Written answers
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Department of Health and Children
- Child Care Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and type of emergency beds available for young people under 18 who are out of home in Dublin and in the rest of the State;... - Departmental Properties
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount raised from the sale at psychiatric establishments of psychiatric lands and buildings since January 2006; the amount retained... - Site Acquisitions
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the purchase of a site from the Health Service Executive for the building of a new school (details supplied) in... - Vaccination Programme
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Care Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be available to a community playgroup (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for occupational therapy and speech therapy in respect of children with autism, that is the average gap between... - Hospital Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 181 and 182 of 25 May 2010, if she is now in a position to provide answers with the details... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the bilateral agreement with Vietnam; if an interim agreement is being worked on; the progress on both the... - Suicide Incidence
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the suicide rate for 2009 by county and gender. [30862/10] - Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the definition of high risk in regard to medical card patients who require treatment of gum disease and if so, if appropriate clinical... - Ambulance Service
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that both the rapid response vehicle 24-7 service, with its advanced paramedic, and the... - Prescription Charges
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate of the money which will be raised by the imposition of prescription fees on medical card patients in 2010 and in a full... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated savings per year on the State drugs bill as a consequence of generic substitution. [30879/10] - Departmental Staff
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current salary for each of the following positions in the Health Service Executive, Chief Executive Officer, National Director... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute inpatient public hospital beds closed at the end of June 2010 and the comparable number for the end of June 2009.... - Regional Health Forums
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost of administration expenses for each of the regional health forums; the total cost of same; and if she will make a... - Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to prevent the closure of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if surgery will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this person's case will be dealt with under the... - Medicinal Products
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is an appropriate use of Exchequer funding to treat infection using antibiotics without treating the underlying... - Dental Treatment Services Scheme
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the arrangements that she has put in place for the treatment of adult special needs patients under the dental treatment services scheme;... - Hospital Services
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that children from the Health Service Executive south area still have to travel to Dublin or Limerick for... - Medical Cards
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation limiting medical card patients' entitlements as they relate to dental care under the provisions of... - Hospital Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposed management and funding structure for the new cancer unit at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [30913/10] - Health Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which cancer services at primary care and community level will be funded and delivered; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if new funding arrangements for public hospitals are contemplated; and if she will outline same. [30916/10] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her current estimate for the number of hospital beds that will be freed up by as a result of the co-location of private for profit... - Health Service Staff
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the numbers and grades of staff in the Health Service Executive dental service; if the total annual cost of provision of same will be... - Medicinal Products
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 29 April 2010 in relation to medical products, if there is a procedure of approving a... - Medical Cards
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who appealed a decision on the renewal of their medical card almost... - Health Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the deterioration in orthodontic services in recent times; the way, despite investments in recent years, there is... - Health Service Staff
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of dentists with contracts; the number of these that have multiple contracts at different locations; if income figures for... - Medical Cards
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request a report from the Health Service Executive in County Kildare in relation to the delays in issuing medical cards to... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, is included in the Health Service Executive revised capital plan 2010 to 2014; and... - Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that waiting times for hearing tests for children at Newbridge and Tallaght health centres... - Hospital Staff
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that there are adequate numbers of junior doctors available in Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, to ensure that... - Health Service Staff
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adult psychologists and child psychologists currently employed by the Health Service Executive in Kildare and west... - Health Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment in County Kildare; and the average waiting time for assessment.... - Health Service Staff
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of vacant posts in the occupational therapy service in County Kildare and west Wicklow. [30967/10] - Health Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting time for assessment for children for speech and language in County Kildare and west Wicklow; and the number of children... - Health Service Funding
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 9 February 2010, the reason this question was not replied to; and if she will now furnish a... - Medical Cards
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 11 May 2010, the reason this question was not replied to; and if she will now furnish a... - Pre-school Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 12 May 2010, the reason this question was not replied to; and if she will now furnish a... - Medical Inquiries
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the review of the practice of symphysiotomy in hospitals in this State will report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Funding
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount awarded by her to any of the organisations involved in social partnership for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,... - Foreign Adoptions
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if adoptions from Vietnam are set to restart in January 2011 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31000/10] - Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps being taken to deal with and trace the source of a case of E.coli 0157 regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on each waiting list to see each speciality at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting time to see each... - Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when test results will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31041/10] - Hospital Staff
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 6 that will be transferred to other hospitals by the end of... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the reasons for closing a ward at Kilcreene Hospital, Kilkenny in view of the fact that the hospital gives positive... - Medical Cards
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a medical card as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the... - Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a nurse will be appointed, as a matter of urgency, to assist with the care of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who... - Medical Cards
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 23 June 2010, if she will insist on a medical card being issued to persons (details... - Health Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has a treatment plan in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the plan... - Medical Cards
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will... - Ambulance Service
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has agreed with the Health Service Executive to provide an ambulance service for Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary; the cost of... - Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the respite house run by the Brothers of Charity for persons with intellectual disabilities in the mid-west, which is located at... - Health Service Staff
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in the health service by grade in the period 2002 to 2009; her forecast for employment by grade in 2010 and 2011;... - Health Services
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite places available for children and adults with special needs in South Tipperary annually; the budget allocated by... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she and her Department are aware of the very significant cuts to KARE budget for 2010; her plans to address this matter; and if she... - Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Funding
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 1 July 2010, if she or the Health Service Executive management were aware of the existence... - Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hours or occasions on which the social worker service visited or made contact with a person (details supplied) in County... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding reports of reduction in disability services with reference to service reductions in Ard Ciuan, Navan Road, Dublin... - Medicinal Products
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions No. 130 of 1 July 2010, if the Irish Medicines Board have applied or sought to apply sanctions... - Children in Care
