Harney, MaryTuesday, 12 April 2005 |
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Written Answers - Special Educational Needs.
Was asked: the average waiting period for primary school children to receive speech and language therapy; her proposals to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: the steps being taken by her Department to ensure that sufficient resources are available to deal with the large number of pupils in primary schools in the Ballyfermot area who are presenting with spe...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an orthodontic assessment.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: if a medical card will be issued on medical grounds to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who applied in February 2005 and are still awaiting a response.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if the Health Service Executive will review the level of support being given in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow with a view to granting them twilight and night nursing; the as...
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 26 January 2005 if orthodontic treatment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that this perso...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: when funding approval will be made available for a neurologist to the Health Service Executive northern area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Housing Aid for the Elderly.
Was asked: the position of the application for special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied); when the application will be processed or works commence; and if she will make a statement on t...
Written Answers - Louth County Hospital.
Was asked: if she has received a request from Dundalk Urban Council to meet her to discuss issues in relation to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; the date this request was made and when the requested meeting will...
I have received a number of requests in recent months to meet a delegation representing Dundalk Town Council to discuss issues in relation to Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. In this regard, I have adv...
Written Answers - Housing Aid for the Elderly.
Was asked: when two doors will be replaced for a person (detail supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Nursing Home Services.
Was asked: the Government’s attitude to the entitlement of persons who hold medical cards and who are in need of nursing home services but who have had to avail of private nursing home services due to the lack o...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: when planning permission for the new development at Fermoy Community Hospital will be sought; when work will commence on the psychiatric hospital on the grounds of Fermoy Community Hospital; and if sh...
Written Answers - Health Service Allowances.
Was asked: the position regarding the payment of a curam home care grant for a person (details supplied) after being assessed as maximum dependency and approved but due to allocation of funding for this scheme h...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: the reason orthodontic treatment has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was identified as being in need of treatment eight years ago; and if she will make a ...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: when a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the card will be backdated to the original application submission date of January 2005; and if she will make a s...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: if there are problems in respect of public patients at Temple Street Hospital; and if the consultants are carrying out their work on waiting lists in a professional and impartial manner.
Was asked: if she has satisfied herself that public patients in Temple Street Hospital are treated the same way as private patients; and if complaints have been received from parents on this issue.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 167 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the resp...
Written Answers - Hospital Staff.
Was asked: the position regarding the dismissal of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if their case was handled in a professional and fair manner.
I wish to inform the Deputy that as the person in question was not an employee under the Health Service Executive or under the former Eastern Regional Health Authority or the former Area Health Boards...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: if she is satisfied that procedures at Temple Street Hospital, Dublin in relation to the national treatment purchase fund are being implemented in a fair manner.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Nursing Home Charges.
Was asked: the number of letters received by the East Coast Area Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that the nursing home charge...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the South Western Area Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the Northern Area Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the Midland Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were illeg...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the Mid-Western Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were i...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the North Eastern Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the North Western Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the South Eastern Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the Western Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were illeg...
Was asked: the number of letters received by the Southern Health Board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 from relatives or solicitors acting on their behalf claiming that nursing home charges were ille...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 to 177, inclusive, and 179 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive which was established on 1 January 2005. Under this Act, the exe...
Written Answers - Hospital Waiting Lists.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 1 March 2005, if it is reasonable to have this Deputy’s question referred to the chief executive officer of the southern area to investigate the matter an...
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 84 of 8 December 2004, 179 of 26 January 2005 and 173 of 1 March 2005 and the failure of the chief officer for the Health Service Executive’s southern area to ...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 315 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the resp...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: when work will commence on the promised extension to Kanturk Community Hospital, County Cork.
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: when the funding and staffing recommendations of the Joe Wolfe report into St. Joseph’s foundation will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Children in Care.
Was asked: the number of immigrant children who have gone missing while in the care of the State in 2004 and to date in 2005.
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a group (details supplied) in the allocation of residential places and training programme places for 2005 due to the delay in t...
Written Answers - Housing Aid for the Elderly.
Was asked: the position regarding work to be completed to house under special housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: the position in relation to an invoice and application for funding for continued care from a person (details supplied); if payment will be made to the centre for their treatment; and if she will make ...
Written Answers - Mental Health Services.
Was asked: the position in relation to an application for funding for a company (details supplied); if in view of the number of people whose lives have been altered by this treatment funding will be put in place...
Written Answers - Hospital Waiting Lists.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a hip replacement operation.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if long overdue funding will be allocated for Beaumont Hospital to provide Cochlear ear implant operations for adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
I am aware of the work done by the Cochlear implant programme at Beaumont Hospital. I had the pleasure of visiting Beaumont Hospital recently and also met the director of the programme. The future dev...
