Written answers

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

  • Health Service Staff
    Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [31884/10]
  • Child Care Services
    Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up the 116000 — EU hotline number for missing children, which was reserved by the European Commission in 2007 for the...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 536: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received from County Clare for the back to school and clothing allowance scheme for 2010; the number of...
  • Health Services Funding
    Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money collected by the Health Service Executive under the Government inpatient levy for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008...
  • Health Service Properties
    Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve an application by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Preschool Services
    Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [32870/10]
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have applied for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme on a county basis in tabular form;...
  • Accident and Emergency Services
    Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of transferring the 24-hour accident and emergency department from Louth County Hospital in Dundalk to Our Lady of Lourdes...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and their cost at all levels and grades employed in the minor injuries unit in Louth County Hospital in Dundalk; and...
  • Health Services
    Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [31711/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) has been transferred from Cavan Regional Hospital to the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for assessment under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has had their medical card withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31737/10]
  • Inter-Country Adoptions
    Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it will be necessary to have a working agreement in place with Vietnam in order to progress adoptions from that country once the...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the price for drugs now paid by the Health Service Executive under the drugs payment scheme is substantially different to the...
  • Health Services
    Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given a date sooner than the two years advised for a consultant appointment;...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the acute psychiatric unit at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31768/10]
  • Health Care Professionals
    Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider relaxing the criteria for qualifying to practice thereby allowing college graduates to play a more immediate role...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has signed the contract to develop phase two of the new cancer services at St. James' Hospital, Dublin...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take in relation to adding Crohn's Disease to the list for the long-term illness scheme; the actions that must be...
  • Health Services
    Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [31843/10]
  • National Lottery Funding
    Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [31847/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [31853/10]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of assistant directors in the Health Service Executive since its establishment to date in 2101; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31919/10]
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 179 of 29 June 2010, if she received the expert clinical advice that she has sought on this...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of her Department, when they received the most recent annual report of that...
  • Hepatitis C Incidence
    Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her position in respect of the treatment of women exposed to contaminated anti-D in State run hospitals; her views on whether women...
  • National Lottery Funding
    Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the application for grant assistance under lottery funding in respect of a community group (details...
  • Health Services
    Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the provision of 20 bed in patient unit and school facility at Sacred Heart Convent in Bessboro, Blackrock, Cork will include beds...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the building of the new cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital. [32016/10]
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to reduce the instances of TB in the Cork area and review the TB services that currently exist; and if she...
  • Health Services
    Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget provided for the home help scheme for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in tabular form; the number of home helps employed; the...
  • Nursing Homes Support Services
    Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received for the fair deal nursing home support scheme since the scheme came into operation; the number of...
  • Health Services
    Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [32080/10]
  • Hospital Charges
    Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32091/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the justification for the withdrawal of health treatment for dental services under the medical card scheme; if this dental service to...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of speech and language therapists the Health Service Executive have covering County Clare; if there are any vacant positions...
  • Health Service Reform
    Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the Health Service Executive's budgetary cutbacks proposals for the Health Service Executive West Region including...
  • Health Services
    Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32117/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of deciding officers, inspectors and medical assessors employed for the purposes of medical card assessment and medical card...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in the Department of Health as of the 1 September 2010. [32128/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is policy to provide breast-feeding facilities for nursing mothers in all new and refurbished Health Service Executive buildings...
  • European Health Insurance Card
    Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with her counterparts in Europe on the reform of the operation of the European Health Insurance Card...
  • Adoption Services
    Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide extra staff to the Adoption Board in order to process foreign applications in a timely manner; and if she will make...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way current applications to the Adoption Board for adoption of children from Ethiopia will be impacted upon by the passing of the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a primary medical certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Suicide Prevention
    Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding strategies and actions taken to prevent suicide. [32199/10]
  • Professional Fees
    Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans and actions to deal with high general practitioner and dental costs for patients. [32200/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will a progress report on the new dialysis unit at Castlebar, County Mayo; if it is possible to fast-track the provision of that...