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide an adequate number of appropriate secure units for children in care who have serious behavioural problems; the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the bed designation system that applies in the acute hospital system including the number of beds designated for public... - Insurance Industry
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who held private health insurance for the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of bed days lost in 2007, 2008 and 2009 due to delayed discharges, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds (details supplied) in the State as at 30 June, 2010, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cancelled operations in 2007, 2008 and 2009, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31398/10] - Health Service Reform
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date the report of the expert group on resource allocation and financing in the health sector will be published; if she has received... - Care of the Elderly
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received under the fair deal scheme as at 30 June 2010; the number of applications that have been processed... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women who have had smear tests carried out on a monthly basis as part of the cervical check programme, since it began in... - Health Service Staff
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the reduction to professional fees to health sector groups, including when the reduction applied; the category of... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive is considering restricting the operation of emergency departments in a number of hospitals around the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the 120-bed unit for cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4; the reason for the delay to... - Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for children seeking speech and language therapy on a county basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Departmental Agencies
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of all agencies subsumed into her Department or the Health Service Executive to date; the list of budget subheads that were... - Health Service Staff
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the levels of absenteeism in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the breakdown of absenteeism among staffing categories;... - Health Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for orthodontic assessment services for children on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an overview of savings made in the drugs budget during 2009 and 2010; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department and the Health Service Executive has spent on the use of taxis in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010;... - Health Service Staff
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the 52 infection control staff announced by her in 2006 that have been recruited to date; if she will provide details of... - Mental Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent community mental health teams that have been established according to the vision for change strategy... - Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of planned primary care centres; the proposed location for these centres; the number that are operational; the number that... - Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims lodged with the State Claims Agency per year for compensation as a result of patients acquiring hospital infections... - Hospital Charges
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of hospital fees collected per annum since 2006; the corresponding amount which remains uncollected for 2006, 2007, 2008,... - Mental Health Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of the independent monitoring group on the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if she will make a... - Health Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of home care packages delivered in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 on a county basis; the funding provided per annum for same; the... - Hospital Staff
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of whole time equivalent staff that are employed at present in South Tipperary General Hospital. [31434/10] - Medical Cards
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in processing an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the number of applications received to date for persons in Cork city and county under the new nursing... - Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the number of children on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide certain information regarding public hospital waiting lists (details supplied). [31444/10] - Pension Provisions
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 249 and 301 of 19 January 2010, if she will list the bodies which qualify as Health Service... - Departmental Reports
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the publication of the Health Service Executive strategy review of neurology and neurophysiology services... - Hospital Staff
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant neurologists and other specialist neurology staff here; the location of same in all Health Service Executive... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of neurological beds recently closed in Cork University Hospital; if it is intended that these beds will be reopened; and if... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the organisations, groups, bodies and so on that receive Health Service Executive funding or are contracted by the HSE to provide... - Vaccination Programme
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Health Service Executive has carried out a detailed cost analysis before making the decision to provide the HPV vaccine... - Mental Health Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 6 May 2009, the number of reviews of Autism Spectrum Disorders which were identified by the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has completed the review of congregated settings; her views on the review in relation to the transfer of persons with... - Health Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to have dental treatment on their medical card; and if she will make a... - Mental Health Services
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding her Department has allocated under A Vision for Change policy to mental health services in south Tipperary every year... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31471/10] - Mental Health Services
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for a child on the child psychiatry list in south Tipperary and nationally; the number of children awaiting... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for a person on the orthopaedic list waiting for a hip operation in south Tipperary and nationally; the number... - Youth Services
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of special projects for youth being funded; the number of such projects for which funding has ceased in the past 12 months;... - Medical Cards
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards applied for in South Tipperary each year since 2006; the number which were successful each year; the number... - Health Service Staff
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a permanent half time psychology post, which lies outside the moratorium on recruitment to the Health Service... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 22 June 2010, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service... - Health Services
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in north Tipperary waiting to receive speech and language therapy; the number of therapists in the constituency;... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding awarded out of public funds under the fair deal nursing home scheme to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the... - Nursing Home Accommodation
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home beds for the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the security measures that are in place to ensure that seriously ill patients cannot leave hospital without being discharged; if a... - Psychological Service
Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a psychological assessment will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reinstate the Borrisoleigh community welfare officer to Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary, in view of the fact that the... - Departmental Properties
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future plans the Health Service Executive has for a site it has acquired under the indemnity deal with the religious orders (details... - Ambulance Service
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if new proposals regarding the provision of ambulance services in Youghal, Midleton and Fermoy, County Cork, are in compliance with her... - Pre-school Services
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is not eligible for a place under the free pre-school programme in September... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims for the nursing home support scheme that have been processed since October 2009; the number that are outstanding;... - Health Surveys
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 20 May 2010, the way in which the human bio-monitoring project mentioned in her response... - Ambulance Service
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to centralise the ambulance control centres to City West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31613/10] - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a new community hospital for Ballinamore, County Leitrim; and if her attention has been drawn to... - Hospital Services
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the value of the benefit to public funds if charges based on the full economic cost were applied to all use of beds in public and... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the funding for each year, from 2005 to 2009, of State expenditure on health care, public and private, as between... - Health Services
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will detail the health provision strategy for Athlone in view of the fact that the primary care unit is off the agenda until at... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the cystic fibrosis ward for Crumlin Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31665/10] - Health Services
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath.... - Departmental Staff
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31750/10]
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