Written answers

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

  • Child Abuse
    Question 785: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans, if any, to conduct an inquiry into the Diocese of Raphoe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26351/12]
  • Child Care Services
    Question 786: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider the decision to take away the 50 week option on the early childhood care and education scheme, which was...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 787: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 19 April 2012, regarding the payment of a section 39 grant for 2011 to a school...
  • Early Childhood Education
    Question 788: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child takes up their free preschool year and cannot continue after a month because it turns out that the child is not yet...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 789: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding in respect of a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26800/12]
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 790: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that prospective adoptive parents now find themselves in relating to the...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 791: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the aims and objectives behind the children's service committees; the composition of the committees; whether each county is...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 792: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider correspondence (details supplied) regarding inter country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Pre-School Services
    Question 793: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the country's 4,871 registered creches that were inspected in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if she will make a statement...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 797: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the negative impact of the cumulative budget cuts over the past number of years, along with...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 798: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an application under the childcare capital funding programme in respect of a creche and montessori...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 800: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will issue on the accreditation for the Helping Hand Group who assist persons in their efforts to adopt from...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 801: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 7 February 2012, if the information promised is now available; and if she will make...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 802: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an assessment has been carried out of the cost of introducing a mandatory aftercare policy for children in the care of the...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 803: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding committed to in her Department for capital projects; if she will provide details of the projects and...
  • Foreign Adoptions
    Question 805: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all of the appropriate agreements have been put in place to allow Irish families adopt children from Russia; and if she will...
  • Children in Care
    Question 809: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of children in the care of the State and details of the number and...
  • Children in Care
    Question 810: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details in tabular form of any annual figures she has of the number of children in the care of the State for...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 811: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details in tabular form the whole time equivalent number of social workers employed in the area of child and...
  • Ministerial Appointments
    Question 815: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline all staff appointments she has made since last March; the name of those appointed; their position; their...
  • Children in Care
    Question 816: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of convicted sex offenders under the age of 18 housed by the Health Service Executive with vulnerable children and...
  • Missing Children Hotline
    Question 817: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an application for funding from an organisation (details supplied) has been received regarding funding for the Missing...
  • Child Care Services
    Question 818: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding being allocated to the CCS Scheme for 2012; the criteria that will be used to decide those that will be...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 821: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card applications in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26374/12]
  • EU Regulations
    Question 822: To ask the Minister for Health if he amended or withdrew relevant licences to prohibit the animal LD50 assays for testing of botulinum neurotoxins, potency and stability...
  • Alcohol Sales
    Question 823: To ask the Minister for Health if measures are to be introduced to prevent the heavily discounted and below cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health if the sale of prescription drugs by a person other than a pharmacist is a crime; the specific legislation involved; if he is considering additional...
  • EU Directives
    Question 825: To ask the Minister for Health if the two Certificate Gs listed in the 2010 statistics for the number of animals used in experimental and other scientific purposes are the same...
  • Water Services
    Question 826: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the policy of adding flouride to the public drinking water supply here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/12]
  • International Agreements
    Question 829: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 21 March 2012, if he will review this issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    Question 830: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure the availability of Gilenya and Tysabri drugs to persons with Multiple Sclerosis; if his attention has been drawn to...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 831: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the numbers of ambulances being held up for significant lengths of time that is greater than half an hour at each of the Dublin...
  • Health Services
    Question 832: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay of 18 months in providing speech and language therapy in respect of a child (details supplied) in County wicklow; and if he...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 835: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [26201/12]
  • Hospital Staff
    Question 837: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of hospital consultants who are in breach of their 2008 contract for each of 80:20 mix, weekend cover,...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 839: To ask the Minister for Health the level of weekend discharges; the same number for last year; the same number for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26250/12]
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 840: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the variance between the difference of 2.2% between the allocation for disability services in 2011 and 2012 as contained in the...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    Question 841: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to introduce reference pricing and generic substitution; the likely savings in a full year; the work completed on the legislation up...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 842: To ask the Minister for Health if he will details in tabular form of the number of staff in receipt of top up pay in excess of €10,000, €50,000, €100,000, and €200,000 per...
  • Health Services
    Question 843: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of home care packages provided by county; the average cost of packages per county; the number of home...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    Question 844: To ask the Minister for Health the composition and all changes to the Interim Health Service Executive board since April 2011; the roles of those on the board within his Department...
  • Health Insurance Market
    Question 845: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of customers who have left the private health insurance market by county; the average change in...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 846: To ask the Minister for Health the reason he will not take up the offer of the Ireland Air Ambulance for a trial period to operate the service at a location of his choice in the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 847: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the procedures followed and those responsible for the issuing of taxi travel expenses for those that qualify in relation to hospital...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 848: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 849: To ask the Minister for Health if it is proposed to provide for the care of 21 persons with disabilities in County Galway, eight of whom have profound intellectual disabilities,...
