Reilly, Dr JamesWednesday, 20 April 2011 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed)
Amendment put.
Voted Yes 
Question put: “That the motion, as amended, be agreed to.”
Voted Yes
Written Answers - Substance Abuse
Was asked: his views on the levels of alcohol abuse and misuse here; his further views that reported levels of alcohol consumption ought to be arrested from a public health, social and economic perspective; the...
Was asked: his views on whether widespread sponsorship of major sporting events by alcohol companies is having an impact on levels of alcohol consumption and alcohol abuse here; if he will review the situation ...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 157 together. The level of alcohol consumption in the population coupled with the predominant pattern of “binge drinking” is a matter of significant concern. T...
Written Answers - Departmental Surveys
Was asked: if the SLAN survey will be going ahead in 2011.
My Department is currently considering how up-to-date National Health and Lifestyle Survey (SLAN) data on the adult population might be gathered taking account of the reduced resources available for s...
Written Answers - Public Sector Pay
Was asked: his plans to reverse the December 2010 decision to phase out payments to student nurses doing fourth year placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: if he will address the serious situation faced by pre-registration nurses and midwives contracted and staffed to hospitals who are seeing 80% of their pay being phased out and their pay to be abolish...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 166 together. I recently approved a review of the rationale for the total abolition of payments to student nurses during their 4th year pre-registration roster...
Written Answers - Health Service Staff
Was asked: the situation regarding the number of vacancies currently available in the Health Service Executive for speech and language therapists; and the extent to which there will be employment possibilities ...
The Employment Control Framework for the Health Sector 2011-2014 provides exemptions for a number of specific grades from the general moratorium on recruitment and promotion. It provides that vacant S...
Written Answers - Long-Term Illness Scheme
Was asked: if he will consider adding Crohn’s disease to the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that persons living with Crohn’s disease have to attend their general practitioners on a regular basis a...
Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with specified conditions, for the treatm...
Written Answers - Voluntary Sector Funding
Was asked: if he will provide funding to an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow to help fund the volunteer to drive scheme which it has recently set up to bring patients from its area to St. Luke’...
Under the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), cancer surgery and diagnosis are undergoing a process of consolidation into eight centres (and one satellite centre) while radiation oncology servic...
Written Answers - Health Services
Was asked: when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive treatment.
As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
Written Answers - Smoking Ban
Was asked: if he will end the harassment of smokers by the Health Service Executive and not remove the perspex shelter from a public house (details supplied).
The Health Service Executive is responsible for enforcing the Smoke-free at Work legislation, including the provisions relating to outdoor areas. Accordingly, it would be inappropriate for me to comme...
Written Answers - Child Abuse
Was asked: the position regarding best advice and practice regarding a matter (details supplied).
Every organisation involved with children has a duty to protect the child and to safeguard them from harm. “Children First”, the National Guidelines for the protection and welfare of children, provide...
Written Answers - National Treatment Purchase Fund
Was asked: the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare receiving treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund was refused ambulance transport.
As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
Written Answers - Health Services
Was asked: if he will consider providing funding for the establishment of a teen parents support programme to serve County Wicklow in order to encourage students who become parents to remain in the education sy...
As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
Written Answers - Pension Levy
Was asked: the number of employees paying the pension levy whose employment was terminated in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
All staff in my Department have been liable for the pension related deduction since its introduction in March 2009. In 2010, the employment of fourteen members of staff came to an end due to retiremen...
Written Answers - Mental Health Services
Was asked: if he will publish a detailed plan for the reform of mental health services here; if the Health Service Executive put in place an accountable structure and implementation plan and resourcing to deliv...
The implementation of ’A Vision for Change’is primarily the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE). In 2009, the Board of the Health Service Executive approved an Implementation Plan for...
Written Answers - Health Service Staff
Was asked: if he will arrange for an inspector to be appointed to investigate the fact that no records exist in relation to an employee (details supplied).
As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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