Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Department of Health and Children
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received under the fair deal scheme to date; the number of applications that have been processed to date; the... - Health Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop a strategy on the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with Alzheimer's Disease; and if she will make a statement... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the hospital accident and emergency units that will close or limit opening hours as a result of health... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the Health Service Executive collection and reporting of outpatient waiting lists; the action she will take to... - Health Care Professionals
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give urgent consideration to the wholesale emigration of newly qualified nurses and the loss to the Irish health service of... - Care of the Elderly
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce legislation to regulate and inspect home care services; the estimated cost of regulating home care services; and if... - Health Services
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which policy within the Health Service is shared, directed or dictated by or between her Department and the Health Service... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that disability service providers in the West are struggling to provide basic services due to funding cuts; if her... - Health Service Systems
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on reports that the €60 million Health Service Executive Integrated Patient Management System which manages confidential... - Health Service Reviews
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date by which the inquiry team set up by the Health Service Executive to investigate the non-reporting of nearly 58,000 X-rays and... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when colon cancer screening will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20220/10] - Hospital Staff
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding staff discussions at Roscommon Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; her plans to change... - Mental Health Services
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of additional fully-staffed child and adolescent mental health teams that will be provided in 2010; and if she will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if building work has begun at any of the eight co-location sites in view of her plan to free up 1,000 public beds through the co-location... - Adoption Services
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce tracing mechanisms for adopted persons by way of amendment to the Adoption Bill; if not, if and when she will... - Health Policy
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the self-care movement which has considerable political support in the UK and which has the potential... - Hospital Services
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the future role and development of Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; if same will continue as an acute... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of parliamentary questions received by her Department since the commencement of industrial action by employees; the number and... - Health Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commission a report into the long-term health effects of the withdrawal of the dental and optical benefit schemes; and if she... - Hospital Staff
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unfilled non-consultant hospital doctor posts in hospitals here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the closure of 52 beds in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [19996/10] - Hospital Staff
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the audit of the work of a consultant radiologist in the north east who has been placed on clinical leave; the number of... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on replacement of branded drugs with their generic counterparts in order to save money; if she will ensure that... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds closed to date in view of the Health Service Executive plans to close 1,100 inpatient hospital beds in 2010; the... - Health Insurance Providers
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the VHI fulfilled its legal obligation to achieve solvency by the end of March 2010; if the EU Competition Commissioner has contacted... - Hospital Services
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20260/10] - Care of the Elderly
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy and procedures in place to ensure that Health Service Executive facilities for older persons are upgraded, when so required by... - Suicide Prevention
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions she is making to improve direct access to services that are not simply based on medication but allow for talking therapies... - Misuse of Drugs
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation to ban the sale and distribution of substances sold in head shops and to provide for the closure of head shops will be... - Medical Compensation Scheme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, during her visit to New Zealand she examined their no-fault compensation scheme for injury as a result of medical negligence or... - Health Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding proposed further cuts to the home help service; and if she will... - Health Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to withdraw its recent circular 008/10, of 26 April 2010, to dentists which cuts dental... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 19 January 2010, the result of the discussions between her Department and the Health Service... - Health Service Reviews
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she can confirm that all X-rays in hospitals are reported by consultant radiologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the drug rehabilitation services in this county are adequate to cater for the problem of addiction in our towns and... - Hospital Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the rationalisation of hospital laboratory services; if she will confirm that the Association of Clinical... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adults and children residing in residential centres for people with disabilities; the list of these centres; when she will... - Health Service Properties
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, in conjunction with the Health Service Executive, to purchase or lease any further property in Cootehill, County Cavan for the... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposal to cut a further €200 million from the Health Service Executive budget in order to provide for possible shortfalls... - Medical Cards
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the issue raised with her by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Department of Finance in relation to possible incentives for general practitioners and other health... - Occupational Diseases
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the needs of former miners who have chronic health problems as a result of mining; if they can be treated as special... - Vaccination Programme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the swine flu H1N1 vaccination programme has concluded; the amount of money spent on the vaccine programme; if there are excess... - Medical Cards
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with a full medical card and a doctor only medical card at the end of April 2010; and if she will make a statement... - Health Care Professionals
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give consideration to the difficulty for newly-qualified physio and occupational speech and language therapists getting... - Mental Health Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if money raised from the sale of psychiatric institutions will be ring-fenced for mental health services; if that funding will be... - Proposed Legislation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made to date drafting legislation to control the use of sunbeds; if she plans banning them completely; and if she... - Community Welfare Service
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is intended to transfer the community welfare service from her Department to the Department of Social Protection; the elements... - Health Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken or proposes to take to speed up the process of medical card and rent or mortgage support applications with... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made on the commitments made to sufferers of cystic fibrosis; the timeframe for the completion of the... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider new ways to provide diagnostic services through general practitioners in view of the waiting times for X-rays, MRI... - Departmental Reports
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the Special Group she established to examine the way in which the health services should be... - Departmental Staff
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out a review or made any changes following the finding of the Department of Finance which indicated inefficiencies in... - Health Services
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the rights of TDs and Senators, under legislation, to have regular briefings by the Health Service Executive in... - Disability Act
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she and her officials have had with the Health Service Executive in relation to the progress to date of Part 2 of the... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland continues to be blacklisted by the Russian authorities in relation to adoptions from the Russian Federation arising... - Foster Care
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied) which revealed that Health Service Executive's Dublin North-East region... - Proposed Legislation
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made to date in drafting the proposed National Vetting Bureau Bill; and if she will make a statement on the... - Ambulance Service
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that private and public ambulance services are appropriately subject to standards inspection, vetting of staff and... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will give details of the proposed national awareness campaign around the dangers associated with so called legal highs, including... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a detailed account of the commitment given to forward post-placement reports to the Russian Ministry of Education...
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