Written answers
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
- Foster Care
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rights that foster parents have in protecting a person (details supplied) in their care. [32445/12] - Missing Children
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of minors that have been reported missing from the care system in 2010 and 2011; the number that were found and... - Irish Language
Question 563: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of the total expenditure by her Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of... - Children in Care
Question 564: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 224 of 22 February 2012, when the figures for 2011 will be available and the details of... - Children in Care
Question 565: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care with an assigned social worker when she came to office in March 2011; the number at present; the... - Legal Cases
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against her Department. [31778/12] - Family Support Services
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the practical measures in place to protect in crisis families. [31816/12] - Departmental Funding
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration... - Foreign Adoptions
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Vietnamese Adoptions; the time frame she envisages for the adoption process to reopen; and if she will... - Departmental Staff
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in her Department that are... - Child Care Services
Question 572: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are plans to run the childcare capital programme in 2013; if so, when will the application process will commence; if he... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 573: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of all appointments made to State boards under her remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and... - Health Service Executive Funding
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if demographic funding for school leavers and for emergency residential services will remain in place. [32318/12] - Youth Services
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the time frame for the National Youth Framework has slipped from 2012 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Service Executive Funding
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied). [32055/12] - Water Fluoridation
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health in accordance with maintaining impartiality in the advice provided by members of the Expert Body on Fluoride and Health, the reason the largest... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of assistants to service users with intellectual disabilities across all degrees of incapacity and across the range of services in all... - Irish Language
Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past five... - Medicinal Products
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Eltroxin has tripled in price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31644/12] - Health Services
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive access to speech therapy in view of the fact that they are listed as top priority; and... - Medical Cards
Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31691/12] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the long term illness scheme in order to include systemic lupus erythematosus as a long term chronic illness; and if he will make a... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the items covered under the medical card to include vitamins or complexes such as antox prescribed by doctors for... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding commitments given in relation to school-leavers with a disability; and if she will make sure that a full and an appropriate... - Health Services
Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if there is any scheme to assist children with major problems (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [31740/12] - Hospital Procedures
Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Legal Cases
Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31785/12] - Medical Cards
Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received for the first five months of 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of same by number which did and... - Pharmacy Services
Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Number 225 of 25 April 2012 and No. 900 on 6 July 2012, if any progress has been made on finding a resolution... - Mental Health Services
Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding provided for mental health services in County Kerry this year; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way this... - Hospital Procedures
Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital consultation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose general practitioner deems the case... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who had hip surgery under the National Treatment Purchase Fund last year, has now been... - Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health if a grant or financial contribution will be made in respect of the Kerry Cancer Bus as this voluntary service is carrying increasing numbers of... - Health Services
Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has yet been made regarding the provision of capital funding for a care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if not if he will... - Community Care
Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients resident in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 15, who are awaiting access to step down care in the community, in order... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will provide the necessary funding to open and adequately staff Saint Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15;... - Departmental Funding
Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration from his Department... - Medicinal Products
Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish all of the Irish Medical Boards advice to him regarding the replacement non-animal cell-based test for botulinum neurotoxins; and... - Home Help Service
Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health if he will now review the entire casual employment trend of home help and home care service in view of (details supplied) and replace it with a... - Health Services
Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for a hearing test; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Dementia Strategy
Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national strategy for treating dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31919/12] - Intermediate Care
Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health if he has a strategy for intermediate care; the amount this plan will cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31923/12] - Long-Term Care
Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health the current status of long term care here; the number of persons using this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31924/12] - Health Service Allowances
Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health the details of all allowances and payment rates of those allowances awarded to staff in the health sector that are subject to income tax; the... - Departmental Staff
Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject to income tax... - Health Service Expenditure
Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that the national average reduction in budget in respect of the Alzheimer's Society, is between 2% to 5% of the preceding... - Medical Cards
Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Procedures
Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is awaiting a date to undergo a procedure at Beaumont Hospital,... - Ambulance Service
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the practice of private clinics and hospitals of utilising private ambulance services for the transport and transfer of patients requiring... - General Practitioner Services
Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be made available to persons on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Screening Programmes
Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health the maternity hospitals here that currently do not offer screening for hearing problems in infants; his plans to introduce hearing screening in each... - Health Screening Programmes
Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the absence of screening for hearing problems in infants at maternity hospitals has left certain children with hearing issues... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the he intends to move children, who are attending the Daughters of Charity Service, Navan Road, Dublin 7, and provide their support from... - Animal Experimentation
Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health the legislative measures, policy actions and targets he intends to implement in order to ensure that the 3 Rs principles of reduction, replacement... - Sunbed Regulations
Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite legislation regarding the use of sunbeds by under 18 year olds, as well as other sunbed related matters requiring regulation; the... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the procedures for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been on the treatment abroad scheme since 1997 in view of... - Tobacco Control Measures
Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the various options being considered by the European Commission in its revision of the Tobacco Products Directive including plain... - Animal Experimentation
Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health the advice he and or his officials have received from the Department of Health Bioethics Unit regarding meeting Ireland's ethical obligations when... - Health Care Models
Question 634: To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of a visit to Germany by his officials to investigate the German model of healthcare; if the Dutch model is being abandoned; and if he... - Symphysiotomy Report
Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Walsh report in respect of women who underwent a symphysiotomy between the 1940's and the 1990's; if an apology will be issued to... - Medical Cards
Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received a decision on their appeal for a medical card; and if he will make a statement... - Drug Pricing Agreement
Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the negotiation of a revised drug pricing agreement between the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and the... - Medical Cards
Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive when an appeal for a medical card will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied)... - Your Health is Your Wealth
Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions made on the public consultation on the Your Health is Your Wealth – Health and Wellbeing Framework 2012-2020 which closed... - Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospitals and county in which there were positive test results for the Legionella bacteria in the past 12 months;... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the nursing home support scheme appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - National Carers' Strategy
Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32225/12] - Medical Cards
Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services
Question 645: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding dental health [32228/12] - Dental Services
Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment to see an orthodontist [32232/12] - Appointments to State Boards
Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have to wait for a hip operation at University Hospital Galway. [32255/12] - Medical Cards
Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32258/12] - Tobacco Control Measures
Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding cigarette sales (details supplied) [32261/12] - Motorised Transport Grant
Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32267/12] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appeal under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [32269/12] - Respite Care Services
Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Cards
Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the application for a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32283/12] - Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health the reason some treatment drugs (details supplied) prescribed by a doctor are not covered by the drugs payment scheme. [32287/12] - Patient Transport
Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that transport for patients to and from the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf, Dublin, has been... - Hospital Charges
Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health if he will waive the €75 Government levy for the in-patient day services charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he... - Medical Cards
Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32309/12] - Departmental Statistics
Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health the current cost of Gauchers Disease per patient here; the number of persons diagnosed with the disease; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork in relation to their treatment for Gauchers Disease; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card review which is currently with Health Service Executive will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a 22-bed Alzheimer's unit at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if the Health Service Executive have signed a lease for this... - Home Help Service
Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the out-sourcing of home help hours and to address the fear, on the part of the patients and the home-help providers, that continuity... - Hospital Services
Question 665: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the role that Portlaoise General Hospital, County Laois will have in view of the introduction of new clinical governance... - Hospital Procedures
Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan was cancelled; if he will ensure that an alternative operation... - Health Insurance
Question 676: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private health insurance continues to fund the facilities in both the public and private health sectors on an annual basis in... - Health Insurance
Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health if a White Paper on universal health insurance will be published before the end of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/12] - Organ Donation
Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given, in the context of the introduction of a new driving licence format, to altering the current organ donation policy... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive contribution towards the cost of a nursing home bed will increase in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Home Help Service
Question 680: To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit not to reduce the homecare hours that are needed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin City [32509/12]
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