  • Health Services
    Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on waiting list for orthodontic treatment and orthodontic assessment in Dublin city and county; the average...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to advance the provision of the Regional General Hospital for the north east in Navan; the reason a planning application for...
  • General Practitioner Services
    Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for maintaining the north east doctor on call service; if she is satisfied that adequate resources are assigned to this...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who are currently on waiting lists to see consultants at each hospital here; the length of time each patient has...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that the Health Service Executive will save by the recent termination of the surgical services in Our Lady's...
  • Health Services
    Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [32266/10]
  • Ministerial Staff
    Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in her, or if applicable her...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if empty beds in private hospitals could be used to accommodate cystic fibrosis patients with en suite rooms while the new CF unit is...
  • Social Welfare Appeals
    Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an appeal for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Social Welfare Benefits
    Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a payment will issue in relation to a back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
  • Health Services
    Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the future of the orthopaedic unit at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath; the communications she or her Department have had with...
  • Preschool Services
    Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32295/10]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will add Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that Crohn's sufferers require treatment over their...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appeal for a medical card will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for an urgent appointment to issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires specific...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, if any, to urgently improve neurological care in our health services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Health Services
    Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [32389/10]
  • Child Care Services
    Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will indicate the changes that have been made surrounding the provision of child care for persons pursuing courses in vocational...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the Adelaide and...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is taking more than 12 months to reimburse patients for surgical appliances under the drugs payment scheme; the reason it...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a family (details supplied) in County Dublin will be reimbursed in a timely manner for essential appliances; and...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect to be called for a surgical procedure; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the colorectal cancer screening programme at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, which detected 137 cancers or...
  • Health Services
    Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied). [32475/10]
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a service (details supplied) will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32488/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 643: 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. [32489/10]
  • Health Service Expenditure
    Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the costs involved in the transfer of the Health Service Executive offices to the Model Business Park...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois can expect to be called for a surgical procedure in view of the fact that their health...
  • Health Services
    Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment services for children on a county basis; and if she will make a...
  • Early Intervention Scheme
    Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been on a waiting list since March 2010 will be assessed under the early...
  • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
    Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify whether an institution (details supplied) in County Limerick is covered under the health repayment scheme; and if...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the response that she will issue to persons regarding her plans and those of the Health Service Executive to introduce a scheme called...
  • Health Services
    Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 21 April 2010, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and...
  • Child Abuse
    Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current position regarding the follow up in the case of support or assistance following alleged child abuse in the family of a...
  • Health Services
    Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when provision will be made for optical treatment to be offered to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an increase in home help hours can be organised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32762/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when provision will be made for speech therapy, occupational therapist and increase in resource hours in respect of a person (details...
  • Early Childhood Education
    Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any applications have been approved for the free place for pre-school under the early childhood care and education scheme for...
  • Health Services
    Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children nationally awaiting assessment by an occupational or speech therapist; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the extension to the kidney dialysis unit in Castlebar Hospital, County Mayo, will be up and running; if she will ensure that it is...
  • Prescription Charges
    Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are guidelines or recommendations on the price general practitioners should charge patients for repeat prescriptions,...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 278 of 16 February 2010 and No. 289 of 20 April 2010, the number of the 30 staff nurse posts that...
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    Question 686: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to draft and publish legislation to regulate assisted human reproduction here in view of the fact that the Commission on...
  • Health Services
    Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will maintain the level of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) to enable it to maintain its telephone...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients referred by Letterkenny Hospital, County Donegal, through the national treatment purchase fund to private...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person in receipt of a medical card as a result of a UK entitlement will lose the dental benefit element of this entitlement; the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 691: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32916/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 694: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inter hospital transfers in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010, outward from Our Lady's Hospital in Navan to each hospital...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 695: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated number of man hours of overtime worked in agencies or authorities or divisions which report to her from 2008 to date in...