Written Answers - Community Physiotherapy Service.
Was asked: the regulations, orders, and guidelines from her Department limiting the community physiotherapy service to adults under the age of 65 and children with a disability; and if she will make a statement ...
Was asked: the health service executive regions that have a community physiotherapy service available; if a community physiotherapy service is available in the HSE mid western region; and if not, the reason ther...
Written Answers - Disabled Drivers.
Was asked: the regulations from her Department regarding the motorised transport grant; the reason this grant is limited to those aged between 17 and 65; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Migraine Treatment.
Was asked: her views on whether migraine is a disabling illness.
Migraine is a debilitating condition characterised by severe headache and a range of other physical symptoms. It is estimated that 10% of the UK population suffer from migraine, according to Bal and H...
Written Answers - Cancer Screening Programme.
Was asked: the date when the BreastCheck screening programme will be extended to the whole of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: the position regarding the provision of the BreastCheck service in the former Southern Health Board area; and when this new service is now expected to become operational.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 216 together. The roll-out of the national breast screening programme to the remaining counties is a major priority in the development of cancer services. This...
Was asked: if her attention has been drawn to the European Parliament resolution on breast cancer 2003, the third edition of the European Code Against Cancer 2003 and the European Commission recommendation of 20...
I am aware of the recommendations on breast screening contained in the documents referred to by the Deputy. The national breast screening programme currently covers the eastern, north eastern, midland...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if extra funding will be offered to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin to expand facilities for persons who suffer with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be admitted to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin for further tests relating to their medical condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: the position regarding the provision of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: the position regarding the provision of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Housing Aid for the Elderly.
Was asked: the position regarding provision of work under special housing aid for the elderly for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: when medical card renewal will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Ministerial Travel.
Was asked: if she travelled abroad for the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with her in her official party; the duration of the visit and the cost involved.
I travelled to Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina to undertake a number of duties in relation to St. Patrick’s Day. I travelled with my husband, Mr. Brian Geoghegan, the deputy Government press ...
Written Answers - Hospital Staff.
Was asked: when funding will be made available towards staffing of the high dependency unit in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be...
Written Answers - Occupational Therapy Service.
Was asked: the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for occupational therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Mental Health Services.
Was asked: if, in view of the fact that no psychiatric service intervention has been made to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11 if she will establish with the Health Service Executive the measures been take...
Written Answers - Medical Aids and Appliances.
Was asked: the reason a special bed and mattress for a person (details supplied) with terminal cancer approved in October 2004 have still not been delivered to them; if this is unacceptable treatment of a person...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Mental Health Services.
Was asked: if there is a record of the use of valium and ativan used in psychiatric hospitals; the quantity of each product used at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; ...
Written Answers - Mental Health Tribunals.
Was asked: if the mental health tribunals which were to be established under the 2002 Act will be established in order that persons who are aggrieved at their treatment would have a proper course of action for r...
Written Answers - Long-Term Illness Scheme.
Was asked: if she has plans to increase public information about inflammatory bowel disease; if she put inflammatory bowel disease on the long-term illness list; and if free medication or a medical card will be ...
Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for th...
Written Answers - Scientific Research.
Was asked: if she will confirm that none of the botox being safety tested on mice here with LD50 or other testing procedures will be used for anti-wrinkle treatments in this country or elsewhere.
The Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, as amended by the European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act 1876) Regulations 2002, provides the legislative framework for control of the use of live a...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 22 March 2005, if she will answer the question posed; and when she intends to reply to the letter referred to.
In response to the Deputy’s question of 22 March 2005, I advised that the Health Service Executive, HSE, has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health ...
Written Answers - Services for People with Disabilities.
Was asked: the date it is expected that the national action plan for rehabilitation service, commissioned by her Department and referred to in a parliamentary question of 2 December 2004, will be delivered; and ...
Written Answers - Tribunals of Inquiry.
Was asked: the reason the Dunne inquiry costs €20 million; her views on the lack of public sessions, the lack of a special adviser, and the lack of press media briefings by the chairperson had a negative part to...
To the end of December 2004, the total cost of the post mortem inquiry was approximately €20 million. Total legal and administrative costs were approximately €11 million. The remainder of the costs in...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if she will confirm the dates within which a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was a patient; the way in which their bank account was managed and by whom; the details of the balances at the...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under this Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to b...
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the medical and financial circumstances of the person and their need for the card and if she will expedite...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Mental Health Services.
Was asked: if she will expedite a response to an application for funding submitted to the health office, Kilkenny, for treatment of alcoholism at Colliga House, Glen of Imaal, in the name of a person (details su...
