Written answers
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that migrant women facing domestic violence have been denied social assistance for failure to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that over 46,000 patients are on hospital waiting lists here; that this figure will increase significantly as a... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults waiting to have a hearing aid fitted; the average waiting time to have a hearing aid fitted; the cost... - Health Service Funding
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money owed by private health insurers to the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34441/10] - Medical Cards
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons contracted within the public health service; her views on whether the numbers are adequate... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason community welfare officers are permitted to deny supplementary welfare allowance for failure to satisfy the habitual... - Child Care Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time and part-time child care places made available to participants attending back to education initiative, FÁS,... - Health Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the efforts that are being made to ensure that babies are receiving crucial developmental screening before the age of ten months in view... - Medical Cards
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34512/10] - Residential Care Services
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans, if any, to staff a unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34515/10] - Health Services
Question 170: 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. [34520/10] - 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 Cork. [34528/10] - Hospital Services
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider implementing a more favourable patient pricing structure to allow for the continuing viability of Cobh Community... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding given to an organisation (details supplied) in 2008 and 2009; the amount that will be given in 2010; if there will... - Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [34556/10] - Medical Cards
Question 175: 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 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, as a matter of urgency, she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 has the additional supports sanctioned so that... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will work commence on the new accident and emergency unit at Kerry General Hospital. [34578/10] - Hospital Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the community nursing home unit will open at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34579/10] - Medical Cards
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any attempt has been made to quantify the cost that has been incurred for providing mental health services to asylum seekers who have... - Asylum Support Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view and the view of the Health Service Executive regarding the establishment of separate accommodation for single women in the... - Medical Cards
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will award a medical card to a person (details supplied) in view of his changed circumstances; and if she will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34614/10] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons for delays in scheduling orthopaedic surgery for patients attending the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore and the... - Residential Care Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of long-term stay beds and respite care beds in use at a care unit (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason there is... - Health Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with the following matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34645/10] - Hospital Services
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on a matter regarding a hospital (details supplied). [34649/10] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, at present, the school age disability speech and language therapy service in Dublin... - Misuse of Drugs
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the investigations carried out on the headshop product referred to as "whack"; and if it will form part of a future ban. [28766/10] - Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners that have undertaken training under the methadone protocol levels 1 and 2 in County Kildare. [28763/10] - Fluoridation of Water
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will carry out a study on the total fluoride intake of the population here as contained in the renewed programme for Government;... - Medical Cards
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card had been withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a... - Pre-school Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider the conditions of the free preschool year, where many parents are unable to avail of the scheme because of the... - Care of the Elderly
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the costs to the Health Service Executive each year as a result of falls in the home by older persons; and if she will make a statement... - Medical Cards
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will change the medical card eligibility rules to allow the public service pension levy to be deducted in assessing eligible... - Pre-school Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children availing of the early child care year in County Laois; the number of providers of this service in County Laois;... - Hospital Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the trained professionals or multi-disciplinary teams that are in place on a 24-hour basis within accident and emergency departments to... - Hospital Staff
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make provision for a nationally recognised transfer scheme for nursing staff within the Health Service Executive; and if she... - Health Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork called at the earliest date possible to a specific facility in... - Hospital Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis upon which a decision has been taken to limit access to the Orthopaedic Hospital in Cork and refer patients with prosthetics... - Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34919/10] - Medical Cards
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the limitations now in place with regard to dental procedures for medical card holders; the circumstances in which... - EU Directives
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of EU directives awaiting transposition into law in her Department; the reasons for the delays; and the reaction of the EU... - Health Service Staff
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers currently in the Health Service Executive north-east region; the way in which this figure compares with the... - Child Abuse
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of child neglect that have been reported to the Health Service Executive in 2009 and to date in 2010; if she will... - Children in Care
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who are currently in the care of the Health Service Executive in the north-east region. [34948/10] - Health Services
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a specific item to be provided to an elderly person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34952/10] - Mental Health Services
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [34956/10] - Medical Cards
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the protocol in place when a medical card is issued but a decision is subsequently taken that the holder is not eligible and when the... - Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a medical assessment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on... - Pre-school Services
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to provide grants for pre-school personnel who are adding to their existing qualifications in early... - Care of the Elderly
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown on the amount the Health Service Executive spends on care for the elderly in the categories of home... - Hospital Services
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of a dedicated stroke unit for the Health Service Executive south. [35006/10] - Health Services
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [35007/10] - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to introduce legislation in the area of assisted human reproduction. [35010/10] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 236: 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. [35012/10] - Health Services
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for assessment at child services, Naas; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons medical card holders are experiencing continued difficulties accessing dental services since April 2010; and if she will... - Medicinal Products
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to ensure pharmacies are passing on the benefits of savings on the price of commonly used drugs to... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee the continuation of the cervical cancer screening programme; the measures she intends to take to improve public... - Hospital Staff
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of nursing posts currently vacant or waiting to be filled throughout the private and public hospital sectors; if the... - Hospital Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all of the facilities, including theatres, funded by her Department at Tallaght hospital are fully operational; those that are not;... - Care of the Elderly
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent, if any, to which she and or her Department has examined the importance and value for money provided by the home help... - Hospital Procedures
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent to which the cost of the various procedures at public and private hospitals varies between those funded directly or funded by... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of hospitals in the public and private sectors throughout the country currently experiencing delays at accident... - Health Services
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she ever again intends to reply directly to a parliamentary question relating to what the Health Service Executive might refer to as...
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