20 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount the national ambulance office has spent on procurement in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers assigned to areas (details supplied) in County Dublin within office working hours and out of hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the three additional consultants in emergency medicine posts added in 2009 have been filled; if not, when they will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical card appeals; the average time it takes to process a medical card appeal; the percentage of medical card appeals upheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason it takes between four to six weeks to print and post a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the average time it takes to process an over 70s and under 70s medical card application per local health office; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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693 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Science the provisions he has made to provide new school places in Balrothery, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Meath can expect to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a definitive date for the release of the report of the vaccine damage steering group; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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275 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, who is waiting for the past two months for heart surgery in St. James’s Hospital in Dublin can expect to have this surgery take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the position in regard to home support hours for children with special needs in County Kilkenny; if children currently receiving home support hours will continue to receive their agreed hours for this assistance; the position in regard to provision of home support assistance to new applicants to this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds allocated under the delayed discharge initiative to St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, and St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, in the period 2006 to 2009; when the next allocation of DDI beds will be made to these hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on the new risk equalisation scheme in view of the fact that it is ten months since the Supreme Court struck down her original scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when the advanced paramedic scheme will come into operation in the Dublin area in view of the substantial population in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of psychologists working in the public sector for the Dublin north area; if she will increase this number to address the waiting times for children in need of a psychology service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can expect to have surgery carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason video fluoroscopy equipment was not available at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, on the week of 18 May 2009 (details supplied); the arrangements in place to make such examinations available if a machine has broken down; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical negligence cases involving mishaps at birth over the past three years; the settlement in each case; the amount paid in legal fees; the duration between lodging the claim and the judgment or settlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the primary care centres that are up and running under the primary care strategy; the location of these facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of families approved to participate in the new Health Service Executive foster care that will enable gardaí to place children in a safe environment when they have to remove children from a situation of extreme risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the arrangements to be put in place under recommendation 8.2 regarding the taking into care of a child, under Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991, will include the simultaneous attendance of a Health Service Executive employee at the house, or other place, from where the gardaí intend to remove the child and that the handing over of the child to the custody of the HSE, as provided for under Section 12.3(1) of the Act will be made directly to an employee of the HSE and not to a person contracted by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendations of the recent report on the Monageer case (details supplied); if she will supply details of the implementation plan which has been put in place; the Department that has responsibility for ensuring that each of the recommendations are implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if construction of the new National Rehabilitation Hospital facility in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, will commence in 2009; if so, the quarter in which it will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of health sector public-private partnership projects already under way or in planning stages; the terms of these agreements; the amount of public and private investment involved in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of a full medical card per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of running an acute hospital bed per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made a decision to fund the construction of 10 units of Traveller accommodation at Milverton, Skerries, County Dublin; when he expects the project will commence; the expected completion date; the projected cost per unit of this accommodation; the projected cost of the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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350 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the difficulties that homeowners are experiencing in north Dublin and environs with regard to the pyrite issue which has left those homeowners with defective homes; the measures he has taken to help homeowners resolve this issue in a timely manner; the measures or regulations he has put in place to ensure that this does not occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the reduction of payments to health professionals as outlined in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the personnel among the 113,000 or so employees on the management administrative side who are responsible for paediatric care, that is the person who is in charge of paediatric care in the Health Service Executive; their title and the assistance they have; the other roles they occupy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the therapeutic programmes and supervision arrangements in place and the staffing level at Grove Lodge, Portrane, County Dublin; the arrangements currently in place for the supervision of clients there; the age grouping; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 on the grounds of undue financial hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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156 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason she is suppressing a nursing post (details supplied) at Killarney Community Hospital, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if, in his dealings with the banks and building societies, he will insist as part of these negotiations that the banks offer flexible affordable terms to fixed rate mortgage holders without excessive penalties in view of the fact that these homeowners are trapped in expensive mortgages at high rates; if he will request the banks to show generosity and flexibility to fixed rate mortgage homeowners; the number of homeowners on fixed rate mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the progress Dublin Bus has made in implementing the recommendations of the Deloitte report on Dublin Bus efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of written warnings he has given State funded transport operators for anti-competitive practices since 2000 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount which will be saved in 2009, in 2010 and in 2011 by implementing the recruitment ban and by not allowing the renewal of certain positions by An Bord Altranais.
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110 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow can expect to have surgery to ensure the best outcome for them; the reason this surgery cannot be carried out at a hospital or under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in view of the length of time they have been on the waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 133 terminally ill patients are seeking access to hospice care and are being forced to wait days for inpatient, home care and day care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive Arthritis and Allied Conditions Report completed early in 2008 has not been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she made Professor Brendan Drumm and the Health Service Executive aware of the loss of income to hospitals in fees from private patients admitted by new type A public-only consultants, which is estimated to cost in the region of €50 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the high numbers of patients waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency departments here; the date the Health Service Executive six hour target waiting time for all patients attending accident and emergency departments from arrival to admission or discharge will be recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her view on the impact the planned ward closures at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, will have on patient care and treatment; if she will call on the HSE to meet the board of management of Crumlin hospital with a view to securing savings without affecting front-line services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultancies currently contracted by the Health Service Executive to assist in devising and implementing a reform strategy for its management structures including the names of each contracted individual or company, the value of each of these contracts and the dates on which it is expected that each of these contracts will be brought to a conclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of consultancy contracts awarded by the Health Service Executive, since 1 January 2007, to assist in devising and implementing a reform, or reorganisation, of its management structures including the number of contracts awarded, the value of these contracts, the number of contracts which have been completed and the number of contracts which were completed on time and within budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consultation he has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with regard to ensuring compliance measures under the water frameworks directive are appropriate; the implications he envisages this directive will have for the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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425 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction funding in respect of dyslexic pupils at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in which a class established since 2004 awaits sanction from him; if he will sanction the said class as permanent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if double payments will be made as usual at Christmas to thalidomide sufferers as part of the original compensatory package provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 22 April 2009, if she will confirm that when an applicant for an over 70’s medical card wishes to have the actual interest from savings or investments considered, that actual interest means interest after the deduction of deposit interest retention tax, that is, interest net of DIRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of moving the breast clinic from South Infirmary Victoria Hospital to Cork University Hospital when it is providing safe and effective care at its current location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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