Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

  • Pre-school Services
    Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make an exception to the age criteria of the early childhood care and education pre-school scheme and allow a child (details...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 306: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of grant funding allocated to a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [1383/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant an oral appeal hearing to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is seeking renewal of their medical card; and...
  • Prescription Charges
    Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the workings of the new prescription charge scheme; when it will be introduced; if it needs legislation; or will it be done by...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date on which the fair deal scheme commenced for persons who are already in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time at Cork University Hospital for a consultation in the ophthalmology clinic; the guidelines whereby persons over 65...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the pay bill for each job title for all staff employed by the Department in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48256/09]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for an over 70 years medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway....
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the State support nursing home subvention in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
  • Health Services
    Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the criteria used by the Health Service Executive to determine if orthodontic treatment required by a child is covered by the Health...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48261/09]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the case being made by the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire,...
  • Health Services
    Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in arranging an appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [48267/09]
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of all job titles of employees employed by her Department in 2008; the jobs that are front-line staff; the...
  • Health Services
    Question 321: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [48294/09]
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Civil Service staff in her Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these staff...
  • Adoption Services
    Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [48330/09]
  • Services for the Homeless
    Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available for homeless services nationally for each year from 2000 to date in 2009; the amount of funding that will be...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 329: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the level of section 39 funding allocated per county is allocated on the basis of the population of the county; the basis on which it...
  • Infectious Diseases (1 comment)
    Question 330: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Lyme disease will be a notifiable illness in order to increase public awareness and assist in the speedy diagnosis and treatment of...
  • Prescription Charges
    Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application of the prescription charge for persons under the long-term illness scheme who may have multiple...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [48498/09]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be admitted to hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48476/09]
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 335: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
  • Health Services
    Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) will be given a follow-up appointment after their school eye-sight test; and if she will make a...
  • Disabled Drivers
    Question 337: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not been called for a medical examination in respect of their application...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [48504/09]
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when back to school and clothing allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied). [48505/09]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of pay savings of €695 million as outlined in the health Estimates for 2010 including general pay reductions and higher...
  • Health Services
    Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the dental treatment services scheme; the number of persons eligible for the DTSS for each of the past five years; the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the Health Service Executive economy savings of €106 million in view of the health Estimates for 2010; and if she will...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of agencies funded by her Department; the funding provided to these agencies for each of the past five years, including 2009;...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 344: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of non-pay expenditure reductions of €3.5 million by her Department and its directly funded agencies in view of the health...
  • Hospital Charges
    Question 346: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the savings of €75 million in private income collection for hospitals in view of the health Estimates for 2010; the...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the annual full year allocation for the fair deal scheme in 2008 was €110 million and that the annual full...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applicants for the fair deal scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48517/09]
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 351: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional home care packages €10 million will provide; her views on the fact that these packages will be targeted at...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 352: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons eligible for the full medical card in 2009; the cost for same; the estimated number of persons eligible for the...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the €20 million allocated for the continued implementation of the national cancer control programme will be allocated; the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the €17 million to support suitable projects that demonstrate innovation in service delivery; and if she will make a...
  • Cost of Medicines
    Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recent discussions with the representative bodies of the drug manufacturers to achieve reduction in drug prices of €141 million;...
  • Health Insurance
    Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give details of the updating of the health insurance levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48527/09]
  • Health Services
    Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of alcohol-related harm to the health services; her views on the cut in alcohol excise duty, the implications this...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the service available to medical card patients seeking dental treatment as a result of the cap on dental treatment spending for medical...
  • Health Services
    Question 363: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [48530/09]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 367: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her support for financial investment in respect of the microbiology laboratory in Waterford Regional Hospital, County Waterford; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 368: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will except to be given an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [48578/09]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will waive an outstanding bill regarding hospital admission costs in view of the delays in processing a medical card in respect...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the availability of a treatment (details supplied) under the drugs payment scheme; if there are limitations on...
  • Health Services
    Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is engaging licensed transport providers with the relevant public liability insurance to provide patient...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the impact of the workplace compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses since its introduction; the cost to the health authorities in...
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the availability of a drug (details supplied) without prescription; if she has any plans to designate the drug as...
  • Health Services
    Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a Health Service Executive lease or a contractual arrangement with parties at the address (details supplied) in County...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will renew a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be notified of the availability of a bed in Tallaght Hospital; if consideration...
  • Health Services
    Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [48632/09]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the cancellation of an appointment for a scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assessment criteria used by the community welfare officer for a supplementary welfare allowance application in the case of a married...
  • Health Services
    Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthodontic treatment. [48647/09]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fulfil the commitment made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 336...
  • Health Services
    Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be any improvement in 2010 regarding the two to three-year wait for the 3,500 patients awaiting routine dermatological...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the conditions at the Mid-Western Regional Maternity Hospital, County Limerick; if necessary funding...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to new research showing that the incidence of cervical cancer in British women aged 20 to 24 years and...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their full reimbursement under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for a colonoscopy at the end of 2009 in each of the acute hospitals; the number waiting for three months...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when screening for colon cancer will be introduced; the progress that has been made in identifying funding for this programme; and if...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 393: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in-hospital medical cover will be removed from a hospital (details supplied); if she will ensure that this proposal is not...
