Written answers
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
- Child Poverty
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if legislation will be required to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to adopt a new area based approach to... - Child Care Services
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to commercial rates on child care facilities if she will seek a review with the Department of the Environment,... - Departmental Reports
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any plans to establish an independent review into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children similar to the... - Guardianship of Children
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop a policy of the management and funding of the Guardian [i]ad litem [/i]as recommended in the Children Acts... - Ministerial Meetings
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and dates of formal meetings that she has had with the management advisory committee in her Department since her... - Departmental Agencies
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and... - Missing Persons
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the position of the provision of a missing child hotline number EU 116000; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Staff
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Secretaries General who sit on State agency boards; the Departments that the Secretaries General represent; the... - Medical Cards
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/11] - Health Services
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the dental service for Carnew, County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18213/11] - National Drugs Strategy
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has bean drawn to the fact that many of the products which were being previously sold in head shops are now widely available to... - Disabled Drivers
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the motorised transport grant, with specific reference to the application process in 2011 for persons with... - Nursing Education
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the decision to abolish payments to student nurses during their fourth year pre-registration rostered placement;... - Medical Cards
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 3 May 2011, if he has received the information sought from the Health Service Executive; and if he will... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of the new cystic fibrosis wing at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; and the completion date of... - Medical Cards
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes to respond to persons in need of medical cards, especially persons in urgent and special circumstances; and if he will... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to facilitate the outstanding 1,300 applications for fair deal nursing home places which have been fully... - Health Services
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health the advice and support available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [18309/11] - Hospital Staff
Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses currently employed by the Health Service Executive; and the cost of their employment to the State. [18322/11] - Redundancy Payments
Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a redundancy package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing problems that parents who hold valid medical cards are experiencing with adding their new born children to their... - Health Services
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) will be placed in a cheaper and more appropriate setting thus saving money for the... - Nursing Home Services
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health his plans in respect of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Galway, in view of the fact that the future of the fair deal scheme is uncertain;... - Health Services
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail precisely the budget made available via the Health Service Executive to Beechpark Services; the total number of staff employed by... - Ambulance Service
Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health the number of call centres recommended for closure in the Mason report 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18421/11] - Diabetes Services
Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health if he, or the Health Service Executive's national clinical programme for diabetes, has considered the proposed reorganisation of paediatric diabetes... - Health Services
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed closure of the dispensary at Doneraile, County Cork. [18441/11] - Nuclear Power Plants
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure that he is notified by the World Health Organisation of any health risks associated with radioactivity from... - Health Services
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic services in Kenmare, County Kerry, will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/11] - Diabetes Services
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations who did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2010; the number of those... - International Summits
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive will be sending a delegation to the United Nations High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases in New York... - Health Policy
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to support plans by the Danish authorities to make diabetes, as a model for chronic illness, a key priority during the Danish EU... - Board Membership
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the membership of the various hospitals, health-related statutory boards and institutions, including those set out... - Tissue Preservation
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding blood stem cell collection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Longford will receive an appointment with the Health Service Executive hearing service; and if he will make... - Nursing Home Services
Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be allowed by the Health Service Executive to take up the bed in Thomand Lodge, Ballymahon,... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health when the children's Beech Ward in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, was closed; the reason it was closed; and when it will re-open. [18509/11] - HIQA Inquiries
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a Health Information and Quality Authority inquiry into the accident and emergency ward in Tallaght Hospital,... - Health Service Staff
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health if an outside agency will be retained to supplement public service staffing levels at the Primary Care Reimbursement Service in Finglas, Dublin 11,... - Health Services
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to hand over responsibility for adding babies to medical and general practitioner cards and other such changes to doctors' secretaries;... - Hospital Services
Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and details of hospitals that have been subject to the removal of acute services such as accident and emergency in 2010 and 2011; the... - Health Services
Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered agencies which administer treatment and funding for drugs-related purposes; if he will provide a breakdown of each agency's... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the breakdown of the €13 million allocated for the development of St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; the amount allotted to each... - Health Services
Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health if an extensive plan of home help or a full home care package will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if... - Medical Cards
Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18561/11] - Medical Waste Disposal
Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the disposal of medical waste; where this cost is incurred; the amount of this bill that is spent outside the jurisdiction; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the outpatient waiting list at Cork University Hospital awaiting an appointment for a future date; if he will specify in... - Health Services
Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive drug service in the mid west received any additional funding over the past two years; and the way this funding has... - Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Council; the cost of this organisation; the staffing levels and his arrangements for this council; and if he... - Medical Cards
Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [18685/11] - Hospital Services
Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for an arrangement to be made between the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, and one or other... - Health Services
Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out a review of the benefits and risks of using mercury in silver dental fillings. [18713/11] - Hospital Services
Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health the nature of consultations, feasibility studies and discussions that took place between the Health Service Executive South, his Department and other... - Health Services
Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health if a respite bed will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [18722/11] - Medical Cards
Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [18727/11] - Health Services
Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed primary care facility for Balbriggan, County Dublin; if the Health Service Executive is close to finding a... - Commercial Rates
Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health the rent and rates charged to coffee chains operating in St. James's, the Mater and St. Vincent's Hospitals in Dublin. [18816/11] - Health Services
Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider transferring ownership of the old dispensary in Carrigart, County Donegal, to the local community to be used for the benefit of... - Hospital Staff
Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant dermatologists currently attached to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list; the average... - Hospital Services
Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in each of the three paediatric hospitals in Dublin at present; if all theatres are currently in use in each of the... - Health Service Staff
Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff by grade that were provided with mobile phones as part of their work duties; the reason staff are... - General Practitioner Services
Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if curtailments in the doctor on call service has had any effect on the availability of doctors to attend in order to test drivers who are suspected... - Hospital Services
Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all services at Tullamore and Portlaoise hospitals will be maintained in view of the junior doctor shortage, noting that 16... - Health Services
Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the 23 persons seeking day places in a centre (details supplied) in County Offaly this coming September in view... - Official Engagements
Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health the number and dates of formal meetings that he has had with the management advisory committee in his Department since his appointment; and if he... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical practices are defrauding the State by obliging patients to pay the registered postage... - Departmental Agencies
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to agencies (details supplied) and their sub-agencies, the levels of office rental paid; the location of offices and their landlords for... - Health Services
Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health the starting date for the planned residential centre for autism to be built at Dromavalla, Ballyseedy, Tralee, County Kerry; and if special needs... - Hospital Services
Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health his policy in respect of the issue of cord blood stem cell collection; if this is facilitated in hospitals here for the personal use of persons to... - Departmental Staff
Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Secretaries General that sit on State agency boards; the Departments that these Secretaries General represent; the corresponding agency...
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