Written answers
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
- Data Protection
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to store historical and new Guthrie Cards at Temple Street Hospital, Dublin; the timeline and extent of the upcoming consultation in... - National Positive Ageing Strategy
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health when the National Positive Aging Strategy will be published; the funding provided for the strategy this year; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been in contact with their counterparts in France in relation to the PIP company which is responsible for breast implants using industrial... - Care of the Elderly
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the funding and staffing of Health Service Executive care homes for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Action Plan
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the Health Service Executive Regional Plan 2012 for the South [16263/12] - Medicinal Products
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take with the manufacturer of the cancer drug (details supplied) to reduce its price to the Health Service Executive in order that... - Medical Cards
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued or will issue instructions in relation to medical card applications from persons who previously benefitted from the free dispensing... - Hospital Closures
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health if any small hospitals will be closed either as part of reconfiguration or due to budgetary measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources and supports that will be provided to Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin in view of the unacceptable conditions there and in... - Ambulance Service
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to develop a national transfer pool for paramedic staff which will enable the movement of paramedic... - Departmental Reports
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16210/12] - Hospital Staff
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health his views in response to claims from senior management concerning the capacity to ensure safe deliveries of new born babies continue in the context of... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of public community hospitals and nursing homes across the country; the number of beds in these hospitals; his plans to extend... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health the controls he can implement on the salaries of CEOs of certain disability charities, NGOs and voluntary hospitals such as Our Lady's Hospice,... - Health Insurance
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health in the context of his plans for universal health insurance, his intentions for the VHI; if it will be broken up; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Service Staff
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health the final number of staff who left the Health Service Executive's mental health services by the end of February; the number of same who were... - Health Services
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health if he will take measures in 2012 to address the major deficit in orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16278/12] - Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the recent Blanchardstown Alcohol Strategy 2012-2014; his views on whether any of the objectives especially in terms of supply,... - Departmental Reports
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends publishing the Walsh Report; if he will advise its terms of reference; the extent of the consultation and engagement with informed... - Hospital Staff
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health when the Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, received notice from an orthopaedic paediatrician (details supplied) of their intention to resign... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health the number of day case patient and elective inpatients on waiting lists at the end of 2010; if he will provide the same figure for the end of 2011;... - General Practitioner Services
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of out-of-hours general practitioner services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/12] - Hospital Services
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive has confirmed that its service plan is out of date, if the number of community hospital beds... - General Practitioner Services
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the general practitioner shortage; and the need for further GP training places; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the setting of fees by nursing homes under the nursing home support scheme is monitored; if his attention has been drawn to the fact... - Departmental Reports
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the report compiled by Dr. Darina O'Flanagan for his Department relating to the relationship between narcolepsy and or cataplexy and... - Electricity Transmission Network
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health the action he proposes to take to protect the health of children along the route of Eirgrid's east west interconnector, in view of the serious... - Health Services
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the Health Service Executive Regional Plan 2012 for Dublin/Mid-Leinster [16262/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time on trolleys at the start of 2012; the comparable figure at the start of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Staff
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health the number of child mental health teams, early intervention teams and disability teams for children that are short of staff as a result of the... - Ambulance Service
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health the results of the recent ambulance response times study and future plans for the development of the ambulance service. [16204/12] - Health Service Staff
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the expected total numbers of staff retirements from the Health Service Executive in 2012; if he will outline the expected cost to... - Hospital Staff
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists in the public health service here; the hospital in which they work; if he considers this an adequate number per... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the 24 hour accident and emergency services at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, Dublin, and the review being carried out by a... - Primary Care Strategy
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages the opening of the new primary care centre that will cover Palmerstown, Dublin 20; the stage at which the plans for a primary care... - Medical Cards
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who hold special medical cards based on their having been subjected to the disturbing procedure of symphysiotomy; the entitlements... - Health Insurance
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the VHI to desist from using the Government health insurance levy as a means of preventing persons in financial difficulties from... - Hospital Staff
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants in breach of the working time directive; if he is concerned that this may impact on the safe delivery of services;... - Health Service Staff
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health following the recommendations by the legal aspects of professional home care as reported by the Law Reform Commission (details supplied), his views... - Hospital Services
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the under-funding of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16276/12] - Medical Cards
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health in the review being carried out of medical cards, the number of persons over 70 years that have been disqualified; the number of persons under 70... - Hospital Services
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed with his northern counterpart the potential of cross-border co-operation in the area of neurology, specifically the potential of... - Health Services
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress and on the development of a National Plan/Strategy for Rare Diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health regarding the new critical care unit in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, when the unit will open and when it will begin functioning; the... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the group he established in the wake of the refusal of An Bórd Pleanála to grant permission for the National...
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