  • Health Services
    Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average number of patients waiting on public dental services in each Health Service Executive health clinic in County Meath. [1100/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount each hospital in an area (details supplied) has been penalised or awarded under the Health Service Executive case-mix award...
  • Health Services
    Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision was made to reject the application made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a back to school...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 17 June 2008, if she will provide the corresponding figures for 2009 and 2010; and if she...
  • Hospital Acquired Infections
    Question 399: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent research findings concerning copper and its potential to prevent nosocomial infection...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their fair deal nursing home subvention application approved; and if she will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to centralise the issuing of medical cards for the over 70s, return the issuing and review of these...
  • Tax Code
    Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way a person may avail of the tax relief on health insurance for people aged over 50 years; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 403: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [1198/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 404: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, which was scheduled and subsequently cancelled, could...
  • Pre-school Services
    Question 405: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an early childhood care and education scheme grant will be paid in respect of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 406: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons who have undergone an organ transplant operation are automatically entitled to a medical card. [1245/10]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public numbers and expenditure programmes which were accepted in budget 2010...
  • Official Engagements
    Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department or the Health Service Executive provides funding for a conference (details supplied); if she, her Ministers of State...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons approved in each primary, community and continuing care area under the fair deal scheme in December 2009; the...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the acceptance of financial donations from general medical services patients constitutes a breach of contract; the steps she has...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of outpatient appointments in the Health Service Executive south in 2009 in which the patient did not show up; if she will...
  • Health Services
    Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in Cork city and county awaiting orthodontic treatment or awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment; the...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers working in the area of the Health Service Executive south in County Cork broken down by each...
  • Health Services
    Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to develop a primary care centre in a town (details supplied) in County Cork. [1337/10]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adolescents awaiting intervention services by a service provider (details supplied) in County Cork; and the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive treatment; the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, or its consultant has not...
  • Health Services
    Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of adequate services in County Laois for persons suffering domestic violence, with particular reference to...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take on foot of the recommendations of the vaccine damage steering group; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 422: 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. [1395/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 2 July 2009, the position regarding the implementation of the report of the universal...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the necessary supports will be provided in order that a consultant neurologist (details supplied) can provide the full service to...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if mobility allowance will be reinstated in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when a medical card application will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 430: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if home help hours allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be upheld and continue for 2010; and if she will make...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1442/10]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken following an assessment by the Health Service Executive through Beechpark Services in the case of a person (details...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons over 70 years in receipt of medical cards in County Clare as of the 31 December 2009; and if she will make a...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position between the Health Service Executive and the health unions regarding the incentivised early retirement scheme; if she has...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 435: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look favourably on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in Dublin south designated for older persons; the locations of these beds; the average waiting time to access one of...
  • Pre-school Services
    Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of pre-school establishments that are participating in the new pre-school scheme which commenced in January 2010; the number...
  • Ethics in Public Office
    Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and...
  • Health Services
    Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be provided with their necessary treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 10 November 2009, the position regarding Baltinglass Hospital, County Wicklow (details...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in finalising an application for renewal of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; her...
  • Disabled Drivers
    Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons who are in need of disabled drivers or passengers primary certificates will be evaluated or assessed by the Health Service...
  • Departmental Properties
    Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive for the leasing of properties in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Charges
    Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the charges set by her in respect of inpatient and outpatient hospital care and for visiting an accident and emergency department; if...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if front-line services for persons who live with multiple sclerosis will be retained; her plans for multiple sclerosis services in the...
  • National Drugs Strategy
    Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the substances that have been added to the list of scheduled substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 on the basis of evidence that...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if alternative facilities in Naas, County Kildare will be arranged in respect of the provision of swine flu vaccination in view of the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1772/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has to wait for a year for back surgery; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on a waiting list (details supplied); the number of persons waiting nationally to avail of such services. [1881/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if a decision will be...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that medical cover is retained in a hospital (details supplied). [1966/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if a decision will be...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the maximum care package will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
    Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application under the health repayment scheme will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when construction work will begin on a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; the plans that have been put in place for this...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a situation at the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Limerick; if her attention has further been drawn to...
  • Hospital Procedures
    Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 26 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2155/10]
  • Child Care Services
    Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 20 October 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2156/10]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 16 September 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2157/10]
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 357 of 16 September 2009 and 158 of 1 December 2009, if the meeting referred to between her...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 4 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2160/10]
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2200/10]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for an assessment of need that have been received each year respectively following the commencement of Part 2...
  • Mental Health Services (1 comment)
    Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all beds in the eight bed in-patient facility for child and adolescent psychiatric patients in St Stephen's, Cork, are operational...
  • Health Services
    Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children aged 5 to 18 years awaiting speech therapy services in each Health Service Executive area; the shortest, longest...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children aged 5 to 18 years awaiting child psychology services in each Health Service Executive area; the shortest,...
  • Health Services
    Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children aged 5 to 18 years awaiting occupational therapy services in each Health Service Executive area; the shortest,...

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