Written answers
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Services
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop services at Roscommon Hospital and at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the... - Prescription Charges
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a prescription charge for medical card holders; the level at which this charge will be set; the revenue expected... - Health Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a cervical cancer vaccine scheme; if this issue has received consideration in the deliberations in advance of... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the site for the proposed 60 bed psychiatric unit, for which planning permission was granted, does not impinge on the proposed site... - Health Service Staff
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional resources have been made available to community welfare officers in Health Service Executive west to administer the... - Health Service Reviews
Question 46: 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. [45300/09] - Hospital Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of lives that could be saved and the improvement in the quality of life for large numbers... - Medical Inquiries (1 comment)
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in the establishment of an inquiry into the alleged abuse carried out by a doctor (details supplied) in the... - Family Support Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 30 April 2009 if her attention has been drawn to whether the NUI Galway study of... - Primary Care Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of contracts or leases that have been signed by the Health Service Executive with general practitioners in relation to primary... - Medical Compensation Scheme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date the Advisory Group on No Fault Compensation for Brain Damaged Infants was established; the reason the group has not been brought... - HIV Infection
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of persons who contracted HIV or Aids here in 2009; if her attention has... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting more than one year for an out-patient appointment; the maximum waiting time for an out-patient appointment;... - Departmental Reports
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when and if the recommendations of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group Report, published on 17 November 2009, have been accepted by her;... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not published the Health Information and Quality Authority Report, which was promised in September 2009, to identify... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the development of a new central mental hospital is still a priority in view of the financial difficulties facing the State; if a... - Medical Training
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to increase the number of general practitioner training places in 2010; the discussions the Health Service... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the negative effect that recent changes to the CervicalCheck screening programme are having on women's... - Health Service Regulation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when private medical facilities will be subject to regulation and inspection by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if she... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had and the progress that has been made in reducing the cost of drugs and increasing the use of generic products... - Health Insurance
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the introduction of the health insurance levy, the stated object of which was to keep the cost of health insurance... - Departmental Staff
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the number of staff in her Department as proposed in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure... - Health Service Staff
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which the proposed unpaid leave for public servants will operate within the health services; and if she will make a statement... - Vaccination Programme
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the full rollout of the H1N1 vaccine will take up to eight months; the length of time the vaccine programme in schools will take; if... - Medical Cards
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in receipt of a medical card on 30 November 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45537/09] - Medical Inquiries
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a list of persons from an organisation (details supplied) who would have the necessary expertise to carry out an... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposed collocated hospitals that will go ahead with associated tax breaks; the tax implications for 2010; when construction will... - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; when she will publish legislation; and if... - Medical Cards
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if opticians are entitled to charge full medical card holders for carrying out an eye test in respect of a driving licence application;... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if legal issues have arisen in relation to the property elements of the fair deal legislation in the context of carrying out assessments... - Hospital Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional resources she will provide in 2010 for Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive on protecting frontline services while achieving the cuts in the budget... - Infectious Diseases
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in her efforts to eliminate hospital based infections such as MRSA and clostridium difficile; and if she will... - Health Service Staff
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will implement the recommendations of the report of the Health Service Executive's Diabetes Expert Advisory Group by providing 20... - Health Service Regulation
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce regulation and licensing for crisis pregnancy agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45562/09] - Nursing Home Charges
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if agreement has been reached with nursing home owners to ensure that they do not pass on the inspection fee to their clients; and if she... - Proposed Legislation
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if legislation has been prepared to allow for the appropriate dissemination of soft information regarding people who may be a threat to... - Hospital Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure the maintenance of acute services at Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, County Kerry; and if she will make... - Infectious Diseases
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional measures she has put in place to address the crisis situation in hospitals in the North East region, and the potential for... - Health Service Reform
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received an interim report from the group she has established on the financing of health services; if reform is envisaged to... - Youth Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to the development of youth services; the section of the Youth Work Act 2001 and the national youth work... - Capital Projects
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new starts expected in the Capital Programme for her Department for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45541/09] - Medical Cards
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if general practitioners are allowed to charge for administering a blood test to patients with a full medical card; the circumstances in... - Health Service Staff
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she expects targets for increased numbers of social workers to be reached in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to prevent the removal of acute services from the Louth County Hospital in Dundalk; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedure in place to address the return to Canada of a person (details supplied) to maintain and develop the National Cancer... - Primary Care Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams in place; the number of teams operating from a single premise; and if she will make a statement on the...
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