid-west network of acute hospitals are registered with the Medical... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment; and if same will be expedited. [27804/09] - Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 158 of 28 April 2009 and 167 of 30 June 2009, the number of applications received by Pobal for... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 23 June 2009, if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be... - Medical Cards
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved for persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if she will expedite the matter. [27820/09] - Hospital Services
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment in each speciality in each acute hospital; the corresponding figure for outpatient... - Health Services
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Carrigaline health centre, County Cork; the stage the development of the centre is at; the funding available... - Hospital Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the moving of the breast cancer treatment unit from the South Infirmary Hospital Cork to the Cork University Hospital; the impact the... - Health Service Staff
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bonuses paid to members of the Health Service Executive management for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; the number and grade... - Medical Cards
Question 289: 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 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [28021/09] - Medical Cards
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 1 July 2009, if a direct contact person will be made available for the public to the new... - Complementary Therapies
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 17 February 2009, the action taken to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Reports
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the report of the vaccine damage steering group; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if she will make a... - Health Service Executive Reports
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 16 June 2009, if the report has been finalised; if a decision has been made on the... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for funding under the health repayment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be processed as... - Health Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her general policy on the provision of orthodontic treatment for young people here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
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