Written answers
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for orthodontic treatment for children in each of the Health Service Executive regions; and if she will make a... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received under the fair deal scheme to date in 2010; the number of applications that have been processed to... - Assisted Human Reproduction
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients currently receiving IVF treatment through the Health Service Executive; the average cost involved per patient; and... - Health Services
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department is carrying out an evaluation of the effects on dental health of cutbacks to the dental treatment services scheme and... - Health Service Funding
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the deficit in the Health Service Executive west; the action being taken to address this deficit; if she will give... - Medicinal Products
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to introduce reference pricing; the amount that will be saved from the introduction of reference... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of children and adults waiting to have a hearing aid fitted; the average waiting times to have a hearing aid fitted; the... - Departmental Reports
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she endorses the report of the expert working group on the financing of health services; if she intends to implement its proposals;... - Capital Spending Programmes
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount by which the capital budget for her Department has been reduced under the revised capital programme 2010 to 2016; and if she... - Medical Cards
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasons that medical card applications in the south Dublin area are taking approximately 20 weeks to be processed when submitted... - Health Services
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will consider introducing a national foot screening programme as part of the treatment of diabetic foot disease; the estimated... - Infectious Diseases
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy in relation to TB prevention; the measures in place in her Department to ensure that incidents of TB are detected and kept... - Health Service Funding
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total amount of money owed by private health insurers to Health Service Executive west; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to her decision to hire an additional 270 social workers, the number that have been recruited to date; and if she will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current situation regarding the centralisation of the processing of medical card applications; the level of service that will remain... - Health Insurance
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the timing for the capitalisation and sale of VHI; if expert advice has been obtained; the steps to be taken in... - Medical Cards
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current waiting times for those persons applying for medical cards or general practitioner only cards; and if she will make a... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the breast check screening programme; the number that have been screened per... - Health Service Staff
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on the replacement of speech therapists in the context of the moratorium on recruitment; if her attention has been drawn to... - Health Service Funding
Question 38: 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 Service Staff
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the sanctions, if any, underway in relation to consultants known to have breached the private practice terms of their contract; and if... - Departmental Agencies
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the relationship between her Department and the Health Information and Quality Authority; if she will outline the established protocols,... - Health Service Staff
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action that will be taken to ensure an adequate number of junior hospital doctors are maintained in hospitals here; and if she will... - Health Service Funding
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current funding being made available to the rape crisis centres nationally and the percentage increases and decreases per centre from... - Health Service Staff
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the national referral centre for paediatric immunology has no full-time consultant immunologist; and if she will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress being made to reduce the waiting lists for those patients waiting to access dermatology services; the number currently... - Health Service Staff
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community welfare officers currently employed in each Health Service Executive region; if there are any plans to make... - Health Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she accepts that the Health Service Executive dental policy which advises not to fill cavities in children's teeth puts children's... - Mental Health Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of the 99 child and adolescent mental health teams that have been committed to that have been delivered to date; of the child... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the proposed site for the national paediatric children's hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given instructions to the Health Service Executive to encourage and develop the home help service as much as possible, so as... - Special Educational Needs
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been a change in the procedure whereby health professionals provide reports which form the basis for the allocation of... - Hospital Services
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis of the Health Service Executive decision to cease surgery at Navan Hospital, County Meath; the clinical reasons behind this... - Health Service Staff
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists currently employed or contracted by the Health Service Executive in each HSE region; her plans to increase... - Health Services
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children to ensure that the budgets for community care are protected in order that elderly and disabled persons currently receiving home help or... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on the location of the new central mental hospital; when this decision will be made; and if she will make a... - Health Service Staff
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Health Service Executive posts currently unfilled, by region, as a result of the recruitment embargo; and if she will make... - Hospital Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she proposes to address the extra demand on maternity services; if resources will be provided to relocate maternity hospitals in... - Health Service Funding
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount the health budget will be reduced by in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34727/10] - Vaccination Programme
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will give a progress report on the provision of the HPV cervical cancer vaccine per Health Service Executive region; the numbers... - Health Services
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in the provision of an after office hours social worker service; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff in her Department; if that number has decreased; if the moratorium has been applied in the case of any Department... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; if she will, in particular, include irritable bowel disease;... - Departmental Staff
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made in the transfer of community welfare officers from her Department to the Department of Social... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the co-location policy; if she is concerned that the VHI will not cover its customers in co-located private... - Health Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the cutbacks to the dental treatment services scheme and the dental treatment benefit scheme in view of the hardship... - Hospital Staff
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of which nursing or other posts need to be filled at each public hospital here in order to ensure the availability of the full... - Medical Cards
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the latest figures for those in receipt of medical cards and general practitioner only cards; the number of cards issued to date in 2010;... - Hospital Staff
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the spend on agency staff in hospitals for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and the estimated total spend during 2010; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds currently out of use for whatever reason or purpose at each public hospital here; the relevant number of... - Prescription Charges
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the manner in which prescription charges in excess of €10 per month will be reclaimed by medical card holders; if she has an estimated... - Mental Health Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that has been raised from the sale of psychiatric institutions and lands in 2010; if it is intended to subvent this... - Constitutional Amendments
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the level of consultation, if any, that she has engaged in with other Departments since the publication of draft... - Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in designing and implementing modern hygiene practices in hospitals in order to reduce and eradicate MRSA and other... - Residential Care Services
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding step-down beds being made available in the major urban centres in order that patients in acute hospitals who are... - Health Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the high level of general practitioner fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34707/10] - Health Service Staff
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of microbiologists in place per Health Service Executive region in view of the high level of hospital infections; and if she... - Hospital Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of positron emission tomography scanners; the number of same which are operational at present; the number of PET... - Departmental Reports
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that she agreed with the Minister for Health (details supplied), Social Services and Public Safety in the Six Counties... - Hospital Services
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds that have now been removed from the overall bed numbers per Health Service Executive region; and if she will...
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