  • Medical Research
    Question 696: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to comments made in the Dáil (details supplied) by Minister John Moloney on 21 May 2009, the actions taken by her, the Health...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 697: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction the appointment of a nurse specialising in multiple sclerosis at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital; and if she will...
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 698: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to an increased rate of mobility allowance; and if she will make a statement...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 29 June 2010 if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to investigate the reply in...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 700: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an out-patient dermatology appointment in University College Hospital...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive a hearing aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32961/10]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 702: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide existing staffing levels at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 703: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has not obtained a bed at a hospital in Dublin; and if she will expedite the matter. [32983/10]
  • Health Service Allowances
    Question 704: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when back to school clothing and footwear allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 705: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will be restored to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Charges
    Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding charges by hospitals for blood tests sent in by general practitioners; if all or most such tests are free if the...
  • Health Services
    Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork called for specific treatment. [33028/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 711: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views regarding clients with appointments not turning up for hospital outpatient appointments; if any data on such no shows exist;...
  • Health Services
    Question 712: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a community nursing unit (details supplied) will not face cutbacks this year; if the eight beds at the facility...
  • Medical Investigation Report
    Question 713: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the report into the death of a person (details supplied) will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33066/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 714: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will rotate a consultant rheumatology service between Our Lady's Hospital Manorhamilton and Letterkenny General Hospital for a...
  • Nursing Home Services
    Question 715: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the concern expressed by residents of community homes regarding the interpretation of the Nursing...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse to renew the medical card in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Health Service Expenditure
    Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the monetary savings on home help cutbacks in each of the primary care areas in County Mayo since 1...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occasions on which Belmullet Hospital has been unable to accommodate step down patients from Mayo General Hospital since 1...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties which the moratorium on employment is having for a facility (details supplied) in...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 723: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33106/10]
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 724: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in respect of semi-State companies within the aegis of her Department; when the current CEO or equivalent was appointed to their...
  • Health Services
    Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [33133/10]
  • Official Engagements
    Question 726: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [33134/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 727: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [33135/10]
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 728: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women eligible for BreastCheck screening on a county basis; the number of women who availed of screening services on a...
  • Cancer Incidence
    Question 729: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women aged under 50 diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and 2009. [33230/10]
  • Cancer Screening Programme
    Question 731: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to extend the BreastCheck screening service to the 65 plus age cohort and the under 50 age cohort; when a mobile screening...
  • Health Services
    Question 732: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with a necessary facility to ensure their mobility; and if she will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 733: 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 Kildare; and if she will...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 734: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out an assessment of the position of persons who suffered serious damage as a result of the provision of vaccines;...
  • Children in Care
    Question 735: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures that are being taken to ensure high standards of foster care are provided, particularly on the northside of Dublin where...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 736: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an update on the plans for the development of the proposed national children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site,...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 738: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the way advanced directives will be formulated and to whom will they give authority and if this is being considered in new...
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the increase in the cost of medicines; the reason for the recent price increases to more than the original price; the steps...
  • Health Services
    Question 740: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can expect an assessment from an audiologist; if waiting times of 22 to 24 months...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been provided with an update regarding the status of the Vietnamese Government's plans to ratify the Hague Convention so that...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 743: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when surgery is due to take place in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33270/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 744: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 105 and 106 of 12 February 2009 and No. 222 of 6 May 2009, the position regarding the issues...
  • Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
    Question 745: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in deciding the appeal under the health repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to set up local services as part of the national foot screening programme for diabetics (details supplied); and if she...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 748: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for a consultation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 749: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a specific refund was ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will consider having this...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 751: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 752: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 753: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 754: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 30 March 2010, she will approve funds for this project; and if she will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 755: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 757: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will...
  • Health Services
    Question 759: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will continue to be made available for the running of a day care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 7....
