Written answers

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

  • Adoption Services
    Question 790: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a specific general policy in place whereby the Health Service Executive is obliged to facilitate access to the...
  • Health Services
    Question 791: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [23003/11]
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 792: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Health Service Executive plans to review the child foster and adoption vetting procedures to include in the Garda...
  • Garda Training
    Question 794: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on developing a joint child protection training initiative for new Garda members and social work staff with a view to...
  • Preschool Services
    Question 795: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if optional extra services being provided by some preschool providers are being run within the three hour entitlement under the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 796: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money that was spent on taxis by her Department in the past year; the amount of money that has been provided for in...
  • Child Protection
    Question 797: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the backlog of cases (details supplied) within the child protection area; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 801: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of spending, using departmental credit cards held by Department staff over the past four years; the numbers of...
  • Ministerial Staff
    Question 802: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed in each of the private offices and the constituency offices of her Ministers of State; the annual...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 805: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget available to her Department for IT expenditure in 2010 and 2011; the provisions within her Department for the...
  • Expenditure Reviews
    Question 806: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the details of her Department's submission and all correspondence to the Department of Public Expenditure and...
  • Preschool Services
    Question 807: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23686/11]
  • Adoption Services
    Question 808: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all adoption files from the Sacred Heart Convent at Bessborough in Cork have been transferred to the Health Service Executive;...
  • Health Services
    Question 809: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 23 June 2011 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24175/11]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 811: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 12 July 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24177/11]
  • Children in Care
    Question 812: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to parliamentary Question No. 47 of 12 July 2011 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24178/11]
  • Constitutional Amendments
    Question 813: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the promised referendum to amend the Constitution to strengthen the rights of children. [24242/11]
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 814: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking towards the putting of the Children First guidelines on a statutory footing; and if she will make a...
  • Professional Fees
    Question 815: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the potential savings to the Exchequer by reducing professional fees paid by the State by 25% - Pearse Doherty. [24278/11]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 816: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 817: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 820: To ask the Minister for Health if he will do the necessary signing off needed to enable the Department of Health to proceed with the new community hospital in Kenmare, County...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 821: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his decision not to grant a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement...
  • Services for Older People
    Question 822: To ask the Minister for Health the way he is planning for and anticipating his shared role in ensuring greater cross-departmental and cross-sectoral working and ultimately...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 823: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Accident and Emergency Services
    Question 825: To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the attached submission (details supplied) regarding better services for accident and emergency units in all hospitals; and if...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 826: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue by the Health Service Executive on an application for funding under the nursing homes support scheme in respect of a...
  • Domestic Violence Services
    Question 829: To ask the Minister for Health the changes in the arrangements for funding organisations that provide domestic and gender-based violence services such as SAFE Ireland are proposed;...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 830: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to heighten the recognition of fibromyalgia as a long-term illness to enable suffers to avail of services within the health...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 831: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that was spent on taxis by his Department in the past year; the amount of money that has been provided for in the next year for...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 832: To ask the Minister for Health the process under which a person will be able to receive payment for Fair Deal clients under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the way these...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 833: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a Health Service Executive paper proposing cuts to health services in Louth County Hospital and Navan Hospital, County Meath. [22828/11]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 841: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive plans to charge staff for car parking. [22836/11]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 846: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was received in his Department; the position regarding...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 847: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 22 June 2011 and his reply on 30 June 2011, if he will provide this Deputy with the salaries of all chief...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 849: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a case regarding a prosthetic limb request for a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue. [22853/11]
  • Private Health Insurance
    Question 850: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further increase the health insurance levy and age-related TRS to ensure that older members of society are not significantly making a...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 851: To ask the Minister for Health if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 1 June 2011, the protocols being discussed between the Health Service Executive, St Vincent's...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 852: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to a matter (details supplied) regarding the location of the new children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 853: To ask the Minister for Health if he will stand by the promise that he has made in relation to prescription levies being removed; when these levies will be removed. [22889/11]
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 854: To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds in Waterford Regional Hospital; if any of these aforementioned acute hospital beds are closed at present and...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 855: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Waterford at present there are approximately 100 children and adolescents living with type 1...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 856: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be able to obtain a hip operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22899/11]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 857: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [22903/11]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 858: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on Valentia Island, County Kerry, there is a local community hospital which is run by a local group...
