Written answers
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Department of Health and Children
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds closed nationally for which most recent information is available; the reason these beds are closed; the... - Dental Treatment Services Scheme
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she expects to achieve savings of €30 million in the dental treatment services scheme for medical card patients; the services... - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, during her visit to New Zealand, she examined its no-fault compensation scheme for injury as a result of medical negligence and... - Hospital Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that all X-rays in all hospitals are reported by consultant radiologists; the date that the Health Service Executive... - Health Service Staff
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that are in place when non-consultant hospital doctors change job on 1 July 2010; the impact of the European working... - Child Care Services
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is considering separating child care services from the Health Service Executive in view of the opinions expressed by the chief... - Health Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop a national strategy on the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with dementia; the date that this strategy will... - Care of the Elderly
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to the delivery of nursing home care; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that public nursing homes... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on which hospital accident and emergency units will close or limit opening hours as a result of health... - Children in Care
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the legal advice on which is based the claim that the files for children who died in State care or when known to... - Health Insurance
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to oblige health insurance providers to cover primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25917/10] - Prison Medical Service
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role her Department plays in the health of prisoners; if this is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25921/10] - Misuse of Drugs
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on when legislation to ban the sale and distribution of substances sold in head shops and the closure of head... - Health Insurance
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money the State will have to inject into VHI in order for it to achieve solvency; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Reports
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the cardiovascular policy group; if and when she will publish the report; and if she will make a... - Health Service Executive
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive will commence working; if their job description is the same as that... - Health Service Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers that have been appointed to date in view of the 270 additional social workers to be recruited by the Health... - Hospital Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date the inquiry team set up by the Health Service Executive on 9 March 2010 to investigate the circumstances that led to the... - Health Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of rolling out retinopathy screening nationally in view of the recommendations of the Health Service Executive expert advisory... - Constitutional Amendment on Children
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date on which the referendum on the rights of children will be held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25894/10] - Parliamentary Questions
Question 69: 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 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when it is planned to introduce extra chronic illness and preventive programmes similar to heart watch, at primary care level; and... - Medical Cards
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of staff dealing with medical card applications in south Dublin has been... - Health Insurance
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the EU has commenced proceedings against the State in the European Court of Justice regarding the VHI's derogation; the position... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of her plans to free up 1,000 public beds through the co-location plan, building work has begun at any of the eight... - Proposed Legislation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will bring the heads of the Bill to regulate sunbeds to Cabinet; the length of time it will take before the Bill is drafted,... - Care of the Elderly
Question 77: 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... - Hospital Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on the retention of services at Roscommon Hospital and at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if she will make a... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy regarding the administration of the National Treatment Purchase Fund pilot scheme for 2010 whereby patients are provided with... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the implications of the implementation of the new payment structure for nursing home care under the fair deal scheme for community... - Medicinal Products
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to introduce reference pricing; the amount that will be saved from the introduction of reference... - Hospital Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations cancelled during 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25817/10] - Ambulance Service
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that a significant number of ambulances are out of service for several hours at a time due to their trolleys being... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adults and children currently residing in residential centres for people with disabilities; if she will provide a list of... - Children in Care
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date that legislation will be published to enable the Health Service Executive to transfer files to the appointed independent review... - Departmental Reports
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an audit has been carried out on all recommendations from all reports on cases of misdiagnosis in recent years to ensure that they are... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 92: 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... - Children in Care
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Information and Quality Authority audit into foster care files in Dublin North-West and Dublin North-Central, which found... - Health Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the midlands diabetes project has been evaluated and, if successful, if it will be extended to other areas; and if she will make a... - Vaccination Programme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason only 1.1 million vaccines of the 3 million vaccines bought, were administered to the population in view of the Health Service... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there have been inpatient charges imposed on patients who are ready for discharge under the terms of the nursing homes Act, but whose... - Weight of Schoolbags
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had any engagement with the Department of Education and Skills regarding the damage heavy schoolbags can do to children's... - Ambulance Service
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nature of the investigations that are underway into the recent death of an ambulance worker; the guidelines that are in place to... - Departmental Reports
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to publish the report on the funding of health care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Staff
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the information from the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive that social workers are being withdrawn... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 102: 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 that she will... - EU Directives
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline the new EU programme through which people may have treatment in other member countries; the date on which it comes... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25736/10] - Health Services
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is expected that the large number of applications for medical cards, psychological assessments, speech and language therapy,... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the impact that the closure of 62 beds in Beaumount Hospital, Dublin 9 and 80 beds at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 1 will... - Mental Health Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community mental health teams that have been established; the number that are fully staffed; if the staffing of these... - Care of the Elderly
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to limit the time home helps can spend on specific tasks; the other measures or proposals planned that will affect... - Health Services
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the existence of a group of influential persons who were advising the Health Service Executive south... - Hospital Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an outreach cancer centre is still planned for County Donegal; if it will be linked to Galway or Northern Ireland; the services it... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made regarding the value for money and policy review of disability services; if a steering committee has been... - Health Insurance
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have cancelled or not renewed their private health insurance in the past year; if an assessment is being done... - Redress Schemes
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to put in place a supplementary Lourdes hospital redress scheme to properly acknowledge and appropriately respond to the needs... - Infectious Diseases
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures that are being taken to address the growing number of cases of measles here; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the new integrated regional structures have been implemented in the Health Service Executive which are designed to provide closer... - Hospital Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will order a full review of consent policies within the maternity system here and initiate national guidelines for clinical... - Health Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she intends to review the structural and operational procedures in the Health Service Executive having particular regard to increased... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason six executives or higher executives in the National Treatment Purchase Fund were exempt from the moratorium; the level of...
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