Written answers

Wednesday, 16 September 2009

  • Hospital Staff
    Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has sanctioned employment as nursing staff of persons who have completed their training under the Health Service Executive's...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant the free year pre-school placement to a child (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement...
  • Departmental Properties
    Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount realised from the sale of St. Mary's psychiatric hospital, Ennis, County Clare; her plans for the expenditure of same; and...
  • Homeless Persons
    Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding that has been allocated to provide for care running costs of homeless services for each year since 2000; the...
  • Inter-Country Adoptions
    Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of the 23 June 2009, if she will report on the status of agreeing a bilateral agreement...
  • Health Services
    Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse her decision to cap the hours for a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is excluded from the early childhood and education scheme; the reason for same; the options...
  • Health Services
    Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if extra hours will be allocated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has lost their domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure increased home help hours are made available to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [30079/09]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is adequate cover for emergency operations for persons who have detached retinas and need surgery as soon as possible to...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in Waterford city and county possessing medical cards in each of the years from 2002 to date in 2009; the breakdown...
  • Health Services
    Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home help hours allocated in County Waterford for each year since 2004 to date in 2009; the number of persons benefiting...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the matter of the over 70s medical cards was removed from the responsibilities of the Health Service Executive community...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 19 April 2009, if she will clarify a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 320: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [30134/09]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had his or her medical card withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Services
    Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Longford will receive orthodontic treatment which was approved in January 2009, with a stated...
  • Parliamentary Questions
    Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when this Deputy will receive a reply from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 28 April 2009; and if she...
  • Accident and Emergency Services
    Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new accident and emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth will be opened; and if she will...
  • Child Abuse
    Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has seen a copy of correspondence (details supplied); her views on whether this is a flaw in the board's remit in view of the...
  • Health Services
    Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [30274/09]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Crohn's disease does not qualify under the long-term illness scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Crohn's...
  • Health Services
    Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that preconditions for registration previously imposed on individual nursing homes by the Health Service Executive...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding she proposes to make available to 30 child care services for capital funding from the national child care...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant urologist at Beaumont Hospital; the average waiting time to see a...
  • Health Services
    Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) are allegedly barred from a public hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath; the further reason...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is not included on the National Treatment Purchase Fund list for surgery; and...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card renewal applications processed by the Health Service Executive in County Meath to date in 2009; the number of...
  • Health Services
    Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority has carried out an assessment of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of the Buteyko...
  • Tobacco-Related Diseases
    Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a problem regarding the importation of cigarettes; her views on whether such products represent a...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 7 July 2009, if she will make a statement on a matter (details supplied) in County...
  • Health Services
    Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [30328/09]
  • Child Abuse
    Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 25 June 2009, the number of reported cases of child abuse excluding child welfare concerns...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and their location in each local health office area that cater for the specific needs of individuals experiencing...
  • Homeless Persons
    Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that she has taken to ensure that discharge policies for homeless people are adequate and will be implemented effectively in...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of members of child and adolescent mental health teams who have had specific training or the clinical experience necessary to...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 354: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the gender awareness training that social workers undergo at practitioner level; the person who provides this training;...
  • Health Services
    Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding and the types of support her Department and the Health Service Executive has allocated to an organisation (details...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the recommendations of the 2004 Equality Authority Access to Health Services for Transsexual People have not yet been...
  • Sexual Offences
    Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the examination that her Department has undertaken of the documentation on the Management of Sex Offenders published by the Minister for...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people that have qualified as clinical nurse specialists in forensic nursing in the pilot programme since its inception;...
  • Sexual Offences
    Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the areas of research needs that have been identified by the national steering committee on violence against women in the area of rape...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the Hynes report; the reason same has been delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30428/09]
  • Health Services
    Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the request from a support group (details supplied) for an inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the fair deal nursing home support scheme will open for application; when it will begin to operate; and if she will make a...
  • Child Care
    Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure standards within the new pre-school scheme and the service provided is an appropriate educational one...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be available in order for the renal service at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly to be fully...
  • Health Services
    Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in arranging an assessment by an occupational therapist in the case of a person in County Kilkenny; and if she...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the swine flu vaccine will be rolled out; the plan for the roll out; the category or groups to which priority will be given; if the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can expect to be called for a hip replacement operation in Tallaght Hospital. [30504/09]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of temporary or locum consultants employed here for whom the Health Service Executive has not received references; the number...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the occupancy rates of designated beds by patients with private medical insurance in each of the co-location hospitals since 2006 and to...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the 2008 report of the alcohol marketing communications monitoring body which indicates that the number of...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the work and progress of the working group on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry; when she expects to receive a report and...
  • Suicide Incidence
    Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the report of the National Suicide Research Foundation which indicated increased levels of deliberate...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding in 2010 for the continuation of the Your Mental Health campaign; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Rights of the Child
    Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes to merge the office of the Ombudsman...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled or postponed in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, since the temporary closure of an...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of paediatric operations carried out during the months of May to August 2009 in private medical facilities under the National...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average salary for all public sector workers, hospital consultants, management grades and junior doctors paid for by her Department...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will transfer the 308 people with intellectual disabilities in psychiatric hospitals to specialised residential centres and...
  • Health Services
    Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in order that they are called for treatment. [30562/09]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [30586/09]
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons residing in the Health Service Executive sponsored temporary bed and breakfast accommodation through social...
  • Health Services
    Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to withdraw funding for certain fertility drugs after three cycles of treatment for IVF patients, in...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 7 April 2009, the number of additional staff that have been made available to the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cards issued to a group (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30695/09]
