Written answers
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33101/09] - Child Care Services
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied). [33117/09] - Food Labelling
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding food labelling and particularly the labelling of Irish products; if her attention has been drawn to a practice of... - Pension Provisions
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query from a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [34046/09] - Health Services
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Nursing Home Support Scheme
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a commencement order will be signed in respect of a scheme (details supplied). [32963/09] - Child Abuse
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the introduction and implementation of mandatory reporting in cases of suspected child abuse; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been determined in... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred by a hospital (details supplied) to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2007, 2008 and to date in... - Health Services
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any consideration has been given towards establishing a pilot family nurse partnership (details supplied); her views that such a... - Hospital Staff
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has met the Attorney General regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if she will report to the Houses of the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [33021/09] - Medical Cards
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited. [33031/09] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an initial consultation; the reason for the delay; and if she will... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reopening an infectious disease hospital or part thereof, to contain a major outbreak of the swine flu or to cater for... - Ministerial Travel
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost to her Department of Ministerial expenses related to overseas travel engagements; and the event and the expense for same... - Hospital Services
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospice beds in County Mayo; the locations of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33092/09] - Health Services
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33114/09] - Medical Cards
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied)in County Cork; if, in view of the industrial dispute which is delaying the processing... - Health Services
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages approved in the Health Service Executive south area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to build on the success of prostate cancer awareness week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33211/09] - Hospital Staff
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant urologists employed by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33212/09] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for a public patient to gain access to prostate cancer services; the average waiting times which have been... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the applications of couples here adopting from Ethiopia if Ireland fully signs up to the Hague Convention... - Hospital Charges
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to empower public hospitals to reclaim funding from health insurers in situations in which private patients have been admitted... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the amount paid by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for procedures in private hospitals equates to the amount paid for the same... - Health Service Allowances
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by a person (details supplied) in County... - Community Care
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide funding for a suitable supported residence in the community for people ready to move on from the Central Mental... - Hospital Services
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the new unit for cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the estimated cost of the full roll out of the human papilloma virus vaccine; if she has completed a cost benefit... - Hospital Staff
Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in appointing a third geriatrician to the Limerick region; if, in sanctioning this appointment, she will sanction the... - Medical Cards
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if same is being assessed on the over 70s criteria on... - Health Service Staff
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the crisis in undermanning of the special needs assistants service in County Kildare, she will direct the Health Service... - Health Services
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33296/09] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the nursing homes support scheme, a fair deal, which was to be introduced in July 2009; when same will be... - Community Care
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the disability day care services that are available to adults in the south Dublin area; the number of places which are available in each... - Medical Cards
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card review for persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Longford has been informed that they should receive treatment in early 2010; and if she... - Health Services
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment in Counties Longford and Westmeath; if the facilities in the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for hip replacements in respect of persons in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken with the Health Service Executive to resolve the continuing dispute at a nursing home (details supplied) in... - Child Care Services
Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce amendments to the early childhood care and education scheme; if it is intended to address the many anomalies that... - Departmental Staff
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts in the Office of Tobacco Control occupied by staff on fixed-term contracts; and when those contracts end. [33360/09] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a commitment that the accident and emergency department in St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin will... - Medical Cards
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33422/09] - Adoption Services
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a bilateral agreement or the drafting of such an agreement on adoption in Russia by Irish parents; the issues still... - Children in Care
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps taken since the publication of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse 2009 to deliver on the implementation... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the national average waiting time for an MRI scan; the longest waiting time for an MRI scan here; the length of the waiting list in each... - Health Services
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the facilities being put in place to assist persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a lump sum was not awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon by the Health Service Executive on their... - Mental Health Services
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the lands and buildings of psychiatric institutions which have been disposed of since January 2006; the amount raised from the sale of... - Departmental Bodies
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the setting up of the Health and Social Care Professions Council, registration boards for certain designated... - Hospital Staff
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) who was in full-time employment with the South Eastern Health Board and the Health Service Executive for... - Adoption Services
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Hague Convention is expected to be ratified; the reason the Adoption Board is not checking the law compatibility of other Hague... - Medical Cards
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide assurances that medical card services will continue to be delivered effectively to the residents of Tallaght, Dublin... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of a plans for the development of a major new children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site, Dublin; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to deal with the breakdown of the speech therapy service in County Mayo in view of the fact that there is no national panel to... - Child Care Services
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to deal with the situation in County Mayo in which children are unable to be screened in respect of speech and language... - Adoption Services
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the contents of the MoLISA report. [33548/09] - Medical Cards
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has not heard back or has not been granted a medical card despite having applied for... - Ambulance Service
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive has not paid arrears of €8.6 million to Dublin City Council in relation to the provision of... - Medical Cards
Question 479: 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 480: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be supported. [33592/09] - Medical Cards
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the appeal. [33595/09] - Health Services
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow was told in July 2009 that they would be eligible in August... - Health Service Staff
