Written answers
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce legislation governing in vitro fertilisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39291/09] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to keep acute hospital beds open in winter 2009; her views on a survey by an organisation (details supplied) which indicated... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39269/09] - Cystic Fibrosis Screening
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will roll out a neonatal screening service for cystic fibrosis to ensure early diagnosis of the condition; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extra amount of money that will have to be provided in 2009, over and above what was budgeted for, to pay for the extra number of... - Vaccination Programme
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location of the 45 Health Service Executive swine flu vaccination clinics; the persons who will man them; the opening times of the... - Mental Health Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a unit designed to cater for the needs of children and teenagers with serious psychiatric problems remains closed almost seven... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process by which her Department and the Health Service Executive has made inputs to the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and... - Health Service Quality Standards
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when private health care providers will be subject to regulation and quality evaluation by the Health Information and Quality Authority;... - Departmental Reports
Question 97: 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. [39268/09] - Palliative Care Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the five year strategy for palliative care which was published in July 2009; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is appropriate to award Professor Drumm a bonus of €70,000 at a time when the Health Service Executive is... - Community Care
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her long-term plans for the provision of public nursing home care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39370/09] - Hospital Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address cancelled operations and lengthening waiting lists for children in need of medical or surgical... - Health Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress made on the promised provision of primary care centres across the State; the number of such centres... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding package she envisages for the construction of the new national children's hospital; the way it is intended to seek... - Hospital Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to delivering general hospital services in the future; if the original co-location plan is to continue; if her... - Vaccination Programme
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the H1N1 vaccination programme to be delivered to the general population; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recent changes to the CervicalCheck Screening Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39330/09] - General Practitioner Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures which are planned to increase the supply of general practitioners in accordance with need and her policy; and if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that resources are made available without delay to Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin, to provide adequate... - Mental Health Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to protect the budget to implement A Vision for Change; if she can give an assurance that funding will be... - Health Service Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the moratorium on staff recruitment in the Health Service Executive is removed in relation to key personnel in... - Mental Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the community based provisions of a Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional supports which have been provided to community welfare officers to deal with the increased demand for access to support;... - Oral Health Policy
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the draft Report on Oral Health Policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39292/09] - Use of Sun Beds
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy regarding the use of sun beds; the legislation that she proposes to introduce with regard to the usage of sun beds; and the... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the alternative plans which are being considered to upgrade or replace the Central Mental Hospital following the rejection of the... - Health Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made by both the Health Service Executive in their discussions with an association and the group chaired by a person... - Ministerial Travel
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the purpose of her visit to the United States in February 2008; the official engagements that she undertook; the persons in her... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the provision of additional accommodation at Bandon Community Hospital, County Cork; the date for the... - Hospital Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans that are in place for the proposed paediatric unit in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in conjunction with the proposed new national... - Child Care Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an adequate number of social workers will be recruited to address the large number of children in the care of the State and of... - Hospital Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the number of people occupying acute hospital beds that are ready for discharge but have no appropriate step down... - Youth Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 4 March 2008, the sections of the Youth Work Act 2001 which have been enacted; the... - Departmental Staff
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a derogation from the moratorium on staff recruitment will be applied in order that commitments given in the context of... - Health Services
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the increase in diseases related to lifestyle such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease; and if she will make a... - Legislative Programme
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Adoption Bill 2009 will be brought before Dáil Éireann; if she will introduce transitional arrangements in the context of the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Cancer Screening Service has asked a company (details supplied) to subcontract a proportion of the cervical smears for... - Mental Health Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in reducing the number of children and adolescents that are inappropriately placed in adult psychiatric hospitals; and... - Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the waiting times for dermatology services in the south east and in the mid-west will be addressed by the appointment of extra... - Child Protection
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will order an inquiry into the procedures followed by the Health Service Executive and the Gardaí in relation to a child... - Health Service Staff
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the number at management level in the Health Service Executive in accordance with recommendations in the Special... - Health Service Staff
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bonuses awarded to senior Health Service Executive executives since the establishment of the HSE; the amount involved; and if she... - Mental Health Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing a 20 bed unit for child and adolescent mental health services in Limerick which is described as needing... - Health Research Board
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Research Board is maintained as a separate entity in order to ensure continued funding of health... - Health Service Staff
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the arrangements whereby a small number of Health Service Executive employees are on sick leave for...
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