Written answers

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

  • Missing Persons
    Question 1152: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding plans to put in place a designated 116000 hotline number for missing children which is operational in...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 1153: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the amount of funding made available to an organisation (details supplied) since its foundation;...
  • Adoption Services
    Question 1154: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision on the accreditation of Helping Hands Adoption Agency will be forthcoming; the reason for the delay; and if she...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 1158: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 603 and 604 of the 14 of February 2012, when a response will issue from the Health...
  • Children in Care
    Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the reports into the deaths of children in the care of the State and the report into the Roscommon incest case, the...
  • Inter-Country Adoptions
    Question 1160: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline the progress made, including timelines, with regard to the establishment of a bilateral agreement with Russia...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 1162: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided for a voluntary youth group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 1163: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been any progress on the approval by the Adoption Authority of Helping Hands as an accredited agency in advance of...
  • Preschool Services
    Question 1164: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the early childhood care and education scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 1166: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons here currently engaged in the process of attempting to adopt children from India; the date on which the...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 1168: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the initiatives she is putting in place to ensure that there is greater regulations for the child minding sector; and if she...
  • Children in Care
    Question 1170: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children whom the State has placed in specialist care outside of the State; the units in which they have been...
  • Parliamentary Questions
    Question 1171: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of written Parliamentary Questions replied to from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012; the number of these that were...
  • Ministerial Staff
    Question 1172: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, the names and salaries of all her special advisors including special advisors of Ministers...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1175: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the amount paid by her Department to mobile telephone companies for the past five years; the...
  • Consultancy Contracts
    Question 1177: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of contracts that were issued to consultancy firms by her Department in 2011; the number that were issued in the...
  • Adoption Services
    Question 1179: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process upon which step-parent adoption will be regularised as part of the guidelines recently published by the Minister for...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 1181: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made on facilitating adoptions between Ireland and Panama, which is compliant with the Hague Convention on...
  • Health Services
    Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a motorised transport grant from the Western Health Board. [17741/12]
  • Medicinal Products (1 comment)
    Question 1184: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a small pharmaceutical company (details supplied) in Dublin 14 was refused an application to the Irish Medicines Board to approve a...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams that will be available to a group (details supplied) in County Louth which provides services for people in the county and...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain where the clinical support for the two classroom special needs unit that will operate in the new 24 classroom school in Holywell,...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1187: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a break down of the average waiting time incurred by persons submitting applications for medical cards; and if he will make a...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 1188: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the list of medical conditions under the long term illness scheme; if consideration is being given to Crohn's disease under any...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 1189: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an E112 application for a person to have surgery in the UK which is not available here (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Pharmacy Services
    Question 1190: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reimbursement of vital medicines, such as Gilenya for MS, under the high tech drug scheme; the likely timescale of...
  • Health Services
    Question 1193: To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a family (details supplied) in Dublin 11 [17638/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1194: To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [17639/12]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 1198: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that training courses will be made available for the training of new public health nurses; where such courses will take place;...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 1199: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding a submission (details supplied); his plans to address the major concerns raised; if he will arrange meetings with the relevant...
  • Health Services
    Question 1200: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 687 of 14 January 2012 and No 759 of 28 February 2012, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1201: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their medical card following their successful appeal; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1202: 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. [17716/12]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 1203: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding changes to a budget (details supplied) and the way he proposes that services can be maintained to support vulnerable persons;...
  • Health Service Expenditure
    Question 1204: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding all payments the Health Service Executive has made to private ambulance services, per company, for each of the years 2009,...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1205: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [17745/12]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 1206: To ask the Minister for Health if, under the fair deal scheme for nursing home care, a bigger portion of the proceeds of the house can be taken rather than the current deductions...
  • Health Services
    Question 1207: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/12]
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 1209: To ask the Minister for Health if it is still his intention to abolish the Health Service Executive; if so, his plans for the abolition and in particular if he will indicate any...
  • Health Services
    Question 1210: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the new primary care centre that will cover Palmerstown, Dublin 20; the stage of the plans for the primary...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1211: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • National Positive Ageing Strategy
    Question 1212: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in developing the National Positive Ageing Strategy; when he intends to publish same; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 1213: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in establishing an integrated care agency as provided for in the Programme for Government; and if he will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1214: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17856/12]
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    Question 1215: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the current funding situation for the selective dorsal rhizotomy operation; and if orthopaedic consultants working for the...
  • Health Services
    Question 1219: To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment with a child psychologist will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [17900/12]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1223: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants earning more than €200,000 including allowances from the public health system; the number earning more than...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1224: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a scan in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin;...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 1225: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 13 march 2012, the number of insulin pumps that have been provided by Cooperation and Working Together...
  • Pharmacy Services
    Question 1226: To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in relation to the problems being experienced by pharmacists registered with the...
