Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
- Youth Services
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of his commitment that frontline services will not be affected by depleted public sector numbers, the reason the Health... - Departmental Funding
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will fund a charity (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26005/11] - Departmental Staff
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of employees in her Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector... - Child Care Services
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cost of child care is a priority for her; the initiatives she will take on this matter; the discussions she has held with... - Preschool Services
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who enrolled in preschool education in September, 2011 under the free preschool year; the percentage of... - Health Services
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children placed and an indicative range of cost for a full year placement in each setting for the most recent... - Health Service Staff
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding earmarked for child protection posts for each year since 2001; and the matters on which the earmarked... - Children in Care
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has factored the increased number of children in care into the figures for optimal ratio of social worker to child. [26111/11] - Child Abuse
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to meet the leadership of the Catholic Church or any of the religious orders following the publication of the Cloyne... - Departmental Staff
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if she will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant... - Child Abuse
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of reported incidents of child sex or other abuse of children reported in each of the past five years and to... - Youth Services
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her preferred options for the delivery of youth services with particular reference to identifying specific requirements of an... - Children in Care
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of children in care in each of the past five years and to date in 2011; the numbers that have had their... - Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Department has submitted a strategy statement to her, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and if so,... - Health Service Staff
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider accepting registered social care workers to assist and support professionally qualified social workers in... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place to deliver on the oversight and co-ordination of the drugs task forces in the greater Dublin area; his vision for the work of... - Mental Health Services
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health the full extent and availability of child psychiatric services throughout the country; the extent to which out of hours services are available; the... - Hospital Services
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health if an operation, which was cancelled, will be rescheduled as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25633/11] - Health Services
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in appointing an additional methadone dispensing general practitioner in Drogheda, County Louth; when the appointment will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the cancellation of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if following this... - Health Services
Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health if he is in receipt of a proposal for cost saving initiative with the implementation of flexible working hours and career break schemes from the... - Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish his statement of strategy 2011-2014 following submissions from interested parties; his plans to retain the task force... - Hospital Services
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for bypass surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can be brought forward due a deterioration in the... - Health Services
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report submitted to the Health Service Executive in 2009 (details supplied) and a subsequent review submitted in... - Health Service Staff
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 by the Health Service Executive to private employment agencies to engage staff in the... - Hospital Services
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25696/11] - Health Services
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of beds in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and the capacity was over the past five years. [25699/11] - Hospital Staff
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a staffing issue at Kerry General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25738/11] - Health Services
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost in each Health Service Executive region for the provision of IT support; the companies involved and the total amount paid to each in... - Hospital Procedures
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a date has not been set for day surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will now expedite the... - Tax Code
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the tax rates being applied to the wages and travel expenses of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25767/11] - Departmental Staff
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension schemes that... - Hospital Services
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give assurances that the current services in Nenagh general hospital will be maintained in view of the recent bed closures in other... - Medical Cards
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an appeal for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25818/11] - Health Action Plan
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a tax on so-called junk food to help combat the increasing obesity figures here; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Cards
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25888/11] - Medical Cards
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [25892/11] - Hospital Staff
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are sufficient staff allocated to the paediatric rheumatology services at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, to... - Health Service Staff
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams in existence currently being developed and in planning stages on a county basis. [25912/11] - Health Services
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health the number of recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children's report into orthodontic care that have been implemented; and... - Health Service Staff
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's position in relation to the employment of orthodontic therapists; if the position adopted by the HSE here is in... - Proposed Legislation
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to amend the Dentists Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25927/11] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in arranging operations for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [25943/11] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive paid in rent to private landlords from 2007 for temporary facilities to take care of psychiatric... - Hospital Contracts
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health the details of all private cleaning contractors who have secured tenders for laundry services at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide the necessary capital to provide the extension to Bandon Community Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Service Staff
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health the exact staffing allocation being provided to support children diagnosed with autism in west Cork through CoAction in 2011; the way that this... - National Lottery Funding
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a charity (details supplied) in County Kerry. [26003/11] - Health Services
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26004/11] - Hospital Staff
Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State when all publicly employed hospital consultants exceed the cap of 25% in private practice by 15%. [26009/11] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 20 September 2011, the way the average figure for the cost of a nursing home bed through the National... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for secretariat services for the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health for 2010 and 2011. [26109/11] - Health Services
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26139/11] - Hospital Services
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the number of patients that Letterkenny General Hospital, LGH, County Donegal, caters for on an annual basis and the scale of medical... - Ambulance Service
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health the reason ambulance transport for outpatient services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been withdrawn. [26180/11] - Health Services
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons an appointment to receive the determination of results was cancelled from 26 September 2011 to June 2012 in respect of a person (details... - Mental Health Services
Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding a submission on mental health services (details supplied); his plans to address the issues raised; the meeting he or the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive Dublin north east taxi contract was last put out to tender; the details of the arrangements currently in place;... - Hospital Services
Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health when will the 100 bed community nursing unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, Dublin 5 be fully opened; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending to the families of children with serious chronic illness the current provisions for medical card renewal by persons... - Health Service Staff
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent disclosure of contracts entered into by the previous Government with hospital consultants related to one year's paid leave in... - Departmental Staff
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive... - Pharmacy Regulations
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 936 of 14 September 2011, the length of time he intends to keep this reduced reimbursement price for fridge... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health if and when the fair deal scheme will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the budget allocation for the mental health section of the health service for 2011; and if he will provide a breakdown of that... - Health Services
Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State to pay for a single resident in full-time residential care at St. John of God Menni Enterprises, Ballyfermot, Dublin. [26357/11] - Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and if so, will he publish the... - Thalidomide Survivors
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health further to a meeting of 15 July 2011 with a survivors society (details supplied), the progress made to date of the establishment of a forum in regard... - Care of the Elderly
Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious staffing shortage at a public nursing home (details supplied) in County Wicklow which has led to the... - Health Services
Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end the placing of children and young persons in adult psychiatric wards. [19830/11] - Departmental Reports
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the name and number of external reports that were commissioned by his Department from 2000 to 2004 in tabular form; the cost of each one of these...
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