Written answers
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
- Child Care Services
Question 619: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is available for community crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10668/12] - Children in Care
Question 620: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 12 January 2012, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [10830/12] - Child Care Services
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a section 39 grant for 2011 will be paid to a community playschool (details supplied), in view of the fact that the grant had... - Domestic Adoptions
Question 624: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her budget allocation for the staffing and administrative costs of the processing of domestic adoptions in 2011 and 2012 [10595/12] - Youth Cafés
Question 627: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding options open to a facility (details supplied); her position on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the... - Ministerial Transport
Question 628: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to her Department of the senior Minister's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include... - Preschool Services
Question 629: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved for the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she... - EU Youth in Action Programme
Question 630: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the involvement Irish children and young persons have had with the EU's Youth in Action 2007 to 2013 programme. [10670/12] - Health Services
Question 633: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 27 September 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [10826/12] - Health Service Staff
Question 634: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 27 September 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [10827/12] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 636: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the total amount each Minister, Minister of State and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment... - Adoption Services
Question 637: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding a submission regarding adoption (details supplied); if there is proposed legislation to address this issue;... - Early Childhood Education
Question 638: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fundamental importance placed on the development of literacy and numeracy in children's earliest years in the... - Skills Development
Question 640: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the importance placed on the professional upskilling of the early childhood workforce in order to meet the targets and... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 642: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the workforce development plan cites access to flexible, affordable and nationally accredited learning... - Missing Persons
Question 644: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exact funding that will be allocated to the 116000 missing children hotline which is to be opened in the near future; the... - Detention Centres
Question 645: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detailed plans of the facilities that she intends to provide for the detention of 16 and 17 year olds at Oberstown, Lusk,... - Departmental Advertising
Question 646: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 647: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding... - Commissions of Investigation
Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a commission of inquiry into the circumstances around allegations of sexual abuse at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda ,... - Water Fluoridation
Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health if he is sure that the fluoridation of public water supplies does not have a negative impact on human health; if he can point to any research to... - Medical Cards
Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for the care of high dependency patients following the planned closure later this year of St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick. [10600/12] - Ministerial Transport
Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to his Department of the senior Minister's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include mileage and car related... - Medical Cards
Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and lengths of time in the accident and emergency departments of hospitals (details supplied) for the week beginning 13 February and the... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Oireachtas primary care reimbursement service has stopped responding to inquiries and representations from TDs via the dedicated... - Mental Health Services
Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a comprehensive report on plans to move the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to St. Ita's in Portrane, including costs and... - Community Care
Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain his statements that no decision has been made in relation to the future of public nursing homes, yet at the same time a long-term... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been unable to obtain an appointment for necessary eye surgery. [10725/12] - Health Service Properties
Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health if a property (details supplied) has yet been transferred by a voluntary housing body to the Health Service Executive; the HSE's plans for the... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for phlebotomy services provided in each of the years, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will provide a breakdown... - Primary Care Strategy
Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners required to deliver free universal access; his plans to have that number of GPs in place in advance of the... - Health Services
Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of chronic disease management programmes. [10768/12] - Medical Training
Question 665: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline planned changes to general practitioners training programmes in order to fast-track training; the institutions that will be... - Medical Cards
Question 666: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card application; the reason for the delay in making a... - Health Services
Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born here in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of these babies who received a check-up within 48 hours of discharge from hospital;... - Health Service Properties
Question 668: To ask the Minister for Health the term and cost of the lease for the new unit headquarters of the primary health care team centre in Macroom, County Cork; the cost to the Health... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health his views on proposals regarding methadone patients (details supplied). [10788/12] - Medical Cards
Question 671: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 672: To ask the Minister for Health when an insulin pump will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/12] - Ministerial Transport
Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011;... - Medical Cards
Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10811/12] - Departmental Properties
Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 6 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [10828/12] - Nursing Home Services
Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all publicly run nursing homes and units; the number of beds in each; the number and grade of staff in each; and if he... - Health Service Staff
Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number of Health Service Executive and Department of Health employees receiving gross salaries in excess of... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 680: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total amount each Minister, Minister of State and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment expenses since being... - Drug Treatment Programme
Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health the future of the Aisling Clinic, which is located on the grounds of Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin; if it is envisaged that funding will be... - Medical Cars
Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason, six months after the appeal was... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a wheelchair and bus pass in respect of a person (details supplied). [10885/12] - Medical Cards
Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/12] - Seirbhís Fiaclóireachta
Question 686: To ask the Aire Sláinte cén fáth ar stopadh an tseirbhís fiaclóireachta san Ionad Sláinte i gCarna; cén fáth ar baineadh an trealamh as gan aon réamhphlé leis an bpobal;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be admitted to undergo surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin. [10906/12] - Proposed Legislation
Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health if it his intention to seek the consent of the Department of Finance as laid out in section 9 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997 to... - Alcohol Labelling
Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans for reducing the alcohol content in alcoholic drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10916/12] - Medical Cards
Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 699: 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. [10982/12] - Medical Cards
Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10984/12] - Health Services
Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for an assessment under the Health Service Executive to be brought forward in respect of a person (details... - Medical Cards
Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10991/12] - Health Services
Question 717: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there will be no disruption to day care centre services (details supplied) due to staff retirements under the public service... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application under the nursing home support scheme, fair deal, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 719: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
Question 720: To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the appointment of a new doctor to the spinal unit in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11 [11091/12] - Hospital Procedures
Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to accommodate persons who were scheduled for appointments in the spinal unit of Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11, who have had their... - Medical Cards
Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; the reason for the delay in a... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 724: To ask the Minister for Health if patients of Fibromyalgia are not covered by the long-term illness scheme, the welfare schemes available to them. [11106/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a comparison by hospital of the numbers waiting 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, and more than 12 months for... - Hospital Procedures
Question 726: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital operations cancelled, postponed or rescheduled last year by hospital; the increase since 2010; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
Question 727: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding neurological conditions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/12] - Medical Cards
Question 728: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 26 January 2012, when a response will issue. [11229/12] - Health Services
Question 731: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthopaedic shoes. [11294/12] - Ambulance Service
Question 732: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider undertaking an audit or requesting an audit from the national ambulance service to ensure that the appropriate use is being made... - Health Services
Question 733: To ask the Minister for Health if the time that a doctor is available at the health clinic in Muff, County Donegal can be extended due to large population and catchment area of the... - Medicinal Products
Question 735: To ask the Minister for Health when the drug naloxone will be made available in Ireland to assist in supporting persons suffering from the effects of drug use; and if he will make... - Medical Cards
Question 736: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 738: To ask the Minister for Health if 40 cystic fibrosis patients were waiting for beds on Tuesday, 21 February 2012; and what is available for these patients at this hospital (details... - Medical Cards
Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medical card queries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11380/12] - Hospital Services
Question 741: To ask the Minister for Health the running costs of Listowel Community Hospital, County Kerry, in 2011, and on a per patient basis, as compared to other community hospitals in the... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health if his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of personal assistants for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a... - Health Services
Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [11399/12] - Medical Cards
Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent difficulties in obtaining information on medical card queries (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Smoking Ban
Question 751: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the inspection system in place within the Health Service Executive on the implementation of the smoking ban across the country; the... - Nursing Home Services
Question 752: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a new classification for care homes, community, relative to the Health Information Quality Authority regulations; his views on... - Medical Cards
Question 753: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [11464/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 756: To ask the Minister for Health if an early date will be arranged for an operation at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he... - Medical Cards
Question 757: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for the delay in issuing... - Hospital Staff
Question 758: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the filling of a post of consultant rheumatologist at Kerry General Hospital, which received formal approval some time ago, in... - Health Services
Question 759: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 687 of 14 January 2012, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this matter has still not been dealt... - Departmental Advertising
Question 760: To ask the Minister for Health the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the past 12 months; the... - Medical Cards
Question 761: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [11521/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 762: To ask the Minister for Health if a hip operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason for the delay;... - Ambulance Service
Question 763: To ask the Minister for Health when the new inter hospital ambulance transfer service will be rolled out to each hospital throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 764: To ask the Minister for Health the full capacity of a nursing unit (details supplied) in County Cavan; the bed capacity that is designated for long-term patients; the number of... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 766: To ask the Minister for Health the details of the €6 million overspend by the Health Service Executive in the midland region in 2011 broken down by location and service; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 767: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to the eye and ear hospital in Dublin; and if he... - Health Services
Question 768: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 17 January 2012, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [11600/12] - Home Help Service
Question 769: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [11602/12] - Medical Cards
Question 770: To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
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