Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
- Youth Services
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable concern regarding the proposal by the EU Commission to abolish the Youth In... - Child Care Services
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost per patient of residential care for children with challenging behaviour on an annual basis as provided by private... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give details of the number of vocational education committee youth officers employed by the VECs; the list of current... - Youth Services
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will enter into discussions with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to funding the Big Brother Big Sister... - Child Poverty
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date concerning the implementation of the commitment in the programme for Government to adopt a new area... - Child Care Services
Question 433: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on broadening the child care employment and training support scheme to incorporate registered child minders; and if she... - Departmental Bodies
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any organisation under her Department which has informed her of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its... - Child Protection
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 12 April 2011, if the 5/30 cases were assessed or further information obtained to... - Medical Cards
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health when an appeal for a medical card will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will expedite the matter; and if he... - Health Services
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28272/11] - Medical Cards
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Education
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the return to nursing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/11] - Cancer Research Programme
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for research into prostate cancer in 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans for further investment into research into the cancer; and if... - Hospital Services
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive an appointment for surgery. [28170/11] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add Crohn's disease to the long-term illness list to allow the 15,000 sufferers here to benefit from the scheme; and if he will make a... - Grant Payments
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the applications for a motorised transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason the... - Health Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health if clinical experts met over the summer months to propose the setting up of a sub-group which will put forward suggestions on a model of care for... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for ankle replacement surgery at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28195/11] - Suicide Incidence
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Alcohol Prices
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department has engaged with the Scottish Government about the planned introduction of the minimum pricing of alcoholic products in that... - Substance Misuse
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in implementing the commitment in the programme for Government to integrate drugs and alcohol abuse strategies at local... - Hospital Staff
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the situation in which places are available for public health nursing students to be trained and hired on a permanent basis but... - Medical Cards
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that personnel within the new centralised medical card section will respond to phone calls within the time frame agreed; and if he... - Domestic Violence Services
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health Service Executive to complete its review of domestic violence services; and if it intends to end State funding to Safe... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding Valentia community hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health the support and advice available to a person (details supplied). [28270/11] - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health if exemptions will be made for persons (details supplied) relating to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28276/11] - Departmental Investigations
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in the publication of the report commissioned by him into the practice of symphysiotomy; and if he will confirm a date for... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health if the special delivery unit has presented its report into the Mid West Regional Hospital, Limerick, to him; and if he will put this report into the... - Health Services
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [28319/11] - Private Health Insurance
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28324/11] - National Lottery Funding
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application (details supplied) to the national lottery fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28326/11] - Health Services
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the lack of audiology services in south Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a two-year... - Health Service Staff
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the review of payment for fourth-year student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28349/11] - Departmental Schemes
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health if the long term illness scheme can be amended to include Crohn's disease. [28354/11] - Departmental Investigations
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 20 July 2011, the nature of the disciplinary action taken by the Health Service Executive human... - Medical Cards
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was replaced with a general practitioner card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [28356/11] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans to introduce a compulsory code of conduct for private providers of care to persons with disabilities in their homes; and... - Departmental Bodies
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health the details of any organisation under his Department's remit which has informed him of staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability to... - Hospital Services
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive policy and clinical procedures in place for the treatment of patients diagnosed with cardiac arrest from County Donegal... - Public Petitions
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health the number of public petitions that have been submitted to him in the past four years, in tabular form; the nature of each petition campaign; the... - Departmental Task Forces
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 30 May 2011, if he has yet received the information from the Health Service Executive necessary to... - General Practitioner Services
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health if out-of-hours doctor services are required by his Department or the Health Service Executive to carry oximeters; his view on whether there is a... - Data Protection
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive outsources the storage of medical files to private companies; if so, the amount that has been spent by the HSE during... - Medical Cards
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will expedite the matter.... - National Carers Strategy
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health when the national carers strategy (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/11] - Official Engagements
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the purpose of his official visit to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin, on 3 October 2011; and if he will make a statement... - Care of the Elderly
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new 50-bed community hospital which was promised by the Health Service Executive when it closed St. Brigid's ward of St.... - Health Services
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to withdraw the Health Service Executive circular of 26 April 2010 regarding the dental treatment service scheme in view of its impact on... - Hospital Services
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for an operation to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [28600/11] - Medical Cards
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28624/11] - Health Services
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health if further home help will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Pension Provisions
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health if a ministerial order of pension was given to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in 1988; if it is possible to receive a copy of same; and... - Community Care
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a nursing home (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28661/11] - Hospital Services
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will have an operation. [28666/11] - Domestic Violence
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding that has been provided to domestic violence services in County Louth in each of the past five years; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be given a date for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28674/11] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the introduction of an individualised budget for the care of people with disabilities as recommended in a recent report on disability... - Hospital Services
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health if and when the special delivery unit inspected the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; the... - Medical Graduates
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors that have qualified on an annual basis in each of the past five years and to date in 2011. [28731/11] - Health Services
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health the rates of travel expenses payable when a person is referred for occupational therapy though their employment; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which existing staff and bed levels continue to be available at all public health institutions in County Kildare; if bed or ward... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of requested appliances in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [28784/11] - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to introduce the promised changes that will allow access to motor neurons suffers on to the drugs payment scheme. [28792/11] - Ambulance Service
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on an incident (details supplied) regarding waiting time for an ambulance; the steps being taken to address such a situation; and... - Hospital Services
Question 520: 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 of same.... - Hospital Staff
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts including management, clinical and consultant positions in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, awaiting Health Service Executive sanction;... - Health Services
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the progression of the tendering process for home helps and home care packages on the north side of Dublin; and when he... - Medical Cards
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if same will be expedited. [28816/11] - Pharmacy Services
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act instruments for pharmacies (details supplied); and if he will...
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