  • Health Services
    Question 850: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to alleviate the shortfall of speech and language therapists in Carlow/Kilkenny in view of the fact that there are more than...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 852: To ask the Minister for Health when the Director of mental health as announced in December 2011 will be appointed; if he will set up an independent complaints mechanism for mental...
  • Health Services
    Question 853: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the budget allocation for home help services for 2011 and 2012; the cuts to the home help budget for 2010, 2011...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 854: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 855: To ask the Minister for Health if ambulance cover is available for Navan Town and including Cortown, County Meath, on a 24 hour seven day a week basis; his views on the accepted...
  • Health Services
    Question 856: To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made to ensure that appropriate diagnostic and support services are available for all women who received defective PIP breast...
  • Hospital Funding
    Question 859: To ask the Minister for Health the Exchequer funding provided to private hospitals generally; if any such funding is directed towards particular services or facilities in those...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 860: 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 on...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 861: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting beds in the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dublin, having had a brain injury that requires rehabilitative...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 862: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a decision on the review of their medical card entitlements in view of the...
  • Water Fluoridation
    Question 863: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding fluoridation of drinking water (details supplied). [26370/12]
  • Coroners' Reports
    Question 864: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable to wait up to six months to be issued with a report on the cause of death (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Nursing Staff
    Question 865: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost of agency nursing staff, the hours worked and the whole time staff equivalents in relation to this for the first three months...
  • Health Services
    Question 866: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish the National Carers Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26399/12]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 867: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding future plans for hospitals (details supplied) in County Louth [26401/12]
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 868: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need to source suitable alternative interim accommodation, which would ensure that the specific needs...
  • Health Services
    Question 869: To ask the Minister for Health when children in sixth class in primary schools in County Laois will receive their first dental check; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 870: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway who underwent pre-operative tests in March 2012 will be given an appointment at Merlin Park...
  • Health Services
    Question 871: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the closure of a premises (details supplied) in County Kerry [26433/12]
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 873: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the closure of wards at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26437/12]
  • Hospital Services
    Question 876: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of closed operating theatres in public hospitals around the country; if he will provide a breakdown of the hospitals affected; the...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 879: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends reopening closed beds following recent figures which show waiting lists have increased by 24% over the past year; the number of closed...
  • Patient Statistics
    Question 880: To ask the Minister for Health if he has carried out any research or intends to carry out any research into the impact of increased numbers of patients presenting themselves in...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 882: To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant beds in public and private nursing homes in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26562/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 883: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision regarding their eligibility to a full medical card [26563/12]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 887: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for the long term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay;...
  • Hospital Appointments
    Question 888: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 17 January 2012, if she will arrange an appointment at the ear, nose and throat clinic in respect of a...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 889: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the accepted ambulance waiting times for emergencies in Navan town and Cortown, County Meath [26589/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 890: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 17 January 2012, the result of the outcome of his discussions regarding reviews of medical cards for...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 891: To ask the Minister for Health when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the fair deal scheme will be processed in order that a long term care bed can...
  • Hospital Procedures
    Question 893: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 894: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding committed to in his Department for capital projects; if he will provide details of the projects and funding committed; the...
  • Animal Welfare
    Question 895: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consult with the Bioethics Unit in his Department regarding the transposition of EU Directives regarding animal experimentation policy;...
  • General Practitioner Services
    Question 897: To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Meath who retired late 2011 will be replaced with a full time GP rather than a locum; and if...
  • Tobacco Policy
    Question 898: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether tobacco smuggling is a public health threat; if he plans to address illegal tobacco selling in his Tobacco Policy Review; if he...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 899: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pharmacy Services
    Question 900: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 225 on the 25 April 2012, the further steps his Department has taken in engaging with the Pharmaceutical Society...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 901: To ask the Minister for Health when the consultation process will commence in relation to examining the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 904: To ask the Minister for Health the fate of decommissioned defibrillators, decommissioned green bags and decommissioned hospital equipment in general; if there is a policy to pass...
  • Vaccination Programme
    Question 906: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish in full the National Narcolepsy Steering Committee Report; his views on the key findings and recommendations of the report...
  • Health Services
    Question 907: To ask the Minister for Health in vew of the fact that one-fifth of eight year olds and half of all 12 year olds have experienced decay in their permanent teeth and the...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 908: 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 on...
