Written answers
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
- Child Abuse
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding concerns arising from the Mandatory Reporting Bill and Children First... - Departmental Agencies
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agencies funded by the Health Service Executive and its agencies in adoption and tracing information; the names of... - Child Care Services
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts to childcare training and education support is forcing creches to close in... - Foreign Adoptions
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to receive the report from the Adoption Authority following the delegation's visit to Ethiopia in early April;... - Departmental Staff
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to recruit graduates into her Department this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24931/12] - Foreign Adoptions
Question 572: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding arrangements between this country and Vietnam for inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a... - Missing Persons
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the 11600 missing child phone number; the timeline for set up and operation of the line; and if she will... - Child Care Services
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions that exist, to ensure that children with special needs can avail of their full entitlement to the early childhood... - Adoption Services
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when we expect the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill to reach second stage in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a... - Child Protection
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of any pilot areas for out of hours child protection social work services; the length of the pilot... - Departmental Staff
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in her Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and... - Adoption Services
Question 580: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she contacted the Health Service Executive to ask the HSE to undertake a review of all the records of people who were... - Health Service Staff
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give a breakdown by care area of the 57 replacement social worker staff approved since January 2012; if she will... - Children in Care
Question 582: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of the State that have a written care plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Staff
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if social workers and therapy grades continue to be exempted from the moratorium on recruitment and filling of vacancies; and if... - Child Care Services
Question 585: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the additional €19 million allocated to child welfare and protection services for 2012 is to be spent; and if she will... - Ministerial Transport
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if she will... - Child Care Services
Question 587: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the decision to take away the 50 week option on the early childcare and education scheme and to impose a five... - Departmental Funding
Question 588: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is appropriate that an organisation (details supplied) which receives funding under the National... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 589: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged... - Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 590: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to set up an agreement with Kazakhstan in order that persons can adopt children from Kazakhstan; and if... - Medical Cards
Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health if he has a strategy in place to tackle youth alcoholism; if his attention has been drawn to the mental health damage being done to children as a... - Health Services
Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport assistance for medical appointments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make... - Water Fluoridation Policy
Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform Ireland's mandatory policy on water fluoridation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Waterford will be given an appointment in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the recent changes in the transport provided for patients from Letterkenny Hospital, County Donegal, travelling to Dublin hospitals for dialysis; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, by each hospital, the number of patients who have had their operations cancelled or rescheduled since March 2011;... - Service for People with Disabilities
Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of demographic funding to provide emergency placements and services for school leavers with intellectual disabilities; the same figure for... - Medical Cards
Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/12] - Health Services
Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if home care grant will be increased or extra home help hours in lieu thereof given their high dependency or alternatively if the availability of a... - Medical Cards
Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card was not awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on when a hospital (details supplied) will begin recruiting the new positions; when they will be available in the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if a full capacity protocol remains in operation at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; the length of time in which it has been in... - Ambulance Service
Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for each county or if not available each region, the average response times for ambulances in life threatening,... - Medical Cards
Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of free general practitioner cover to persons in receipt of long term illness benefit; and if he will make a... - Departmental Staff
Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit graduates into his Department this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24938/12] - Human Rights Issues
Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the work of the Expert Group established under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Seán Ryan to advise on the... - Health Services
Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive their orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25011/12] - Raw Milk Sales
Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health his views on banning the sale of raw milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/12] - Medical Cards
Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [25014/12] - Hospital Staff
Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of consultants in public hospitals that are in breach of their contractual obligations with regard to fee-paying clients; the action... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will expect to have an appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/12] - Hospital Staff
Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the dispute between the public consultants and the Health Service Executive in the orthopaedic section of the Mater public hospital,... - Medical Cards
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application is not being processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite the... - Health Services
Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking up to nine weeks to process optical benefits in County Meath, when the average time in County Kildare is one to two weeks;... - Disabled Drivers
Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the decision to refuse the motorised transport grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether this is... - Hospital Services
Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health if he will re examine the delay in the case of a person (details supplied). [25092/12] - Waste Management
Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a complaint about rats and other health issues. [25095/12] - Hospital Services
Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health the policy for hospitals to contact persons with appointments when their appointments have been cancelled or postponed due to contractual issues... - National Children's Hospital
Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the work of the board charged with developing the new national children's hospital; the full disclosure of the... - Health Services
Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health the reason second and fourth class children in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 will not receive dental screening or treatment in the current... - Medical Cards
Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 [25113/12] - Hospital Services
Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been attending St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, for the past six years in view of the fact... - Medical Cards
Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health if receipents of Health Amendment Act cards will have access to Telapravir and Bocepravir as part of their treatment scheme [25210/12] - Hospital Services
Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 619 of 27 March 2012 if the Area Employment Monitoring Group has considered the requirement for dietician posts... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently occupying beds in acute hospitals who are under 65 years and who require nursing home care; the options available... - Departmental Staff
Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired public servants who have been re-hired in his Department during the period of April 2011 to April 2012; and if he will make a... - Legislative Programme
Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health Amendment Bill to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/12] - Health Services
Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health the support that he will give to children with intellectual disabilities (details supplied) who are due to finish school next month; and if he will... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive admission to COPE foundation's rehabilitative training programme which was recently... - Hospital Services
Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the new Community Hospital for Kenmare, County Kerry, which is under construction; if he will consider putting in... - Health Services
Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 3 May 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a medical card. [25331/12] - Disabled Drivers
Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for a motorised transport grant. [25340/12] - Hospital Services
Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment in a hospital [25341/12] - Ministerial Transport
Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will provide a comparison... - Ambulance Service
Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 386 of 8 May 2012 if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive has selected a site at Ballaghaderreen... - Medical Cards
Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
Question 664: 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 [25437/12] - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 665: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding free general practitioner care for sufferers of long term illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 666: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information Quality Authority audit tool in respect of the 2009 national standards has regard to 1994 and 1998 biological agents... - Health Service Staff
Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to bring the terms and conditions of agency workers in the health service, particularly nurses, in line with those of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 668: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a procedure [25469/12] - Hospital Services
Question 669: To ask the Minister for Health when the review into the model of care and job descriptions for the recruitment of diabetes nurse specialists and dieticians in Limerick regional... - Departmental Agencies
Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the appointment of a representative from an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare onto the... - Care of the Elderly
Question 672: To ask the Minister for Health when the funding granted in respect of a residential care unit for older persons (details supplied) in County Meath will be released to allow... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be admitted as a matter of urgency to the National Referral Centre for Neurology in Beaumont... - Health Services
Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a home care grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if any further information is required... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 676: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 8 May 2012 (details supplied), if he will intervene in this instance in order to secure a confirmed date... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the waiting times for kidney transplants at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and the specific reasons for the delay of up... - Medicinal Products
Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the availability of drugs for the treatment of M.S.; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
Question 680: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for cross-departmental cooperation with the Departments of Justice and Equality and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on a range... - Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive operates a maximum daily quota of incontinence wear in any part of the... - Health Services
Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is to be a south doc doctor based in Youghal, County Cork after office hours; the date on which this will happen; and... - Hospital Services
Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health the resource implications, in terms of staff, funding, and ancillary support, of implementing the recommendations of the Tallaght Hospital, Dublin,... - Accident and Emergency Services
Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the investigation he is proposing into whether accident and emergency patients are being moved to in-patient wards when...
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