  • Health Services
    Question 859: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm funding for the Connect programme at Castlemaine Community Centre, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    Question 860: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 28 June 2011, if he accepts as adequate the response provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 861: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [22941/11]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 862: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, which has been ongoing since April 2010; and if he will make a...
  • Health Service Expenditure
    Question 863: To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Health Service Executive on taxi services for patients in County Donegal; the number of companies that offer the service;...
  • Primary Care Strategy
    Question 864: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the opening of primary care centres across County Limerick; the locations of the proposed centres; and when same will be opened. [22956/11]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 865: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the inclusion of ulcerative collitis in the long-term illness scheme; his plans to include the condition in the scheme in the...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 866: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is an employee of the Health Service Executive or Don Bosco House; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 867: To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond regarding a matter (details supplied) regarding the banning of alcohol advertisements from television; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 868: To ask the Minister for Health if he will instigate a review into the handling of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway by Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he...
  • Smoking Ban
    Question 869: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the smoking ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22991/11]
  • International Agreements
    Question 870: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the expert group established to make recommendations to him to ensure that Irish law complies with the European Convention on...
  • Health Service Executive
    Question 871: To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to reduce the cost and amount of administration in the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23045/11]
  • Primary Care Strategy
    Question 872: To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that have been developed in which primary care teams are based on a county basis; the number of primary care teams...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 873: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23048/11]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 874: To ask the Minister for Health the staff complement at a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if he will provide details of the annual level of staff; the annual cost of staff;...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 875: To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no services in Dublin to provide training in life skills for persons who have Asperger's syndrome; his plans to provide such...
  • Health Services
    Question 876: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in County Galway; the number of persons on the waiting list as of August 2011 and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 878: To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place for persons waiting almost a year for a cataract operation in County Galway; the steps he will take to ensure that a person...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 879: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed removal of the 24-hour emergency service at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 880: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding facilities for persons over 18 years and are suffering mental illness; the steps he will take to secure places for these...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 881: To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles in service in the north west; the location of the ambulance bases at which the rapid response vehicles are...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 884: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to a matter (details supplied) regarding the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23078/11]
  • Garda Vetting
    Question 885: To ask the Minister for Health the procedure regarding persons employed in the health services of the categories that staff require Garda vetting including consultants, doctors,...
  • HSE Debt Collection
    Question 886: To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure that the Health Service Executive notifies on a daily basis debt collection agencies who work on their behalf when...
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 887: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the prescription charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23097/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 888: To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on a matter (details supplied) regarding the length of waiting time in the accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital,...
  • Health Education
    Question 892: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to require the publication of the numbers of calories contained in food by food outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Long-term Illness Scheme
    Question 894: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a request to include Crohn's disease on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [23141/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 895: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of respite care in respect of a child with special needs (details supplied) in County Cork. [23159/11]
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 897: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the amount of medication wasted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23172/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 898: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the service provided by D Doc is inadequate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/11]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 900: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive, when calculating a person's means of entitlement to a medical card or GP only card on income grounds, does...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 901: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the employment panel for physiotherapists here; if recently graduated physiotherapists have been accommodated with employment...
  • Health Services
    Question 902: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received any O.T. services to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 904: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary No. 220 of 25 May 2011, if he will make a statement detailing the steps taken to disaggregate mental health and disability...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 906: To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent on taxis for staff and for others in each of the past four years. [23300/11]
  • Obesity Prevention
    Question 908: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a sugar tax to help address the growing problem of diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23321/11]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 909: To ask the Minister for Health the cost, to date, of the provision of accommodation, board and so on for Indian and Pakistani NCHDs to be recruited through the temporary...
  • Ministerial Staff
    Question 910: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in each of the private offices and the constituency offices of his Ministers of State; the annual amount paid in...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    Question 913: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current employment status of a person (details supplied); if this person still holds the postilion of chief executive; and if...
  • Health Services
    Question 914: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a newborn screening programme to identify glutamic acidemia in babies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23383/11]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 917: To ask the Minister for Health the professions which have completed registration to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and qualify to use the title of a designated...