  • Health Services
    Question 909: To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours that were provided by the Health Service Executive to disabled persons in 2011; of those hours, the number...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 910: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 523 of 15 May 2012, if he will confirm that an application for National Lottery funding via the Health Service...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 911: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been paid their full entitlements in regard to their retirement pension; when this...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 912: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26799/12]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    Question 913: To ask the Minister for Health the result of an application for a review in regard to the fair deal agreement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 914: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients (details supplied) in County Laois requiring a spinal stimulator are being refused...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    Question 915: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    Question 916: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for dental treatment in view of the very long waiting lists in County Galway for dental treatment; and...
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 917: To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in each of the years 2008 to 2011; the number of staff involved in each year; the amount forecast to be spent this...
  • Health Services
    Question 918: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding health issues in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 [26824/12]
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 920: To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding and support available through his Department or the Health Service Executive for homosexual and transgender individuals or...
  • Health Services
    Question 921: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding occupational therapy in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26868/12]
  • Water Fluoridation
    Question 922: To ask the Minister for Health if any cost benefit analysis has been performed in the past five years on the estimated €3 to €4 million annual cost of water fluoridation; and...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 923: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive intend to include on the HSE website, information in relation to applying for emergency medical cards; and if he will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 925: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 545 of 27 March 2012, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the average waiting time for sanctioning...
  • Ministerial Appointments
    Question 927: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline all staff appointments he has made since last March; the name of those appointed; their position; their salary; if any of these...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 928: To ask the Minister for Health the current ambulance service serving Dublin 15; if he will supply a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of call outs for each month this year;...
  • Health Services
    Question 929: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [26965/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 931: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a hospital appointment for admission to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly [26980/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 932: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26983/12]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 933: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the long term illness scheme; if he will include sufferers of Wegener's Granulomatosis in the scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 934: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the estimated cost to the State of the upkeep and maintenance of an elderly patient with severe dementia at Tallaght Hospital and...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 938: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner visit cards issued to applicants in County Kerry in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012;...
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 939: To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to facilitate, and include in the planning process, provision of family accommodation at the new children's hospital by Ronald...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 940: To ask the Minister for Health the number of new medical cards and general practitioner visit card applications were received in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 from...
  • General Practitioner Services
    Question 943: To ask the Minister for Health when will free general practitioner care be made available to persons with long term illnesses as announced in Budget 2012; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 944: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 945: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive a hospital appointment [27017/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 946: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27020/12]
  • Health Service Staff
    Question 947: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive have any plans for basic grade speech language therapists recruitment; if he will confirm the...
  • Health Services
    Question 948: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline any vacant buildings owned by the Health Service Executive in Ballyshannon, County Donegal [27048/12]
  • Medical Cards
    Question 950: To ask the Minister for Health if and 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....
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 951: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27084/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 952: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has experienced severe medical complications following surgery in...
  • Alcohol Advertising
    Question 954: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to ensure compliance with the upcoming Bavaria Beer sponsored Formula 1 racing event proposed to take place over...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 956: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [27176/12]
  • Health Services
    Question 961: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for ambulance transportation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 962: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that have been closed in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, each year since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27270/12]
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 964: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the filter product macrolane that has been found to interfere with the diagnosis of breast cancer; if all the women treated with this...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 965: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a CT scanner (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27277/12]
  • Medicinal Products
    Question 966: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a matter (details supplied) regarding medicine availability in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medical Cards
    Question 967: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a medical card transfer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    Question 969: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding residential care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 972: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting lists for prosthetics in counties Kerry and Cork in which up to 120 persons are currently on the waiting list, some of...
  • Medical Cards
    Question 973: To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for medical cards; the number of applications approved; the number of applications that a request for additional...
  • Hospital Charges
    Question 975: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional revenue generated by increasing charges on private patients in public hospitals; the amount projected in budget 2012; the...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    Question 976: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the long term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Services
    Question 977: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath [27402/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    Question 980: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an outpatients' appointment as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 attending Our Lady's...
  • Mental Health Services
    Question 981: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding community mental health teams in community care area eight including the catchment areas covered by each...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 982: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to resolve ongoing issues at the National Aeromedical Coordination Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Procedures
    Question 983: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment to have a procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Accommodation
    Question 985: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to respond to the query as to whether it is a policy of the HSE that the palliative care beds in...
  • Health Services
    Question 986: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new health care centre in Rockcorry, County Monaghan is not being used; the reason the Health Service Executive is continuing to rent...
  • Ambulance Service
    Question 988: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 217 of the 9 May 2012, if he will clarify the status of Air Ambulance Ireland with regard to him providing...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    Question 989: To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently investigate the reduction of home help hours in County Kerry to the elderly and some who are severely disabled in view of the...

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