Written answers
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Department of Health and Children
- Early Childhood Education
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants available from her Department for the setting up of crèches or playschools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive an appointment to be assessed by the child and family centre for the Dublin... - Medical Cards
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused a medical card. [29451/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost per year of the introduction of a payment of €40 per week for people with disabilities regardless of whether they are in work... - Child Care Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is qualified to receive a domiciliary care allowance in view of the fact that their son has... - Health Service Executive
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Budget 2007 allocation for the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Social Partnership
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the €5 million budget for young carers will be introduced as promised in Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pharmacy Sector
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views in relation to a submission (details supplied); the action she is taking to address such concerns; and if she will make a... - Public Health
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is concerned for public health with the large growth in the rat population in Dublin City; the measures she is taking to protect... - Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment of a claim under the public long stay repayment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the... - Hospital Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps the Health Service Executive has taken to provide cancer care services for hundreds of patients who have, to date, been... - Eating Disorders
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it is easier to obtain funding for seminars rather than funding to assist eating disorders families who need urgent financial... - Health Services
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish an independent investigation in respect of claims (details supplied) in order to allay public concern in the area;... - Proposed Legislation
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the stage the Nurses and Midwives Bill is at; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29348/07] - Civil Registration Service
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the notification fee of €150 recently announced in relation to the new regulations on marriage registration is a new cost that was... - Nursing Home Subventions
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the private nursing homes, county by county that have beds contracted by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans, funds allocated and time-line for a 14 bed extension to the community hospital in Kenmare, County Kerry; and if she will make... - Health Services
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the immediate plans she has to address the long waiting lists for speech and language assessment which appears to be nine months or... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the national roll-out of the proposed screening programme for cervical cancer will take place; the reason for the delay in its roll... - Hospital Services
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the services that were scheduled to begin in Cashel once South Tipperary General Hospital took over a large amount of its work have... - Medical Cards
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to medical or general practitioner card. [29388/07] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date in Beaumont Hospital for surgery; and if she will... - Care of the Elderly
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Prospectus report commissioned in 2006, regarding future demand for long stay nursing home places will be published and... - Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise on a query (details supplied). [29410/07] - Civil Registration Service
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the recent commencement of the provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004, the number of marriages booked in all registry... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has to wait 12 to 18 months for a psychiatric assessment in St. James's Hospital; if... - EU Funding
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of EU funding received by her Department for programmes administered by her Department or by agencies under the remit of her... - Ambulance Service
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the ambulance roster that comprises of on call; the amount of the on call element that is voluntary and mandatory; if she... - Child Care Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a grant will be awarded under the equal opportunities childcare programme 2000 to 2006 and the national childcare investment... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment for cochlear implant assessment can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will... - Hospital Services
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the intermediate care section in the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Public Private Partnerships
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and detail of public private partnerships entered into by the Health Service Executive since its introduction; and the... - Hospital Accommodation
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans the Health Service Executive has to provide extra capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in County Limerick. [29604/07] - Medical Cards
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide information on general practitioner visit cards issued to persons (details supplied) since its introduction. ... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the system in place in her office to ensure that correspondence to her regarding matters of patient safety is brought to her attention;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [29609/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if cars are provided to employees or executives of the Health Service Executive; if so, the number of cars provided; and the cost in... - Medical Cards
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to provide all full time carers with medical cards. [29753/07] - Health Service Staff
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to increase the resources for the public health nurse service to deal with an expanding workload in view of the... - Cancer Screening Programme
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an appointment for a mammogram will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of their general... - Health Services
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given a neurology appointment prior to March 2008 in view of the fact that they... - Health Service Staff
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the guidelines and timeframes the Health Service Executive parliamentary affairs division is following regarding parliamentary... - Health Services
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the refusal of the Health Service Executive to negotiate with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, on foot... - Nursing Home Charges
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application under the nursing home charges repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork.... - Health Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a suitable wheelchair will be provided as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a... - Hospital Services
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consortia involved in the provision of co-location hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29849/07] - Health Services
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/07] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will lift the present embargo on employment in the health services for disability services; and if she will make a statement on... - Health Services
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide revenue funding and staff to open phase two of the adult respite service in Newtownforbes, County Longford; and if... - Community Care
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Health Service Executive's commitment to provide a primary care campus at Clonbrook, Athlone, County Westmeath; if the... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients who opt for and receive treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund... - Medical Cards
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29934/07] - Infectious Diseases
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have contracted MRSA or other hospital acquired diseases whilst receiving in-patient hospital treatment in... - Child Care Services
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of concluded questionnaires received to date from parents whose children at present use not for profit crèche and child care... - General Register Office
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the applications processed by her Department; the average waiting time to process each application; the steps which she is taking to... - Children in Care
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unaccompanied child asylum applicants who have gone missing from State provided asylum accommodation; and if she will make... - Sudden Cardiac Deaths
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, particularly in view of several tragedies throughout the island of Ireland, she has not established a grant system to allow... - Hospitals Building Programme
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the proposed relocation of the Central Mental Hospital to the site will require planning permission; and if she will make a statement... - Gender Reassignment Surgery
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will lay the appropriate order before the Houses of the Oireachtas, arising from the High Court judgment delivered on 19... - Water Fluoridation
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she remains concerned that the fluoridation of water may not be effective in combating dental problems, that fluoride ingestion may... - Special Educational Needs
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's policy in relation to ensuring that practical training and work experience is accessible to persons trained under... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of civil servants based in Dublin who have applied for decentralisation, who have been transferred to their decentralising...
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