359 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if there are any medical doctors practising here who have been removed from the practitioners’ register in the UK; the mechanisms in place to ensure that this does not happen; 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 her plans to purchase a spinal monitoring machine for Tallaght Hospital Dublin which they do not currently have; 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 if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a Health Service Executive company (details supplied) is charging means tested clients private fees and donations over and above the fee it has contracted with the HSE for homecare services; if this practice is approved by her Department; if it is legal in view of the fact that the company has been contracted and remunerated by the HSE to provide those services; if her attention has further been drawn to other companies or service providers of homecare services engaging in such practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of day cases and inpatient procedures cancelled in 2007; the number of day cases and inpatient procedures cancelled in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of bed days lost at each hospital due to delayed discharges at each hospital here in the year 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of child adolescents on psychiatric waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the Waiting List Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services which was completed by the HSE in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent mental health teams established to date; the number of teams that have the full staff complement as recommended in A Vision for Change; the number of teams that do not have a full staff complement as recommended in A Vision for Change; the staff and staff vacancies within each team; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the estimate provided by the Health Service Executive as part of the 2009 estimates process, to her Department and the Department of Finance, of the cost of delivering the existing level of service in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the 14 fast-tracked single room beds for people with cystic fibrosis have been completed; if the full complement of 14 beds are operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff appointed to date including details of the type and location of each post of the 52 infection prevention and control posts approved in the latter half of 2006; the number of staff who have yet to be recruited including details of the type and location of each post; when this recruitment process will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the BCG vaccines have ceased in Maynooth, Naas and Athy in County Kildare in which the Health Service Executive has closed three BCG clinics and parents are concerned at this lack of service for infants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of a public long-stay nursing home bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Dublin aged 13 having been assessed by the Health Service Executive orthodontic service for Dublin north as in need of treatment will have to wait two years for this treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Transport when compulsory testing of alcohol testing will be introduced for all those involved in road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a premises could be identified in Balbriggan to accommodate both the community welfare offices and the unemployment exchange in Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is possible for a patient undergoing IVF treatment as a matter of urgency through the private system to transfer to the public system due to a change in their economic circumstances in view of the fact that they can no longer afford the costly treatment privately; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference, the person who set them, if they were followed and the outcome of an internal review into the management of human resource issues in public health-community house nursing in County Meath in 2007; when it will be made available; the amount it cost; 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 the reason the health repayment scheme for a person (details supplied) is only being calculated from 1998 despite the fact that he or she was in a nursing home since 1990; when an outcome to his or her appeal can be expected; 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 CervicalCheck smears sent to laboratory (details supplied) to date; the average processing time for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners contracted for CervicalCheck; the number of contracts that have yet to be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will take immediate action to ensure that all products sold in head shops are regulated by an appropriate body; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason new clients to the community welfare scheme from Balbriggan have to travel to Gardiner Street to process their applications; the reason a suitable premises has not been found to house the community welfare officers in Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the financial impact the new private health insurance levy has had on health insurance premiums; if the recently announced price increases will force many young people and families out of the market due to the fact that health insurance has become unaffordable; when she expects to receive the EU Commission decision on the new levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 400 children with disabilities in residential care are not protected by an inspectorate and that those children are three to seven times more likely to suffer abuse; the immediate action she will take to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the way she can justify spending €78 million on a computer system to replace the PPARs computer system; the way she will guarantee that spending on this system will be controlled; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason public health nurses in the north east are not doing dressings for patients who are medical card holders; if it was not the purpose of the Health Service Executive to bring uniformity of service to all people here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants who will retire year on year over the next five years; the specialties in which these retirements will take place; the plans in place to replace these consultants in view of the fact that there is a lead-in time of in excess of a year to fill a post; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners who will retire year on year over the next five years; the plans in place to replace these GPs in view of the fact that there is a lead-in time in excess of a year to fill a post; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the mandate he has given to the public interest directors who he proposes the banks participating in the guarantee scheme appoint to their boards.
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225 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has hired a recruitment agency to recruit consultants; the agency to whom the tender was awarded; the duration of this process; the amount the recruitment agency will be paid for the work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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224 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of existing primary, community and continuing care consultants as per speciality and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of existing hospital consultants as per speciality and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of new hospital and primary, community and continuing care consultants posts approved for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 9 October 2008, the number of new consultants appointed of the 108 new consultant posts approved since the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants who have signed up to a new contract; the number of consultants who remain on the old contract; the number of consultants engaged in a process of arbitration in respect of the new contract; the reason for this arbitration; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the Dr. Michael Barry report; when she will publish the report; the amount of money expected to be saved if the recommendations of the report are implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she and the chief executive of the Health Service Executive received a letter from a group (details supplied) criticising the proposal to withdraw or limit access to oral nutritional medicines that protect against malnutrition; if she and the chief executive accept that this will have a detrimental effect on patient outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number and length of time patients have been waiting on outpatient waiting lists in hospital for orthopaedics, cardiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, neurology and oncology; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details on the new computer system planned to replace PPARS; the cost to implement this system; the annual running cost of the new system; the way this system will be funded; when it will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the issue of doctors receiving capitation grants and fees for patients who are deceased more than three months; the system her Department or the Health Service Executive has in place to mitigate against this occurring; if she is satisfied that this is not occurring in practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason wholesale cost of medicines here are higher than the over the counter or retail cost of medicines in Spain; her proposals to obtain a better and more realistic price for such medicines here from manufacturers in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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433 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will provide for a necessary up to date psychological assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with dyslexia prior to transition from primary to secondary school in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the projected or estimated cost of the proposed extension to Kenmare Community Hospital; the estimated cost of the proposed new hospital at Kenmare; 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 if she will report on the proposed relocation of her Department to the Office of Public Works building in St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2; the action that will be taken in relation to Hawkins House; if it has been sold, or sale agreed and if so with whom; the expected proceeds from such a sale; if it is not sold, if it will be offered and advertised for sale publicly; if a deal has been agreed on the disposal of Hawkins House, if the premises was advertised publicly beforehand; the estimated cost of providing private offices and other fittings in the OPW building for her Departmental staff; the amount expended; when it was expended on a new data centre for Hawkins House; if the benefit of this expenditure will be lost when staff relocate to new premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of developers and builders, in relation to primary care facilities, who have entered into legally binding contracts to build primary care centres; the number of general practitioners who have entered into legally binding contracts with the Health Service Executive to provide general practice services in the primary care centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the national paediatric hospital and in particular the national paediatric hospital development board; the moneys expended on the project to date; the address of the national paediatric hospital development board; the persons who are the members; the number of support staff they have; if capital funds have been allocated and ring-fenced for the national paediatric hospital; if taking into account the new financial climate here her plans to review this decision to examine if the same project and its objectives could be achieved in alternative locations at reduced cost; if there are no plans to review the project, the completion date for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of laboratories that have closed as a result of the outsourcing of smear tests; the number operating part time; the amount that was invested in these laboratories in each of the past five years; the amount that was invested in 2007 and 2008 either by way of capital expenditure in equipment or via lease arrangements for such equipment; the liability for such leases; the capital value of equipment lying idle in hospitals as a result of the decision to outsource; if the relevant staff have been reallocated to alternative useful employment; if staff have lost jobs as a result of the decision to outsource the smear tests; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her undertaking to examine the way users of expensive IVF treatment could be assisted, to take into account that claiming for such expensive treatment has fallen under the health expenses relief from 41% to standard rate 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of temporary consultants employed in the south east area; the locations at which they are employed; the speciality of same; the length of time they have been in temporary employment; when permanent consultants will be employed for those positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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