  • Health Services
    Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [30711/09]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rules and guidelines of the drugs payment scheme in view of a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost for agency nursing staff for 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [30777/09]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the high observation area of 5B Mid-Western Regional Hospital has been constructed. [30780/09]
  • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
    Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, in view of the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 18 June 2009 stating that the outstanding 1,000 claims under the...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who has been waiting since 2007 for a knee replacement, has not been...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to Mallow General Hospital in County Cork in 2009; the budgetary allocation in respect of 2010; if she...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of the back to school...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their application for a medical...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of their application for...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for an over 70 years medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be processed;...
  • Health Services
    Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the appropriate level of care and support is not being provided by the Health Service Executive in the case of a person...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 428: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the domiciliary care allowance has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be granted in the purchase of an item for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [30890/09]
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if doctors employed in public hospitals (details supplied) on temporary contracts in the 1970s and 1980s are entitled to a public...
  • Health Services
    Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30926/09]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card has been denied to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Health Services
    Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [30941/09]
  • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
    Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a claim under the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30996/09]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal of the Health Service Executive to centralise the processing of all applications for medical cards; if her...
  • Hospital Procedures
    Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements made to ensure that children whose urgent spinal surgery has been delayed at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children,...
  • Health Services
    Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of funding received by WestDoc, in tabular form, from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008. [31046/09]
  • Inter-Country Adoptions
    Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who received formal declarations of eligibility to adopt from the Adoption Board but are unable to adopt a child...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review will be undertaken regarding a mobility allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of a diabetic high risk clinic in a hospital (details supplied); whether same is due for closure; the reason for same; if...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 453: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the fair deal scheme will be introduced as planned in autumn 2009; the date when it will be introduced; if the funding provided for...
  • Health Services
    Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive north east taxi contract was last put to tender; the details of the arrangements currently in place;...
  • Pre-school Services
    Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on changes to the scheme to provide a free pre-school year of early childhood care and education in order to allow for...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the proposed closure of Heatherside Hospital, County Cork, is due to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if civil servants from her Department who are members of boards of agencies, including commercial and non-commercial State bodies, or...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for a procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that an allowance will continue to be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [31267/09]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid to the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork in respect of each patient transferred and transported from Mallow General Hospital...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application under the back-to-school clothing scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) is eligible to be considered for the incentivised scheme for early retirement; and if she will make a...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals in place in respect of an old hospital (details supplied) when the new hospital is opened; if she will provide an...
  • Legal Fees
    Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of legal fees for the Health Service Executive west in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as a result of legal cases taken against it; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken by Waterford Regional Hospital to resolve the care required by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 2 July 2009, the position regarding the construction of this project. [31356/09]
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 483: 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...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 484: 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...
  • Data Protection
    Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a full report on the content of the action taken to date, on the theft of laptops from the Health Service Executive...
  • Patient Private Property Fund
    Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 18 June 2009, the position regarding the issues raised; the value of payments made to date;...
  • Health Centres
    Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received documentation appertaining to extension, improvement, refurbishment works at Johnstownbridge health centre in County...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who was employed by the Health Service Executive, will receive their P45; and if she...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the back-to-school allowance will be processed without further delay in respect of persons (details supplied). [31533/09]
  • Pre-school Services
    Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31545/09]
  • Health Services
    Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork reconsidered. [31569/09]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent on advertising and promotions in her Department and each agency under her aegis for each of the years 2004,...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are bed closures in St. Vincent's Hospital, Athy, County Kildare; the action she will take to ensure that the beds are...
  • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
    Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in awarding funding, due under the health repayment scheme, to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford....
  • Departmental Correspondence
    Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason this Deputy has yet to receive a substantial reply to correspondence sent to her on 31 July 2009 concerning an issue (details...
  • Health Services
    Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if eight home support hours weekly will be restored by the Health Service Executive to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
  • Hospital Services
    Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public hospital beds closed since 1 July 2009 and their locations; the number of wards so closed and their locations; the...
  • Pharmacy Services
    Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of special pharmacies put in place by the Health Service Executive as part of its contingency plan during the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; the basis on which she called...
  • Health Services
    Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application to the Health Service Executive south by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31612/09]
  • Nursing Homes Regulation
    Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a nursing home resident is liable for the Health Information and Quality Authority licensing fee of €190 per designated place; if a...
  • Pharmacy Services
    Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the pharmacy dispute in August 2009, she had meetings with the pharmacy group since this dispute; if so, the number of...
  • Health Services
    Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 30 June 2009, the reason a response has not issued from the Health Service Executive....
  • Medical Cards
    Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for a general medical service card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 313 and 314 of 31 January 2006, the number of court actions regarding the provision of...
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost in administering the cycle-to-work scheme in her Department in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31714/09]
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 28 April 2009, the number of such facilities inspected to date; the number to be inspected...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 9 June 2009, if she has received a copy of the final report of the Health Service...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when additional whole time equivalent consultants will be appointed to Cork University Maternity Hospital, which is currently operating...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting period for the first prenatal appointment for expectant mothers at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be supported. [31814/09]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be supported. [31815/09]
  • Health Services
    Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a matter (details supplied) will be supported. [31816/09]
  • Ministerial Expenses
    Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that has been claimed in expenses by each Minister and Minister of State in her Department from 1997 to 2008; the reasons...

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