Written Answers - Hospital Staff.
Was asked: her response to the resignation of a consultant oncologist at Cork University Hospital recently; the steps she is taking to deal with the consequences for cancer patients in County Kerry.
Was asked: if steps are being taken to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of a consultant oncologist at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 and 300 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, th...
Written Answers - Housing Aid for the Elderly.
Was asked: the situation regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly scheme.
Was asked: when replacement windows will be installed under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 26 January 2005, if the application has been processed under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and i...
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 8 December 2004, if the application has been processed; if the various reports have been completed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare for a re...
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 19 October 2004, if the community welfare officer has carried out a report regarding the housing aid for the elderly scheme; and if she will make a statem...
Written Answers - Medical Aids and Appliances.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 1 February 2005, when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a full assessment of their needs in order for equipment to be issued from t...
Written Answers - Nursing Home Charges.
Was asked: if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is entitled to claim following the recent Supreme Court judgment on nursing home charges; and if she will give the maximum support and advice on this matter.
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: when an application for the renewal of a medical card will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: her response to the advice received by the IMO that the introduction of the yellow pack free GP cards are a change in the GPs contract; the way in which she intends to resolve this impasse; and if she...
Was asked: the situation regarding the doctor-only medical cards in view of the IMOs attitude to their introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 271 together. The necessary legislation to allow members of the public to apply for the new “doctor visit”cards has been enacted. Funding of €50 million requir...
Written Answers - Services for People with Disabilities.
Was asked: if she will consider the introduction of a disability card which will be issued to those deemed to be disabled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: if the Government will bring into force a special blue card system similar to that in force in Great Britain and Northern Ireland whereby persons with disabilities over the age of 18 years of age are ...
Written Answers - Health Reports.
Was asked: if and when the report on the national expert group on domiciliary births will be published; and if she intends to act upon its recommendations.
The domiciliary births group was established by the health board chief executive officers in 2003 and the group’s final report was presented to the CEOs in December 2004. The CEOs discussed the report...
Written Answers - Child Care Services.
Was asked: if the Child Care Act 1991 will be used to protect children against institutional neglect; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Child Abuse.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 15 December 2004 and further to her responses to this Deputy dated 23 March 2005, if the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005 will...
Was asked: the reason the Ryan commission will not process complaints by those subjected to vaccine trials without permission; the action she is taking to address this situation; and if she will make a statement...
Written Answers - Departmental Schemes.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 26 January 2005, the progress to date on the issue; if a detailed examination of the schemes has taken place; the reason for the delay in performing this ...
A preliminary review of the vaccine damage compensation schemes in place in a number of other countries was undertaken by my Department in order to establish general details of schemes already in exis...
Written Answers - Services for People with Disabilities.
Was asked: the progress to date in the provision of residential services for people with a mental disability in the Athlone area of County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Departmental Funding.
Was asked: when capital funding will be given to the Irish Wheelchair Association.
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: when a CAT scanner will be provided for Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January, 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be del...
Written Answers - Patient Statistics.
Was asked: the number of patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, who have been on trolleys each week in each hospital since 1 September 2004.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Cancer Incidence.
Was asked: the action she intends to take following the findings of the national cancer registry report into cancer rates in County Louth which found that Drogheda has cancer rates in excess of the national aver...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Suicide Prevention.
Was asked: the progress of the national suicide review group in the implementation of the recommendations of the national task force on suicide; and if she will make a statement on the group’s contribution to su...
Was asked: the annual budget for each year since its inception of the national suicide review group.
Written Answers - Decentralisation Programme.
Was asked: the sections of her Department based outside Dublin which will be moved to other non-Dublin locations under the decentralisation programme; the location from and to which officials are being transferr...
The General Register Office in Roscommon is the only section of my Department based outside Dublin. This office will not be moved to another location under the decentralisation programme.
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: when orthodontic treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 26 January 2005, the reason there is not a proactive follow-up by the consultants who examined the person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if a full p...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on it...
Written Answers - Child Care Services.
Was asked: the assistance her Department will give to the parent of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3.
Written Answers - International Trade.
Was asked: if her attention has been drawn to the campaign to have fair trade products widely available and used; her views on the objectives of this campaign; and if she will endeavour to have such fair trade a...
I am aware of the campaign to have fair trade products widely available and used and of the benefits of such a campaign. The purchase of any products by my Department would have to be in accordance wi...
Written Answers - Child Abuse.
Was asked: if she will report on the HSEW response to allegations of abuse between 1993 and 1995 at a school (details supplied); and the action which has been taken on this matter.