  • Sale of Alcohol
    Question 1227: To ask the Minister for Health his views and intention in relation to the sale of alcoholic products in retail units; if he is considering changes to layout plans for such units;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1228: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan remains on a waiting list in Sligo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    Question 1229: To ask the Minister for Health if the group established to examine the location of the National Children's Hospital will examine the potential for locating the hospital at the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1230: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card will be decided upon in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Liostaí Feithimh Ospidéal
    Question 1231: To ask the Minister for Health Sláinte cén uair a chuirfear leaba ar fáil don duine (sonraí tugtha), atá ar liosta feithimh le trí mhí, san Ospidéal Náisiúnta...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 1232: To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans in the near future to have the drug Pradaxa added to the list of drugs available on the medical card scheme and the drugs...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1234: To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have to wait for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
  • Primary Care Strategy
    Question 1235: To ask the Minister for Health if direct Exchequer funding will be made available for the provision of a primary healthcare centre for Corduff, Dublin 15, in view of the previous...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    Question 1236: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who availed of the National Treatment Purchase Fund up to February 2011; the number of patients who availed of the NTPF in...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 1237: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the options available to patients who need transport to hospitals, particularly in the case of parents with very sick children...
  • National Dementia Strategy
    Question 1238: To ask the Minister for Health when a national dementia strategy will be implemented [18128/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 1239: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the personal assistance hours for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Care of the Elderly
    Question 1240: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of alleged elder abuse cases reported to the Health Information and Quality Authority in the years...
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of nursing home inspections that were conducted by the Health Information and Quality Authority in the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1245: 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 Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 1246: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 on 14 March 2012, if he will provide a time frame for when the legislation referred to is expected to be...
  • Community Care
    Question 1247: To ask the Minister for Health the reason increased charges for the provision of meals on wheels services in the Dublin 15 area have been introduced; if he will explain the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 1248: To ask the Minister for Health the reason St Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital Cork and Cork University Hospital Ophthalmology Department do not reply to representations made by TDs on...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1250: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment in Cork University Hospital ophthalmology department will be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Medical Reports
    Question 1251: To ask the Minister for Health when a post mortem result will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [18233/12]
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 1252: To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for intellectual disability; if it follows the New Direction 2016 programme; and if so, the way the decisions are implemented when...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1254: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of cuts and staff reductions in Beaumont Hospital and the Mater Hospital, Dublin [18243/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1256: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card application was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if the decision will be reviewed and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1257: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in hospital waiting times in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1258: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1259: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1260: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a full medical card for themselves and their family; and if he will make...
  • Health Services
    Question 1261: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding support services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Community Care
    Question 1263: To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the home support in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [18287/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 1264: To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a review into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18289/12]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 1265: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding social workers in respect of an organisation (details supplied) [18311/12]
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 1266: To ask the Minister for Health the reason nearly 250 under 18 year olds are waiting for more than 12 months for mental health services [18312/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1267: To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for a medical card will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [18316/12]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 1268: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding private clinics and women who have received PIP breast implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/12]
  • Primary Care Strategy
    Question 1269: To ask the Minister for Health if direct Exchequer funding will be made available for the provision of a primary healthcare centre for Corduff Dublin 15 in view of the previous...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 1270: To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment of the 414 staff for mental health services as announced in the Health Service Executive service plan 2012 has begun and the number...
  • Medical Records
    Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to allow the destruction of the nation's newborn screening card blood samples, as urged by the Irish Heart...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1273: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a staffing matter (details supplied) at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18366/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 1274: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an issue in Killarney (details supplied) County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18373/12]
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 1275: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the cervical cancer vaccine is available to persons (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Community Care
    Question 1276: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed bed closures and the future of a community nursing unit (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [18394/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1279: To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18407/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1280: 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 same will be expedited; and if he...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1281: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [18410/12]
  • Water Fluoridation
    Question 1282: To ask the Minister for Health if he will cease the fluoridation of drinking water until the Department of Health can provide evidence to demonstrate that the silica fluoride...
  • Health Services
    Question 1283: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, seeking a health procedure...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 1284: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will bring the Bill dealing with changes to organ donation before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1285: To ask the Minister for Health the up to date position regarding an appeal for a full medical card on medical grounds in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Health Services
    Question 1286: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive occupational therapy: the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 1289: To ask the Minister for Health the updated position in respect of the Health Service Executive review which he has requested in relation to the sheltered attendance allowance cut...
  • National Children's Hospital
    Question 1290: To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to the possibility of locating the new National Children's Hospital in Drogheda County Louth; and if he will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1292: 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 Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 1294: To ask the Minister for Health if he will account for a charge on prescriptions being levied on an individual (details supplied), in addition to a dispensing charge; and if he...
  • Animal Testing
    Question 1295: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the regulations covering animal testing for scientific purposes; if he will outline the enforcement regime for said...
  • Health Services
    Question 1296: To ask the Minister for Health if the national home antimicrobial service, which it is anticipated will begin in July 2012, will be involved in the delivery of IV drugs in a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1297: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for urgent medical intervention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 1298: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 29 February 2012, if a decision has been made as yet in relation to the two posts in the rian...
  • Parliamentary Inquiries
    Question 1299: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to meet the cross party group of members in relation to the issue of the need for an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of...