  • Health Services
    Question 918: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for funding in respect of a child therapy service based at Rosse Court Centre, Lucan, County Dublin; his views on...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 919: To ask the Minister for Health the budget available to his Department for IT expenditure in 2010 and 2011; the provisions within his Department for the purchasing of IT equipment;...
  • Professional Fees
    Question 920: To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal a matter (details supplied) in relation to professional consultants' fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23459/11]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 921: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the details of his Department's submission and all correspondence to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for...
  • Health Services
    Question 922: To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding the increase in charges at Woodlawn Residential Services, Lusk, County Dublin; and if he...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 923: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new cystic fibrosis unit at Saint Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4; and the stage the building is at. [23506/11]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 924: To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget allocation for Mullingar Regional Hospital, County Westmeath, in 2011; and if he will provide a breakdown of this allocation....
  • Health Services
    Question 925: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding of MiDoc services in the midlands; his plans to reorganise services and expand services; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 927: To ask the Minister for Health the list of the acute psychiatric services available for young persons in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    Question 928: To ask the Minister for Health when legislation for the opening of the GMS card system is going to be implemented in order that all vocationally trained general practitioners can...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 929: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 932: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [23560/11]
  • Home Help Service
    Question 934: To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [23564/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 935: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 20 July 2011 the progress made regarding the orthodontic treatment in respect of persons (details...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    Question 936: To ask the Minister for Health the savings he anticipates making from the reduced reimbursement price of fridge items under the recently signed financial emergency measures in...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 937: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [23591/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 939: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the servicing and repair of hearing aids (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23608/11]
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 941: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to licence the drug Sativex for use by MS sufferers. [23621/11]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 942: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23688/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 945: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of support services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23691/11]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 946: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 19 July 2011, the definition of the soon waiting list for an appointment in the adult rheumatology...
  • General Practitioner Services
    Question 947: To ask the Minister for Health if the out of hours general practitioner service will commence in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in October 2011; and the planned opening hours. [23693/11]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 948: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of posts, including management, clinical and consultant posts in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, that are awaiting Health Service Executive...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 951: To ask the Minister for Health the steps which he is taking to re-instate the fair deal nursing home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23706/11]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 952: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [23732/11]
  • Care Services
    Question 954: To ask the Minister for Health if a full home care package will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    Question 955: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the rehabilitation unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23741/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 956: To ask the Minister for Health the number of written and or verbal complaints received by the Health Service Executive regarding treatments and other issues at a hospital (details...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 959: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are being asked for payments in respect of respite care; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 960: To ask the Minister for Health the savings that will result from the decision to close 59 community nursing home beds in County Mayo; if he will confirm that it is the intention to...
  • Patient Records
    Question 961: To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure the confidentiality of patient records in view of three confidentiality breaches in the Health Service Executive...
  • Health Services
    Question 962: To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself with the management of operations at a Health Service Executive facility in the north west (details supplied); and if he...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 963: To ask the Minister for Health the planned level of investment in Roscommon County Hospital between now and the end of 2011; the investment planned for 2012; the areas in which...
  • Health Services
    Question 964: To ask the Minister for Health if he will defend the current entitlement under the 1970 Health Act to health services based on need against proposals contained in a report of his...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 966: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the eligibility criteria for medical cards in respect of older persons. [23818/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 967: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the eligibility criteria and needs assessments for home care packages clear and consistent for those who are trying to access these...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 968: To ask the Minister for Health if he will, in the development of the national positive ageing strategy, clarify that persons have entitlement to certain essential home and...
  • Public Transport
    Question 969: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the availability and affordability of transport links to hospitals and health centres in respect of persons who are not well...
  • Universal Health Insurance
    Question 970: To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the white paper on financing universal health insurance. [23822/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 971: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 5 July 2011, if the Health Service Executive will arrange the respite and other services needed, such as...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 973: To ask the Minister for Health when the next funding will be made available for the fair deal nursing home scheme in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Investigations
    Question 974: To ask the Minister for Health if he will present a report on his dealings in respect of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, following the recent intervention by Health Information and...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 975: To ask the Minister for Health if he will raise with the chief executive of the Health Service Executive the question of the HSE appointing a nominee to the board of Adelaide Meath...
  • Health Services
    Question 976: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to ensure that funding continues to be provided for a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 977: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a new voluntary redundancy scheme for Health Service Executive staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23888/11]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 978: To ask the Minister for Health when an application under the fair deal scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be issued by the...
