Harney, MaryTuesday, 5 October 2004 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Written Answers - Vehicle Registration Office.
Was asked: if it is her or her Department’s intention to alter the status of the legal registration office in Mullingar, and that it remain available for persons in the general area; and if she will make a state...
I understand that the Deputy is in fact referring to the Vehicle Registration Office in Mullingar which is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: the number of patients left on trolleys per day in Tallaght Hospital during the last Dáil session; and the length of time before these persons accessed wards in the hospital.
Services at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght, are provided under an arrangement with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, ...
Written Answers - Health Centres.
Was asked: if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not wheelchair accessible; the steps which will be taken to resolve this important access issue; and...
The provision of health centres to meet the needs of local communities and the maintenance and upgrading of such centres within its functional area is a matter for the relevant health board or the Eas...
Written Answers - Health Board Services.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Responsibility for the provision of orthodontic treatment for eligible persons in County Kildare rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has asked the regional chief executive ...
Written Answers - National Cancer Strategy.
Was asked: the proposals she has regarding the concerns of Cancer Care Alliance in the matter of providing a full and properly resourced cancer service in the south east (details supplied); and if she will make ...
The Government is committed to making the full range of cancer services available and accessible to cancer patients throughout Ireland. To this end, we will provide considerable investment in radiatio...
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: the number of persons with medical card cover aged 70 and over in 1998 and in 2003; and the average cost of medical card cover for persons aged 70 and over compared to those aged under 70 in each of t...
According to information supplied in the annual reports of the General Medical Services (Payments) Board, the number of persons with medical card cover aged 70 and over in 2003 was 309,330. It is not ...
Written Answers - National Cancer Strategy.
Was asked: if a decision has been made on the locations of the planned two centre Dublin based radiotherapy service.
The provision of additional radiation oncology facilities in Ireland in Dublin is essential to ensure that cancer treatment is available and accessible for cancer patients. Hospitals in the Dublin reg...
Written Answers - Hospital Waiting Lists.
Was asked: if information on consultants’ waiting lists for each consultant in each specialty is made available to general practitioners on a countrywide basis; and, if so, the frequency with which such informat...
Was asked: if information is available or being collected on numbers awaiting initial consultant appointments following general practitioner referral or on the length of such waiting times.
Was asked: if information on the numbers awaiting procedures, either treatments or investigations other than surgical procedures, is available or being collected by the national treatment purchase fund; if so, i...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 366 to 368, inclusive, together. Responsibility for the collection and collation of data on waiting lists and waiting times now rests with the national treatment purch...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for eye cataract surgery; the length of time they have been on the pre-assessment list or treatment list; and when they will be given an ...
The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the positi...
Written Answers - Departmental Correspondence.
Was asked: if a meeting will be arranged with a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: if funding is available to continue the programme of the inner ear cochlear department at Beaumont Hospital; if proposed implant for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be carried out on the...
Responsibility for the provision of health services for persons residing in counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority, and services at Beaumont Hospital are...
Written Answers - Pension Provisions.
Was asked: when the entitlement of pension rights will be granted to retired nurses (details supplied).
Responsibility for the payment of superannuation rests with the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the health board to investigate the matte...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The provision of hospital services for people living in County Kildare is a matter for the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the authority to in...
Written Answers - Hospital Staff.
Was asked: if an application has been received in her Department from the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar seeking approval for the appointment of a permanent consultant physician with an interest in diabe...
Responsibility for the provision of services at the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar rests with the Midland Health Board. My Department is not in receipt of an application from the board for app...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: if she will report on progress at the Midland Regional Hospital project at Tullamore; the amount spent per annum on this extension since it commenced; the expected additional spend until completion; t...
The major capital development project at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore is a new hospital to replace the existing out-dated facility. I am glad to report that construction of the new hospital...
Written Answers - Health Board Services.
Was asked: if the Western Health Board will arrange the reassessment of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for orthodontic treatment.
As the Deputy is aware, responsibility for the provision of orthodontic treatment for eligible persons in County Mayo rests with the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive o...
Written Answers - Home Help Service.
Was asked: the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been approved for home help.
Written Answers - Departmental Websites.
Was asked: if her Department’s website is up to date; the frequency with which it is updated; if all press releases from her Department are posted on the website; if so, the frequency with which they are posted;...
My Department maintains several websites in support of its work and the various initiatives being co-ordinated within the Department, including health reform, the work of the General Register Office, ...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: if her Department will supply a minibus to the activities section of a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: the proposals her Department has to improve facilities and conditions for Alzheimer patients in Alzheimer units in hospitals within the South West Area Health Board region; and if she will make a stat...
Written Answers - Housing aid for the Elderly.
Was asked: if her Department will investigate the guidelines for the home improvement scheme for the elderly that is operated by the South West Area Health Board to permit same to encompass the disabled person’s...
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: the number of medical cards not renewed in the past year in the Kildare area of the South West Area Health Board; the plans her Department has to reassess the application criteria for such cards, the ...
Responsibility for the administration of the GMS scheme, including decisions relating to applications for and reviews of medical cards, lies with the chief executive officer of the relevant health boa...
Written Answers - Health Board Services.
Was asked: the number of occupational therapists within the South Western Area Health Board region; the efforts her Department has made to overcome shortfalls; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
According to the health service personnel census, a total of 50.6 occupational therapists in whole time equivalent, WTE, terms were employed in the South Western Area Health Board region by the health...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: the position regarding the construction of a 96 bed unit at the Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland, Clontarf, Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The proposed capital development at the hospital includes three 32 bed wards, 96 beds in total, a new paramedical services department, a new out-patient department and a number of other services on si...
Written Answers - Hospital Waiting Lists.
Was asked: when a person, details supplied, in County Galway will be called for assessment for a tonsillectomy; the date this person was placed on the list; and when they can expect to be called for assessment.
The provision of hospital services for people living in County Galway is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the posi...
Was asked: the average length of assessment waiting lists and treatment waiting lists in the Western Health Board region.
The provision of hospital services in this instance is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to reply directly to the Deputy in relati...
Written Answers - Departmental Correspondence.
Was asked: if assistance will be given in regard to the issues raised with her by persons in correspondence (details supplied); the reasons these persons were refused treatment; if arrangements can be made to fa...
My Department has no record of having received correspondence from the persons referred to by the Deputy. The clinic in question is privately operated and I have no direct function in the matter. Howe...
Written Answers - Cancer Screening Programme.
Was asked: the position regarding a healthcare unit (details supplied) in County Kerry as soon as a new service is extended to the Southern Health Board area; the consequences the extension of the service will h...
The national roll-out of BreastCheck to the western and southern regions is a key priority in the development of cancer services. Women in the age group 50 to 64 years will be invited for screening. A...
Written Answers - Health Board Services.
Was asked: if she will report on the situation at a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Services for People with Disabilities.
Was asked: the role her Department will play in supervising and monitoring the disability package announced by the Government on 21 September 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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