  • Health Services
    Question 1301: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of savings that have been achieved by increasing the price from €2 per week to €4.50 per day on meals-on-wheels in the Dublin 15...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1302: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay; and...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1303: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted all requested documentation;...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restrict opening hours at the minor injuries unit at the Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18566/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1305: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect to be given a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Nursing Education
    Question 1306: To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to cover maintenance costs of a student studying nursing in England when the tuition fees are being paid by the National...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1307: To ask the Minister for Health the mean waiting time in 2010, the mean wait in 2011; and the latest available data for mean waiting times. [18580/12]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 1308: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the salaries of consultants will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18581/12]
  • Parliamentary Questions
    Question 1309: To ask the Minister for Health the number of written Parliamentary Questions replied to from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012; the number of these that were answered in full; the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1310: 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 Staff
    Question 1311: To ask the Minister for Health following the completion recruitment of three radiographers mammography for Galway University, the expected start date for these radiographers; if...
  • Ministerial Staff
    Question 1312: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the names and salaries of all his special advisors including special advisors of Ministers of State and any...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1314: To ask the Minister for Health when will the replacement radiographer be sanctioned and recruited for James Hospital Orthodontic Clinic, in view of the fact that they cannot take...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1315: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider granting a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 [18673/12]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 1318: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 13 March 2012, the number of the 42 recommendations from the Irish Human Rights Commission report...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1319: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the progress being made in alleviating the backlog currently in place in the medical card office; the steps being...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1322: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a hospital appointment brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly [18755/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive pays to private service care providers, such as personal assistants for assisted living services, its...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 1326: To ask the Minister for Health the level of Health Service Executive supports available for persons with mental health difficulties in the community; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1336: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive an appointment date at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    Question 1337: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the drugs payment scheme, in order that persons are no longer treated in the same category as family units in relation to the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1338: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18799/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1339: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in January by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Nursing Home Inspections
    Question 1341: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Information and Quality Authority report on a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin will be released; and if he will make...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1342: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 718 of 14 February 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; when this matter will...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1344: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the amount paid by his Department to mobile telephone companies for the past five years; the name of the companies...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 1345: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an ASD unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18897/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1346: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on Kerry General Hospital's outpatient waiting lists for each speciality; the average waiting times; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1347: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 209 of 18 January 2012 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 1348: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the membership of the expert group set up to address the outcome of last year's European Court of Human Rights ruling...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1349: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce non-means tested medical cards for the high tech medicinal product scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 1351: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the situation in County Kerry regarding dental treatment for special needs children, and the variation in time allotted weekly,...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1352: To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated diabetic paediatric clinical nurse specialist can be appointed at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal. [18929/12]
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 1353: To ask the Minister for Health if access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and their services are available to persons aged 16 and 17 years in County Limerick; if...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1354: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment with a neurosurgeon consultant; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 1355: To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary school children in County Laois are not receiving their first dental check until sixth class, whereas in other regions in the...
  • National Lottery Funding
    Question 1356: To ask the Minister for Health the reason an association (details supplied) in County Westmeath which provides a sporting activity for elderly persons has been refused grant aid...
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 1357: To ask the Minister for Health if he will fill the position of consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin, which has been vacant since the previous incumbent...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1358: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is justified that a person (details supplied) in County Longford should have their hip replacement postponed due to the fact...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1360: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    Question 1361: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question no. 520 of 6 March 2012, if he will indicate when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be granted...
  • Water Fluoridation
    Question 1363: To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to the findings of a person (details supplied) that fluoridated water should not be given to infants due to harmful health...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1365: 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 [19026/12]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 1366: To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal review will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19052/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 1370: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent publication of the National Review on Autism services, the extent to which he is considering the development of an...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1371: To ask the Minister for Health the person paying for flights and accommodation in respect of a person (details supplied) since their appointment, the costs of same in tabular...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1372: 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 Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
  • Consultancy Contracts
    Question 1374: To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts that were issued to consultancy firms by his Department in 2011; the number that were issued in the first quarter in 2012;...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1375: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently on the long term illness scheme; the number of same who have qualified as they have diabetes; and if he will...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1378: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of persons with Epidermolysis bullosa who have been awarded a full medical card; the reason a number of...
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 1379: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to date in enacting a Health Information Bill which will support a conducive environment for health research...
  • Action Against Tobacco Industry
    Question 1380: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 531 of 25 October 2011, if he will outline if he favours the introduction of generic packaging for cigarettes...
  • Health Services
    Question 1381: To ask the Minister for Health the support available to a family (details supplied) in Dublin 15 [19341/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1384: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19451/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 1385: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young child with cerebral palsy is being denied access to a local hydrotherapy pool (details supplied) and required to travel to a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1386: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card applications in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1387: To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 1388: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay in same;...
  • Health Services
    Question 1390: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the ongoing review of domestic abuse and rape crisis services by the Health Service Executive to be completed in view of the length...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 1391: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Public Procurement
    Question 1392: To ask the Minister for Health the number of State companies who have used overseas companies for printing work in the following years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he is...

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