Written answers
				Wednesday, 7 July 2010
  				
Department of Health and Children
				 
  - Departmental Expenditure 
 Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the total spend by her Department on carbon offsets for official travel undertaken by her and her Minister of State for 2007, 2008, 2009...
- Health Services 
 Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if the Alzheimer's unit at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, is back to full staffing and complement; the number of...
- Hospital Accommodation 
 Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  when the beds recently closed in Kilcreene Hospital, County Kilkenny will be re-opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Youth Services 
 Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the position regarding an application for funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure 
 Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the total health budget for each of the years 1997 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.  [30377/10]
- Hospital Accommodation 
 Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the total number of hospital beds, both public and private for each of the years 1997 to end 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make...
- Hospital Services 
 Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the average cost per patient attending hospital for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Accident and Emergency Services 
 Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the number of accident and emergency attendances for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- General Medical Services Scheme 
 Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the general medical service budget allocation for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Medical Cards 
 Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the number and percentage of persons under 70 years who were medical cardholders for each of the years 2003 to 2009 in tabular form; and...
- Health Service Staff 
 Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the reason there are no principal dental surgeons operating on behalf of the Health Service Executive based in the Carlow Kilkenny area...
- Departmental Bodies 
 Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the measures that she is taking to ensure that all public bodies under her remit are informing dissatisfied complainants that they have...
- Tobacco Control 
 Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of  the increasing number of cigarette seizures and reports of wide availability of counterfeit cigarettes if she will consider...
- Medical Cards 
 Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme 
 Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.  [30440/10]
- Health Services 
 Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  when a hearing test will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities 
 Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  when speech therapy services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services 
 Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if she will deal with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.  [30446/10]
- Medical Cards 
 Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
- Pre-school Services 
 Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the reason a child (details supplied) who is enrolled for a place in a primary school to start in September 2011 is not eligible for the...
- General Medical Services Scheme 
 Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if she will provide information regarding certain antimalarial tablets (details supplied) which are reimbursable under the general...
- Medical Cards 
 Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if a medical card will issue as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.  [30481/10]
- Ambulance Service 
 Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  her current proposals for rationalisation of the ambulance service in the Health Service Executive south area; the rationale for the...
- Health Services 
 Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the protocols involved regarding the establishment of primary care teams; the steps taken by the Health Service Executive to involve...
- Departmental Reports 
 Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the number of recommendations in the Obesity Task Force report which have been implemented; the plans she has to implement the...
- Hospital Procedures 
 Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will have a procedure carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure 
 Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the amount that was spent in 2009 on vaccines for swine flu; the amount thus far in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports 
 Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if the report, Safe Neurosurgery in Ireland, which was compiled by Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, and sent to the Health Service Executive...
- Hospital Services 
 Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the preparatory work that has been carried out to ensure that the proposed new children's hospital is suitable for children with...
- Health Services 
 Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if she will support a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3.  [30636/10]
- Medical Cards 
 Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she will expedite the processing of the...
- Health Service Allowances 
 Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the agreement she has with the Health Service Executive regarding the national tender for home care packages; when these packages will...
- Health Services 
 Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if her attention has been drawn to reports that private chiropody clinics in the Dublin area are charging patients with chiropody cards...
- Hospital Waiting Lists 
 Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if she will investigate the position regarding an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.  [30657/10]
- Health Services 
 Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if she will confirm plans for an out of hours general practitioner service to be developed in the accident and emergency department of...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme 
 Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 26 January 2010 if she will provide an update; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Referrals 
 Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in which a general practitioner referral for...
- Hospital Services 
 Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  when a procedure will be carried out on a child (details supplied) at Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin; if her attention has been...
- Child Care Services 
 Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 1 July 2010, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the question concerned direct...
- Health Services 
 Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the position regarding an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.  [30716/10]
- Departmental Staff 
 Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the number of applications from staff for transfer, relocation or exchange received in her Department and or other bodies or agencies...
- Health Services 
 Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the proportion of the population with a body mass index of greater than 35; if she will provide a breakdown of that number into...
- Departmental Expenditure 
 Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children  the funding that has been made available for training civil servants in 2010 in her Department; the extent to which this sum has been...
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