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for orthodontic treatment.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - National Drugs Strategy.
Was asked: when the review dealing with the treatment of those under 18 who are misusing drugs will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: the measures in place and remain to be implemented to ensure that all drug misusers have immediate access to professional assessment and counselling by regional health services as promised under the n...
Was asked: the reason a pilot community pharmacy needle and syringe exchange programme in the ERHA area promised under the national drugs strategy has not been established to date; when she expects this facility...
Written Answers - Suicide Prevention.
Was asked: the number of suicide resource officers employed nationally; the regional health centres they are located in; the amount of funding allocated to this resource; the location of each regional health cen...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is unable to have an emergency amputation to treat rampant gangrene of the leg; her views on whether this is acceptable; the steps she will take t...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: the steps that are being taken to improve capacity at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, in respect of cataract operations; and the reason the earliest date a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 can be of...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Housing Aid for the Elderly.
Was asked: the situation regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: the system of reporting made by individual consultants in respect of the mix of public and private patients receiving procedures in public hospitals to hospital chief executive officers and if this in...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Child Care Services.
Was asked: the ratio of staff to child which is appropriate at the different stages of approved child care facilities.
Written Answers - Medical Aids and Appliances.
Was asked: if a special chair will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a decision will be expedited in the case.
Written Answers - Health and Safety Regulations.
Was asked: the number of hospitals that have failed to co-operate with the request from the Health and Safety Authority to provide compulsory risk assessments of conditions in their accident and emergency units;...
Was asked: the number of accident and emergency units visited by the Health and Safety Authority team of inspectors to examine safety levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: the number of accident and emergency units in Cavan and Monaghan hospitals, respectively, examined by the HSA; the hospitals considered unsafe; the action proposed to ensure compliance with HSA regula...
Was asked: the number of accident and emergency units in Louth and Meath hospitals, respectively, examined by the HSA; the hospitals considered unsafe; the action proposed to ensure compliance with HSA regulatio...
Was asked: the number of accident and emergency units considered unsafe by the HSA, arising from the recent inspections; the action taken to enforce compliance with HSA requirements; and if she will make a state...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 260, 262 and 265 to 267, inclusive, together. In January of this year the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, asked hospitals to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment ...
Written Answers - Nursing Home Charges.
Was asked: the number of persons who have applied for repayments in respect of charges which were illegally applied for publicly funded long-term residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive which was established on 1 January 2005. Under this Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Departmental Schemes.
Was asked: her plans for the introduction of a no-fault compensation scheme for psychiatric service personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The report of the task force on assaults on psychiatric nurses was completed in 2003. In addition to quantifying the level of assaults and making recommendations on prevention, the report contained pr...
Written Answers - Children in Care.
Was asked: the reason for the decision of the Health Service Executive, north-eastern area, to take into permanent care a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: the number of patients awaiting audiology services in the Health Service Executive north east area in Counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively; the average waiting time in each county; her proposals ...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: the number of patients awaiting speech and language therapy services in the Health Service Executive, north east area, in Counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively; the average waiting time in each co...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: the position on the provision of a CAT scanner for Monaghan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January, 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be del...
Written Answers - Departmental Funding.
Was asked: the grants and other financial assistance awarded by her Department in each of the past three years to men’s organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for men, including t...
It is not possible in the time allowed to compile all of the information requested by the Deputy. The information is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as poss...
Was asked: the grants and other financial assistance awarded by her Department in each of the past three years to women’s organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for women, includi...
It is not possible in the time allowed to compile all of the information requested by the Deputy. The information is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soo...
Written Answers - Hospital Waiting Lists.
Was asked: the position with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting for a hip operation; if they will be seen as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matte...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Was asked: the position with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if their appointment will be brought forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive is required to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its ...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if transport will be provided by the Health Service Executive western area to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive is required to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its ...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: the action she is taking to provide a flexible system to meet the needs of patients with lifelong conditions who have to obtain emergency meetings their consultants when the need arises; if she has co...
The management of chronic conditions is a matter for decision by the doctor or doctors treating the individual patient. With regard to the treatment arrangements and support services in place for pers...
Written Answers - Hospital Budgets.
Was asked: the annual budget allocated to Mullingar General Hospital, Tullamore General Hospital and Portlaoise General Hospital in each of the past five years.
My Department is advised that the Health Service Executive, which has responsibility for the funding of the hospitals concerned, responded on 11 April to the Deputy’s Question of 22 March 2005.
Written Answers - Health Service Staff.