  • Hospital Services
    Question 761: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will undergo surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    Question 763: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be referred for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 764: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a full medical card will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33361/10]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 766: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for each county in respect of patients waiting for ear, nose and throat appointments; the numbers on these...
  • Health Services
    Question 767: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was refused orthodontic treatment; the reason their appeal against this...
  • Hospital Equipment
    Question 769: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will indicate on a hospital-by-hospital basis, the age of the mammography equipment used; and how often this equipment is...
  • Preschool Services
    Question 770: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the take up in the preschool early childhood and education scheme since its first inception, indicating the total capacity of providers...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 771: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will extend medical card cover to all persons who qualify for carer's allowance so that they will have the security of knowing...
  • Professional Qualifications
    Question 772: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the validation for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who is waiting to take up a position; and...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 774: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of podiatrists working per Health Service Executive region and the location of same; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Cross-Border Co-operation
    Question 776: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that she agreed with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety (details supplied) in the Six Counties...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 777: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the budget allocation for the mental health section of the health service executive; if this budget is directly controlled...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 779: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an appeal for a medical card refusal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 780: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department spent in each of the last three years and in the first six months of this year on mobile phone bills; the...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 781: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of assistance that can be offered in addition to the fair deal package to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 785: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons employed in her Department by grade; the number of agencies under her remit; and the number of staff employed in...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 786: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to amalgamate ambulance services to Youghal, Midleton and Fermoy, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    Question 787: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for surgery in order that that orthodontic treatment can proceed. [33765/10]
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 791: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount provided towards home help services in County Mayo in the Health Service Executive budget allocation for 2010; the funding...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 793: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in which prescription charges for medical card holders will be levied; if medical card holders who have to pay charges of more...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 794: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with full medical cards here; and the number with general practitioner only medical cards. [33806/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 796: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date in 2010 to the State of the public-private hospital co-location scheme and the projected continuing cost; the savings...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 797: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the ratio of public and private work carried out by hospital consultants is measured in order to ensure compliance with...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 799: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has raised with the Health Service Executive its decision to rent privately owned premises in Carlow town at the cost of...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 800: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her decision to refuse renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 801: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a support team will be appointed to work with the neurologist in the mid-west region; when, in particular, a specialist nurse will...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 802: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being admitted to Merlin Park Hospital, Galway for an operation (details...
  • Health Services
    Question 805: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33896/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 806: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm when the report by a person (details supplied) on Tallaght Hospital, Dublin will now be published; her plans to...
  • Health Services
    Question 807: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33936/10]
  • Children in Care
    Question 808: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33937/10]
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 809: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if she will...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 810: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33939/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 811: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 24 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33940/10]
  • Hospital Procedures
    Question 812: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 24 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33941/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 813: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33942/10]
  • Nursing Education
    Question 816: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 29 June 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33945/10]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 817: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33946/10]
  • Organ Donation
    Question 818: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33947/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 819: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33948/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 820: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33949/10]
  • Children in Care
    Question 821: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 15 October 2009, when the outstanding information will issue from the Health Service...
  • Homeless Persons
    Question 822: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33951/10]
  • Departmental Correspondence
    Question 823: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 29 June 2010. [33952/10]
  • Homeless Persons
    Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33953/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 825: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33954/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 826: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33955/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 827: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33956/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 828: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33957/10]
  • Children in Care
    Question 832: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 29 June 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33961/10]
  • Hospital Building Programme
    Question 835: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 1 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33964/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 836: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 6 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33965/10]
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 837: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33966/10]
  • Health Services
    Question 838: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 305 of 8 July 2010, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [33967/10]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 840: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for all categories of medical card applications. [33998/10]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 841: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of surgical procedures carried out on a weekly basis at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; the number of orthopaedic...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 844: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited....
  • Child Care Services
    Question 845: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan was declined a second year under the early childhood care and education scheme;...
  • Health Services
    Question 846: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of decompression chambers in Ireland and their locations; the number of same which are operational; and if she will make a...

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