Written answers
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Department of Health and Children
- Medicinal Products
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce reference pricing; when this will be introduced; the estimated savings from same; and if she will make a statement... - Organ Transplants
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of heart and lung transplants conducted here in 2009; if she is satisfied with the number of heart and lung transplants that... - Health Service Plan
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has approved the Health Service Executive draft service plan for 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6749/10] - Hospital Services
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reform hospital laboratory services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6936/10] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that financial assessment required for some applicants in respect of the fair deal scheme is... - Proposed Legislation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce risk equalisation legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6899/10] - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the situation in hospital accident and emergency departments constitutes a national emergency in view of the fact... - Health Services
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has commissioned reports or studies to look at the long-term health consequences of the decision to abolish the PRSI scheme for... - Substance Misuse
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to regulate head shops and the products sold within head shops; the timeframe for same; and if she... - Departmental Agencies
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recruitment of the next chief executive of the Health Service Executive; the number of candidates that have expressed interest in... - Hospital Services
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to close 1,100 hospital beds in 2010; the location of these beds; her views on the impact this will have on patient services;... - Medical Training
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be an increase in the number of general practitioners training places offered in 2010 in order to address the shortage of... - Proposed Legislation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Human Tissue Bill will be published; the further information she will put into the public arena in relation to the use of... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether, as a matter of policy, it is preferable that children with severe disabilities are looked after in the family home... - Primary Care Strategy
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams at advanced functioning stage at the end of January 2010; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions with a view to reducing the price of generic medicines; if she expects such price reductions to follow on from... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for the fair deal scheme; the number of applications approved for the scheme; the number of applications... - Medical Cards
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average time it takes to process medical card applications in the centralised service; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pharmacy Services
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if pharmacists will be reimbursed for the full cost of drugs purchased prior to 1 February 2010 when the new lower rates were introduced;... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the long-term illness scheme will be reviewed, including consideration of other appropriate illnesses being added to the list; and... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the decision that has been made regarding the application of pay reductions to public servants to persons that work for voluntary and... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Treatment Purchase Fund limits the number of procedures it undertakes on behalf of individual hospitals; if so, the... - Child Protection Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the review of Services for Children and Families 2008 published by the Health Service Executive discloses a failure by the State to... - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to publish legislation on assisted human reproduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6987/10] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the decisions that have been made regarding the construction of a new Central Mental Hospital; if funding is available for this purpose;... - Vaccination Programme
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the State of the H1N1 vaccination programme; the amount of vaccine that was surplus to requirements; the amount that was... - Health Service Staff
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in addressing the inadequate number of social workers in the health service; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the payment of funds into patient private property accounts under the provisions of the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act... - Medical Cards
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being encountered by persons in accessing information and having their applications... - Pharmacy Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of savings there will be as a result of the reduction in the price of branded medicines announced in February 2010; the steps... - Hospital Services
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure the provision of resources to allow the reopening of the 25 bed St. Joseph's ward at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the roll-out of the national colorectal screening programme; when screening will commence; and if she will... - Proposed Legislation
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the legislation which will statutorily establish eligibility for health and social services will be published; and if she will make... - Departmental Agencies
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps the Health Service Executive will take to set up its own law office while at the same time outsourcing its legal service needs;... - Mental Health Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adult health community teams that have been established; the progress that she expects for 2010 to increase this number in... - Hospital Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that installation of the new CT scanner at Monaghan General Hospital will commence in the week beginning 15 February... - Youth Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the operation of the Youth Work Act and the national youth work development plan; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Insurance
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fulfil her legal obligation to bring the VHI within the remit of the Financial Regulator by the end of March 2010; and if she... - Health Service Staff
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new consultants appointed within the public health care system in 2009; the number in each of the categories designated... - Medical Cards
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who qualified for a full medical card on 31 December 2008; the number of persons who qualified for such a card on... - Hospital Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is resolution to the problem of reclaiming funds for public hospitals in relation to beds designated for public patients being... - Health Insurance
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of health insurance over each of the past seven years and to date in 2010; the degree to which competition in the market has... - Dental Treatment Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the cap on the dental treatment services scheme will operate; if its implementation will mean that medical card holders that need... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional supports given to community welfare officers to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing isolation facilities and other appropriate services for people with cystic fibrosis; and if she will make... - Hospital Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of delayed discharge patients in hospitals at the end of 2009 as compared to the end of 2007; and if she will make a statement... - Smoking Ban
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to further restrict smoking here; her views on the proposal to ban smoking in cars which are carrying children; and if she will... - Child Protection Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to address the failures in child protection services disclosed in the Health Information and Quality... - Health Service Reform
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is seeking to re-engage with the trade union on implementing a reform plan for the health service which was agreed in principle in... - Departmental Reports
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take arising from the recent report of the Ombudsman for Children regarding conditions under which more than 120... - Health Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the delivery of health services in the future with particular reference to the next three years and based on the experience... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the transitional arrangements which will be proposed by way of amendment by herself to the Adoption Bill, as announced (details... - Mental Health Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent psychiatric community teams that are in place; the number of those teams that have their full cohort... - Counselling Agencies
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a regulatory framework applicable to crisis pregnancy agencies, a licensing system and a code of ethics similar to... - Health Service Properties
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to sell any land or property in 2010, the profits from which will be used in the mental health services; the funds that have...
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