Written answers
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
- Family Support Services
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review a matter (details supplied) regarding the family resource centre; and if she will make a statement on the... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of her... - National Children's Strategy
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the youth policy framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13516/12] - Youth Services
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the 6.5% cut in funding for youth services which will mean that many projects will have to axe summer... - Adoption Services
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason persons (details supplied) in County Meath have to wait until the autumn for an adoption social worker to meet them... - Missing Children
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the 116000 number (details supplied). [13761/12] - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the bilateral agreement on adoptions to be signed between Ireland and Russia; and if she will make a statement... - Public Service Staff
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement... - Children in Care
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care system who have been placed with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender foster parents; and if... - Adoption Services
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of clarity in Irish law by which same-sex couples who adopt in the UK may not have... - Eating Disorders
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health the contribution the food industry, food processing companies and food manufacturers can make to deal with the issue of obesity in children; his... - Proposed Legislation
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health how cosmetic surgery clinics are currently regulated and if, in view of the recent defective breast augmentation procedures, he plans to update the... - Medical Cards
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health if it is his policy to means test medical cards. [13832/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to children and the present reviews that are taking place, the payments that are used to buy occupational therapy, speech therapy and... - Medical Cards
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be expedited in the case of person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health the podiatry services available to non-medical card holders (details supplied); the reason this service was denied to them in the north west region;... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number and names of all semi-state companies and statutory agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will... - Medical Cards
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; when this application will be... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 15 February, the progress made to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the... - Health Services
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the dental treatment they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/12] - Vaccination Programme
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a request to meet with members of the vaccine damage steering group to discuss the recommendations of the report published by him... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [13538/12] - National Children's Hospital
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health if he will procure and publish full and detailed particulars of all sums expended to date in respect of the proposed new national children's... - Health Services
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 has not received orthodontic treatment; the reason they were on a waiting list for more than three... - Medical Cards
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card submitted online last July 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.... - Health Services
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their nine-month development assessment, which is currently six months overdue, as... - Medical Cards
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued or will issue instructions on medical card applications from persons who previously benefited from the free dispensing of... - Health Services
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements being put in place in the Health Service Executive in County Kildare to cover the function of school liaison for children who are on... - Medical Cards
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if any further information is required... - Health Service Staff
Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health if all Health Service Executive offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained; and if he will make a... - Abuse in Hospitals
Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health if he will launch a full inquiry into the complaints of sexual abuse of patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, County Louth, which were first... - Medical Cards
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive plan to proceed with treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that... - Hospital Staff
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a West Cork Hospital extension and the replacement of senior staff in the hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Charities and Voluntary Organisations
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the high salary levels of the chief executives of charities who are in receipt of State funding from his... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has been waiting on an emergency list for an MRI scan for 16 months, will be called for their... - Medical Cards
Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their general practitioner visit card; the reason for the delay in issuing the renewal... - Hospital Services
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged five to 18 years awaiting occupational therapy services in the Health Service Executive South area especially the County... - National Children's Hospital
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health the names of those representatives from parents' groups, youth groups and children's groups who will be participating on the review board headed up... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend general practitioner visit cards to cover hospital and accident and emergency visits and stays. [13716/12] - Health Services
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the National Rehabilitation Centre will continue to provide music therapy services; if the senior music therapist's (details... - Medical Cards
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health if medical expenses are retrospectively covered in view of the fact that their medical card is backdated in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Medical Negligence Cases
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health then number of medical negligence cases involving mishaps at birth over the past five years; the settlement in each case; the amount paid in legal... - Health Services
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to prevent a serious impact on services following a significant number of retirements from the Orthopaedic... - Medical Cards
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision for a renewal of a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason this particular applicant has to... - Health Services
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health if incontinence sheets and other essential health care items will continue to be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) will have to wait upwards of nine months for a repeat MRI at Our Lady of... - Health Services
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health the reason orthotic helmets are not available to children here, who must instead seek treatment in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health if decision (reference DNZ 135-03) which confirms that Health Service Executive employees should be on a salary scale commensurate with their... - Medical Cards
Question 587: 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... - Health Services
Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding an action group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13840/12] - Medical Cards
Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [13875/12] - Hospital Services
Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [13959/12] - Health Services
Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the current policy of disposing of orthopaedic items such as crutches that have been used once; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13963/12] - Hospital Services
Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive provides a rehabilitation bed for a patient (details supplied) in County Kildare, preferably at... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of funding given to drugs task force groups in the Dublin North East constituency, including details of the members of the... - Medical Cards
Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health if insulin pumps funded by Co-operation and Working Together are currently sitting unused in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, as... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a bed has been left unoccupied in St. Joseph's Nursing Home, Ardee, County Louth, for more than three months. [14032/12] - Hospital Services
Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Information and Quality Authority recommendations for personal space requirements are being met with bed closures rather than... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health if cost comparisons of the cost of public versus private nursing homes include the cost to the taxpayer of tax foregone to the Exchequer by way of... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, that are awaiting step-down beds; if he will provide information on the cost of providing... - Health Service Allowances
Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by the Health Service Executive national appeals office on a home care package appeal in respect of a person (details... - Hospital Staff
Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for the replacement of a consultant orthopaedic and spine surgeon to Cappagh and Mater hospitals (details supplied)... - Medical Cards
Question 606: 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; the reason for the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the alarm created among older persons by media reports suggesting the IMF was seeking the abolition of or cuts to... - Departmental Properties
Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to protect persons (details supplied) in County Galway from having the land around their house flooded from water... - Health Service Staff
Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit that there will be no reduction in service, level of care, number of staff or beds in St. Joseph's, Ardee, County Louth, in view of... - National Children's Hospital
Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the existing Central Mental Hospital site in Dublin as a location for the national children's hospital; and if he will make a... - Proposed Legislation
Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health if he is reconsidering re-introducing the ban on below-cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/12] - Health Services
Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding supports and services in respect of a person (details supplied) and if he will act on this case. [14154/12] - Public Service Staff
Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from positions in... - Medical Cards
Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to GM food. [14249/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an operation will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny without further delay. [14262/12] - Animal Welfare
Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the concerns of stakeholder organisations (details supplied) regarding the time taken to transpose the Directive... - Medical Cards
Question 619: 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 issuing same;... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately appoint additional psychologists to address the waiting lists for children with autism in County Kerry, particularly for... - Departmental Staff
Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health if it will be possible for the chief medical officer to meet with representatives of the Carers' Association in order to discuss the long delays in... - Health Services
Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [14337/12] - Hospital Accommodation
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health if any private hospitals have offered beds for cystic fibrosis patients as an interim solution while the new cystic fibrosis unit is being built at... - Departmental Properties
Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of land available at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin, for further development of the hospital's services.... - Medical Cards
Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether child care expenses paid to an unregistered childminder are considered as an allowable expense in the medical card...
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