Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
- Child Care Services
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to hear the outcome of their appeal for child care subvention; and... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list the countries the Adoption Authority of Ireland is issuing declarations for in view of a notice on the... - Child Care Services
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the outcome of a child care subvention appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a... - Departmental Funding
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to provide funding to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for the 116000 missing children... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Adoption Authority of Ireland, AAI, will visit Ethiopia with regard to the formulation of a bilateral treaty; if she... - Health Service Inspections
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 81 and 102 of 14 February 2012, in which she stated that since the publication of the... - Freedom of Information
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in her Department for freedom of information requests and the number... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or... - National Children's Hospital
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated to the proposed national children's hospital project for 2012. [12366/12] - Animal Experimentation
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health the number of companies that have licences to use animals in experimentation; the length, terms and conditions of those licences; the guidelines that... - Departmental Schemes
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered revisiting the current amount charged for the drug payment scheme for a single person, in view of the fact that they are levied... - Pension Provisions
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) have not been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12123/12] - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health the anti-venom stocks held in the State; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12137/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to undergo an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12140/12] - Medical Cards
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make... - Hospital Staff
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels from 2008 to 2012 at the Cork Dental Hospital on the Cork University Hospital campus; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated by consultants from 2008 to 2012 and separately by visiting dentists from 2008 to 2012 at the Cork Dental Hospital on... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service based at St. Finbar's Hospital, Cork; the future plans for the service based there; and if... - Ambulance Service
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance service for the southern region complies with Health Information and Quality Authority guidelines; and if he will make a statement... - Health Service Staff
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which a vacancy was recently filled in the reconfiguration department at Health Service Executive south; if expressions of interest... - Departmental Properties
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the occupancy of Áras Sláinte at Wilton Road, Cork; the reason separate offices were needed at the Model Farm Road to facilitate... - Health Services
Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Cards
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on the medical card application made in October 2011; the reason for the... - General Practitioner Services
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health the financial cost to the Health Service Executive of equipment supplied to general practitioners for blood sampling; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Funding
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 14 February 2012, the Minister or Minister of State responsible for allocating the budget for such... - Health Services
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an E112 expenses claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 506: 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... - Health Insurance
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of the VHI in charging an insured couple seeking to cancel their policy 11 months from renewal a fee... - Medical Cards
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health in view of an article in a newspaper (details supplied), if he will clarify the comments attributed to him and his Department in relation to the... - Health Service Staff
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of annual expenditure and whole-time equivalent posts for all years from 2007 to date in 2012, under the... - Health Services
Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health the reason support services, motor skills, speech therapy and paediatric services for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 are not being... - Departmental Funding
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health the level of funds from his Department that go to fund the work of Rehab; if any of that money contributes towards the salary of the chief executive... - Medical Cards
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12264/12] - Medicinal Products
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the restrictions and guidelines that he operates regarding the provision of homoeopathy services and practitioners' rights to make... - Health Services
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently request the Health Service Executive to bring in an independent child care expert to assess the needs and make recommendations... - Health Service Staff
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health the international comparison of the ratio of the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists to the child and adolescent population in countries... - Mental Health Services
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health the number of multidisciplinary outpatient child and adolescent teams at present. [12299/12] - Medical Cards
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card awarded on appeal in June 2011 has not to date issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [12310/12] - Health Services
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the policy of families of patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy having to fill in a new E112 form every time they... - Health Centres
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for the building in which the current health centre is located in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. [12325/12] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the treatment abroad scheme application (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12327/12] - Medical Cards
Question 534: 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 538: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the four-year waiting lists for dental services in Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath; if there will be a possibility... - Health Services
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath had their home help hours cut by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12361/12] - Proposed Legislation
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring the health (amendment) Bill to Dáil Éireann for Second Stage debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12375/12] - Medical Cards
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) is being prohibited by the Irish Medicines Board from introducing its cheaper product for sale in the... - Medical Cards
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the delay in the processing of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin... - Health Service Staff
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the public appointments commission to expedite the approval of a director of nursing for St. Augustine's community nursing home,... - Medical Cards
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement... - EU Directives
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health when directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care will be transposed into legislation and the transition... - Health Services
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application submitted in November 2011 will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.... - Health Service Staff
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all front-line vacancies which have been approved for replacement will be filled from 1 March despite the fact that... - Health Services
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a proposal related to spina bifida care here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12455/12] - Medical Cards
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - Health Services
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Dublin taxis are parking in the disability bays outside the Mater Hospital, Dublin, sited between construction site and the main entrance... - Health Insurance
Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the VHI operates a policy whereby anybody who wishes to change to a lower plan during the course of... - Medical Cards
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not issued to a successful applicant when the decision was made over a month ago [12474/12] - Health Services
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health the total funding provided to Westdoc and each of its bases in 2011; the corresponding figure for 2012; the number of patient contacts in 2011 at... - Medical Cards
Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter. [12575/12] - Health Services
Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive plans to redevelop an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for renewal of a medical card; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the palliative care services and community hospitals. [12651/12] - Departmental Strategy Statements
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health when the national positive ageing strategy will be published. [12654/12] - Medical Cards
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12661/12] - Data Protection
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health the contact his office has had with the Health Service Executive and the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the retention and storage of Guthrie... - Departmental Funding
Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding when funding will be transferred to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12679/12] - Medical Cards
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to put on a statutory footing the 1995 guidelines for the control of MRSA published by his Department; when this will happen; the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out on the fair deal scheme for 2010 and 2011; the number of successful applicants that qualified for the fair deal scheme in 2010... - Hospital Services
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients on trolleys in accident and emergency in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, before admittance to a bed in the hospital... - Vaccination Programme
Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been notified of any such side effects resulting from a swine flu vaccine (details supplied); if so, the number of cases there are thought... - Freedom of Information
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of individual requests... - Hospital Services
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Cards
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which was applied for in 2008;... - Animal Welfare
Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health if, regarding the EU directive on the protection of animals, he has identified the body to evaluate animal research proposals and the steps he is... - Medical Cards
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12796/12] - Mental Health Services
Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the See Change campaign; the State investment to date in the campaign; and the evaluation of the progress of the initiative to... - Medical Cards
Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a positive response. [12831/12] - EU Directives
Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider, within the context of the transposition of EU Directive 2010/63/EU, introducing an obligation to use the new non-animal... - Public Service Agreements
Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the Croke Park agreement as it pertains to the health services; the way this will impact on health... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other payments they...
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