Written answers
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Pre-school Services
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will relax the eligibility rules governing the free pre-school year in early childhood care and education to accommodate parents... - Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an audiology assessment appointment nationally; the waiting time for fitting a hearing aid nationally; the... - Vaccination Programme
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a commitment to allocate and include funds for a national cervical vaccination programme in 2010. [36665/09] - Health Services
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has an estimate of the number of people who have given up their health insurance as a result of income pressure during the... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the timeframe within which the Health Service Executive responds to members parliamentary questions; her views... - Child Care Services
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of employees of the Health Service Executive who also operate private residential centres for children in care; the details... - Mental Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the key performance indicators used by the Health Service Executive and those used by her Department to monitor the performance of the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 24 September 2009, the arrangements with the original purchase of the software; the reason... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that budget 2010 protects services for those with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the advice given to her regarding the inclusion of adjuvant squalene and thimerosal in the swine flu vaccine and the potential link... - Medical Cards
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the withdrawal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [36753/09] - Community Care
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the dependency on acute, long stay, inpatient beds needs to be reduced in favour of increased provision of... - Health Services
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of referrals to University College Hospital, Galway from Letterkenny, County Donegal for the purpose of breast care surgery... - Health Services
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients in each of the Dublin hospitals whose treatment was complete at the end of September 2009 but who were still... - Departmental Staff
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of officials at principal officer level or higher, in both absolute terms and as a percentage of total staff, who are... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to add Lupus to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36870/09] - Health Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the funding request by a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the... - Adoption Services
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the distress being caused to families by the unresolved situation regarding inter-country adoption;... - Medical Cards
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [36874/09] - Hospital Procedures
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that would be saved if all subsidies of private practice in public hospitals was phased out and practitioners charged for the... - Health Service Staff
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that would be raised if she implemented a new contract on all hospital consultants which would cap their starting off pay at... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that would be saved if she ended co-location. [36882/09] - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount that would be saved if she nationalised the wholesale distribution of subsidised drugs and compelled medical practitioners to... - Care of the Elderly
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it is her policy or Health Service Executive policy that the costs levied by the Health Information Quality... - Child Care Services
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the minimum age for the early childhood care and education scheme will remain at three years and three months, or if the minimum age... - Medical Cards
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Pharmaceutical Services
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason pharmacists (details supplied) in County Longford are being obliged to dispense items costing more than €70 at a loss... - Health Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused a domiciliary care allowance payment; and if she will make... - Health Service Staff
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will appoint a second paediatric rheumatologist in view of the fact that waiting lists for such treatments show that a second... - Fair Deal Scheme
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage at which the asset is valued at under the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36946/09] - Ambulance Service
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the Scarrif ambulance service in County Clare; if the hours of operation at the station are to be reduced; the... - Food Labelling
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by her in the context of the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the companies working on behalf of her Department in the administration of the health repayment scheme; the payments made to each... - Health Service Staff
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the remuneration and the bonus payments awarded to the chief executive of the Health Service Executive for each year since their... - Unaccompanied Minors
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied children in Health Service Executive hostels annually since 2002 to date in 2009; the number of these... - Health Services
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the change which was taken place to the financial circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare which disqualifies them... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a replacement wheelchair will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Medical Records
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to contracts that have been signed for storage outside the State of medical files from hospitals here;... - Ministerial Travel
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that apply in respect of agencies associated with her Department in regard to booking accommodation, travel... - Medical Cards
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an over 70 years medical card will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that elective lists for surgery have been cancelled in Letterkenny General Hospital, County... - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason payments to patients under the drugs repayment scheme are on hold; if she will ensure that these payments are made to persons... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to hold a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, who, it is reported is visiting Ireland in October 2009; and if,... - Health Services
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when staffing will be provided to open a special unit for intellectually disabled people which was officially opened (details supplied)... - Health Service Staff
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when posts (details supplied) will be sanctioned for County Mayo. [37262/09] - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding inter country adoption with Ethiopia; if the adoption process with Ethiopia is under threat of suspension; the... - Health Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive no longer provides dental services to school going children at a clinic (details supplied) in... - Health Repayment Scheme
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a health repayment scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford in view of the fact... - Health Services
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if grant assistance will be made available to a group (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; her views on whether in cases such... - Community Care
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the care of patients with diabetes will form part of the new general practitioner contracts relative to the primary care strategy... - Health Services
Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question Nos. 82 of 7 May 2009 and 177 of 13 May 2009; and if she will make a statement on... - Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the procedure whereby parliamentary questions replied to by the Health Service Executive are not provided to all...
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