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a receptionist has not been appointed to the Birr community nursing centre, County Offaly, in view of the fact the position... - Health Services
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of the security provided at the Birr Community Nursing Unit, County Offaly; the Health Service Executive budget from which it... - Medical Cards
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to reconsider the centralisation of the medical card administration, in view of the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for an appointment with a consultant dermatologist in Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County... - Hospital Staff
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals here which have consultant posts which do not exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33635/09] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason phase 2B of Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath is not completed after 12 years; and if she... - Health Services
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position of an application for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a... - Pregnancy Counselling Services
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the existence of unregulated crisis pregnancy agencies here; if so, the steps she proposes to take to... - Health Services
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in receipt of home care packages in the Cork region in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33687/09] - Medical Cards
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if home help and other assistance will be approved;... - Health Services
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment will be made with a psychologist for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if domiciliary care allowance... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will commence building of the new National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire for spinal cord... - Health Service Allowances
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 9 July 2009, the service available for persons caring for mentally ill relatives; if there... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 8 July 2009, the position regarding persons with an intellectual disability and... - Hospital Staff
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process undertaken in relation to the appointment of four regional directors of the Health Service Executive; if candidates from... - Child Care Services
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an increasing number of children and teenagers have had to stop their private... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have their application for the health repayment scheme addressed and responded to... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cuts that have taken place at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, in 2009; the number of wards that have been closed; the number of... - Health Services
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the counselling and advisory services available from her Department or agencies under her Department for women who have lost a baby... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions which have been made to process the increased number of applications for the back to school clothing scheme in view of... - Community Care
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will validate the continued investment (details supplied) in inpatient treatment despite the fact that community care has been... - Departmental Contracts
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of experts' and consultants' reports her Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a public nursing home bed for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33930/09] - Medical Cards
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the entitlement to a medical card of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Staff
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to her Department and each agency under the aegis of her Department for early retirements, termination of contracts and... - Health Services
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons (details supplied) will be supported. [33977/09] - Child Care Services
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the payment of a child care grant to a group (details supplied) in County Cork. [33984/09] - Health Services
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 22 September 2009, when a reply will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the... - Legal Staff
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 16 September 2009, when a reply will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 16 September 2009, when a reply will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33999/09] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the position in relation to bed closures at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork and if she will request a... - Health Services
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to replace a speech and language therapist providing services to a school (details supplied) in County Offaly;... - Mental Health Services
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when steps will be taken by the relevant Departments and agencies to ensure that adequate and appropriate accommodations will be... - Health Services
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [34024/09] - Ambulance Services
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the All Ireland Air Ambulance Service which is located at Ballydwyer, Ballymacelligott,... - Hospital Services
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to move the life-saving stroke unit out of the Midlands Regional Hospital; if so, the facilities she envisages will remain... - Child Care Services
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of providers who have applied to participate in the new scheme to provide free pre-school year of early childhood care and... - Health Services
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Staff
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of nursing staff employed in the each Health Service Executive area in 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Staff
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and their grade employed in her Department for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a speech therapy assessment will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Departmental Contracts
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a query (details supplied). [34317/09] - Departmental Staff
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occasions on which her Department has sanctioned or applied for the payment of a pension top-up or discretionary payment... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is appropriate that the State should accept money from an international charity (details supplied) whose funds... - Medical Cards
Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given in having a medical card approved on renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.... - Ambulance Services
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2008 report in relation to the Dublin ambulance... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in reducing the cost of medicines and medical devices here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, for... - Health Services
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new child and adolescent psychiatric beds which will be in place by end of 2009; the new child and adolescent psychiatric teams... - Capital Programme
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital projects that are underway or are in the design or planning process under her Department; if attempts have been made to... - Health Services
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given policy direction to the Health Service Executive on the areas in which it should focus on budget cuts for 2010; if she... - Departmental Statistics
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a system in place to record the length of time patients are waiting for outpatient appointments after having been referred... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a public bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter. [34476/09] - Medical Cards
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Community Care
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when home help or community service assistance will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if travel costs can be recouped in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34492/09] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grounds on which persons with autism or Asperger's syndrome are not included in the national intellectual disabilities database; the... - Health Services
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34505/09] - Hospital Services
Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Louth in view of their medical condition; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that waiting times for cardiac procedures at Crumlin children's hospital are increasing due... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to discontinue the nursing home subvention scheme, to change the eligibility criteria for receiving nursing home subvention... - Hospital Services
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is admitted for an operation at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and... - Health Services
Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding provided by her or the HSE, on a yearly basis in a tabular format, since a facility (details supplied) in County...
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