Was asked: if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding barriers to entry in the dental profession; her proposals to alter the arrangements under which a person may enter training to become a dentis...
As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for undergraduate training of dentists lies with my colleague the Minister for Education and Science. I have been informed that on access to dental educatio...
Written Answers - Hospital Staff.
Was asked: her plans to fill a vacancy due to the imminent retirement of a person (details supplied) at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork in May 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: the reason a new wing of St. Vincent’s Hospital, completed for the past 18 months, has not been opened for patients; the date on which patients will be allowed into the wing; and if she will make a st...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Written Answers - Ambulance Service.
Was asked: when funding will be allocated to replace the existing ambulance base in Thurles.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Merlin Park Hospital.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be admitted to St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be admitted to the Rehabilitation Unit in Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be deliv...
Written Answers - Departmental Payments.
Was asked: the annual fees paid to each chairperson and director in each statutory board under the remit of her Department.
My Department is currently undertaking a review to confirm the current position on payments to members of all state boards under its aegis. I will revert to the Deputy on this matter as soon as the re...
Written Answers - Services for People with Disabilities.
Was asked: the reason transport is not being provided for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo with severe mental and physical disabilities; and if it will be arranged.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 5 October 2004, if funding will be made available to continue the programme of the inner ear cochlear department of Beaumont Hospital; if the proposed impl...
I am aware of the work done by the cochlear implant programme at Beaumont Hospital. I had the pleasure of visiting Beaumont Hospital recently and also met with the director of the programme. I can ass...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: the position regarding the extension of the accident and emergency department of Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a day ward at Kerry General Hospital is lying idle and fully equipped due to the employment ceiling in the health service; the steps she will take to e...
Was asked: if consideration is being given to the provision of a medical assessment unit at the accident and emergency department at Kerry General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 295, 298 and 301 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the ...
Written Answers - Health Service Staff.
Was asked: the way by which she reconciles the employment ceiling in the health services with the Government’s commitment to provide 850 new community nursing home beds; the number of these beds which have been ...
Work has been under way in the Department of Health and Children on a proposal for a public private partnership investment scheme for 850 community nursing units. There have been discussions between m...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: when it is intended to publish the capital funding programme for hospitals for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, established on 1 January 2005, to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf health and personal social services. This i...
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
Was asked: the reason an operation did not take place for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delive...
Was asked: the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare regarding a refund for bedroom furniture; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Travers Report.
Was asked: the date on which the Travers report was submitted to her; the date on which the printed version of the Travers report became available for purchase in the Government publications sales office; if she...
I recieved the Travers report on Friday, 4 March 2005. Before being published it was considered by the Cabinet at its next meeting on Tuesday, 8 March 2005. Copies of the report were given to each Mem...
Written Answers - Cancer Incidence.
Was asked: if a copy of the full report of the study group regarding cancer in the Summerhill area of Dublin 1 will be made available to local public representatives; if a meeting will be arranged with local pub...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Was asked: if the full complement of beds is in use in the Maynooth community care unit, Maynooth, County Kildare; if not, the number of beds in use; the reason for the delay in bringing the unit to full capacit...
Written Answers - Hospital Accommodation.
Was asked: if her attention has been drawn to the continuing serious overcrowding in recent weeks in the accident and emergency unit at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; the way in which she intends t...
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Health Services.
Was asked: the future plans for Brú Chaoimhin, Cork Street, Dublin 8.
Written Answers - Nursing Education.
Was asked: the reason entry to public health nursing has been changed; if she and An Bord Altranais have satisfied themselves that without general nursing, a public health nurse can deliver a quality service to ...
The Commission on Nursing considered that registration as a midwife should no longer be a mandatory requirement for entry to the higher diploma in public health nursing or registration as a public hea...
Written Answers - Nursing Home Subventions.
Was asked: if an enhanced nursing home subvention will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare.
Written Answers - Hospital Staff.
Was asked: if any senior staff of the HSE or health boards have been retained as consultants while on career breaks from their posts; if so, the positions or grades concerned; the rate of remuneration for any su...
The Health Act 2004 provides for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - Hospitals Building Programme.
Was asked: the reason for the continuing delay in providing the long promised extension to Bandon Community Hospital; and the further reason the request of September 2004 for approval to appoint a design team ha...
Written Answers - Medical Cards.
Was asked: her views on whether funding should be made available to the parents of a child from west Cork, with a medical card, to cover the cost of travel for regular visits for treatment in Dublin hospitals.
The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be deli...
Written Answers - National Lottery Funding.
Was asked: the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis
Applications for funding from the health and children national lottery allocation are received primarily from individuals, groups and organisations with an involvement in the provision of health servi...
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