Written answers
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Department of Health and Children
- Health Service Staff
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will waive the moratorium on staff recruitment in the mental health community teams and child and adolescent teams to ensure that... - Private Health Insurance
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fulfil her legal obligation to bring the Voluntary Health Insurance within the remit of the Financial Regulator by the end of... - Medicinal Products
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason consumers here are paying almost twice as much for over the counter medicines as persons in the UK; and if she will make a... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funds will be provided to restructure and extend, if necessary, St. Mary's Hospital, Castleblayney, County Monaghan to ensure that bed... - Health Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to build further primary care units from public moneys; the locations and timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement... - Private Health Insurance
Question 60: 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. [10516/10] - Organ Transplants
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish an organ transplant authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10531/10] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive and the Department of Education and Science in relation to the commencement... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds which will be closed as a result of the implementation of Health Service Executive plan for 2010.... - Combating Obesity
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the Task Force on Obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
Question 65: 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... - Legal Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details on Health Service Executive plans to set up its own law office while at the same time outsourcing its legal services needs;... - Hospital Services
Question 69: 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. [10535/10] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if construction plans for the proposed new National Children's Hospital have been affected by the current economic climate; and if she... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a 25-bed ward at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12 remains closed in view of the fact that seriously ill children are... - Health Warnings
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation to introduce graphic images to cigarette packs will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ... - Redress Schemes
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the State Claims Agency report on a possible redress scheme for thalidomide victims; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of general practitioner training places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10472/10] - Mental Health Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill will be published; if it will address issues of consent to treatment; and if she will make a... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the recently published report of the Comptroller and Auditor General which found that there has been an... - Hospital Facilities
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when sterilisation facilities at Roscommon County Hospital will be upgraded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10267/10] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications that have been processed for the fair deal scheme since its inception; the approximate time it takes to... - Medical Cards
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the assessment that has been made on the likely number of extra people who will qualify for a medical card in 2010; the funding that has... - Primary Care Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report from the Joint Oireachtas Health and Children Committee Report on Primary Care; the action she proposes to... - Industrial Relations
Question 86: 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... - Medical Cards
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if persons whose medical cards are due for renewal need to reapply or if cards are automatically renewed when circumstances have not... - Health Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will develop a national strategy for Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the proposed regional hospital for the north east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10451/10] - Organ Transplants
Question 91: 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... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all patients awaiting a colonscopy are seen within the 30 day target set by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views that vulnerable patients continue to be housed in archaic psychiatric institutions in which they fail to get adequate care and... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views that Ireland will be able to achieve the targets set in a draft report by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety... - Community Welfare Officers
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the transfer of community welfare officers from her Department to the Department of Social and Family Affairs will take place; if... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 96: 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... - Proposed Legislation
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be published to clarify eligibility for health and personal social services; the discussions she has had with... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the breast cancer family risk assessment clinic in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, has closed; the location at which patients who... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if pharmacists will be reimbursed for the full cost of drugs purchased prior to the 1 February 2010 when the new lower rates were... - Hospital Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of a recent meeting she had with employees and union representatives of Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe... - Proposed Legislation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in drafting the proposed National Vetting Bureau Bill; if the consultation phase of preparation for the legislation... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 102: 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... - Departmental Staff
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if bonuses will be authorised for staff in her Department or in the Health Service Executive in 2010; and if she will make a statement... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the degree to which her hospital co-location programme has been put in place; the extent to which the administrative issues including... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the fair deal scheme; the number of applications to this scheme; the number of applications approved for this... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will roll out the cervical cancer vaccine; if she will confirm that arrangements will be put in place with all schools in order... - Health Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in implementing the recommendations of the orthodontic review group; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the situation whereby there were 611 delayed discharges of patients from hospitals in 2007 and 733... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will protect the funding of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association from cutbacks in view of the vital services the... - Mental Health Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the practice of placing children and adolescents with mental health problems in adult wards will end; the plans for the period... - Hospital Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she sanctioned the removal of services from St. Davnet's Hospital, County Monaghan, to the basement of Cavan General Hospital; her... - Adoption Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the response of the Health Service Executive to the requests to do everything possible to reduce the waiting times and assessment times... - Departmental Staff
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce or redeploy staff in her Department in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10418/10] - Organ Transplants
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons waiting for kidney transplants here; her views on whether she accepts that it is not acceptable that kidneys... - National Nutrition Policy
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national nutrition policy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10428/10] - Hospital Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical assessment units in place in acute hospitals; if an audit has been carried out on the way these units have... - School Curriculum
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultations she has had with the Department of Education and Science on the content and delivery of health and sexuality... - Medical Cards
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to leave a frontline service in place for medical card applicants in the context of centralisation of the processing of these... - Public Sector Reform
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the main findings of the assessment undertaken under the Organisational Review Programme; the steps she plans to take arising from these...
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