  • Health Services
    Question 980: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding charges for inpatient services. [23912/11]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 982: To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests from the Health Service Executive to lift the employment embargo on posts in the public sector; the number of posts that have...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 983: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the feasibility study completed on his behalf on the costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a dedicated...
  • Health Services
    Question 985: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting lists and waiting times in audiology services in County Kerry. [23952/11]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 987: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the Health Service Executive to health centres (details supplied) for general medical card services under the primary care...
  • Water Fluoridation
    Question 988: To ask the Minister for Health if he will abandon his water fluoridation policy in view of the recent opinion of the EU's scientific committee on health and environmental risks,...
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 989: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 5 May 2011, the cost in 2009 and the last quarter of 2010 of the involvement of the Office of Tobacco...
  • Health Services
    Question 990: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide finance to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23996/11]
  • Health Regulations
    Question 991: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation regulating the cosmetic surgery industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24017/11]
  • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
    Question 992: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy's statement that blanket bans on gay men giving blood is contrary to EU law and in view...
  • Ministerial Travel
    Question 993: To ask the Minister for Health if he discussed the SARS epidemic that broke out in China in 2002 during his recent visit to China; and if so, the lessons Ireland can draw from the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 1001: To ask the Minister for Health the options the Health Service Executive is reviewing to ensure a hospital (details supplied) in west Dublin remains within its budget. [24040/11]
  • Hospital Charges
    Question 1002: To ask the Minister for Health the savings that will be made if he were to apply charges based on the full economic cost to all use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals in...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Health his estimate for the savings that will be made from measures to reduce the cost of medicines in our health system, including centralised wholesale...
  • Public Service Pay
    Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Health the savings that will be made if the salaries of hospital consultants were to be capped at €150,000 per annum. [24044/11]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of public hospital beds currently closed; the number per hospital; and if he has a programme for reopening closed hospital beds....
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Health the psoition regarding the ending of admissions to St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin; the contingencies that are in place regarding the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans of the Health Service Executive to close 59 public inpatient beds in County Mayo; if he will intervene to...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1012: To ask the Minister for Health if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 19 July 2011, the reason the National Recruitment Service was not notified of any approved staff...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1013: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a cancer patient (details supplied) in County Kerry will not be granted a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Long-term Illness Scheme
    Question 1014: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding Addison's disease to the long-term illness scheme. [24131/11]
  • Nuclear Power
    Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Health if all of the information that he has received from the World Health Organisation via the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation has been made...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the overtime bill for general and mental health nursing in County Kerry in 2010 and 2011 and decide if it would be more sensible...
  • Health Services
    Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24159/11]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1018: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive paid out in legal fees to outside lawyers over the past five years; if he will give a breakdown by...
  • Health Promotion
    Question 1019: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 627 of 3 May 2011 and 631 of 15 June 2011, the status of the reply from the Health Service Executive....
  • Health Services
    Question 1020: To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 21 June 2011 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24173/11]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 21 June 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [24174/11]
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 293 and 294 of 20 July 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24179/11]
  • Departmental Properties
    Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 21 July 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [24180/11]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal of a medical card application in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Wexford. [24181/11]
  • Health Services
    Question 1025: To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home help application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [24182/11]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 5 April 2011, when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive their operation [24183/11]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the setting of fees by nursing homes under the nursing home support scheme is monitored; if his attention has been drawn to the...
  • Personal Injury Awards
    Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Health the action he proposes to take arising from the case of Patient A who had a breast cancer diagnosis delayed by 18 months, was one of the women in...
  • Departmental Statistics
    Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born in the Rotunda, Holles Street and Coombe maternity hospitals, Dublin, who required medical intervention for delirium...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Health in regard to each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, if he can provide details of the total number of hospital consultants posts advertised to be...
  • Health Services
    Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the situation pertaining to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24195/11]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1033: To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff and respective budget of each regulator under his responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24231/11]
  • Personal Injury Awards
    Question 1034: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 24 March 2011, if he has decided the mechanism to be used to compensate the woman excluded on age...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Health the potential savings to the Exchequer by reducing professional fees paid by the State by 25%. [24284/11]

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