252 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to implement a proactive system whereby every person who is waiting for treatment for three months automatically receives a written offer of treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to carry out an independent review of the co-location policy; her views on whether it would have been better practice in public sector policy to conduct the independent review prior to pursuing the policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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249 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that clear benefits to the public are identified and achieved in the hospitals co-location policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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248 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the co-location plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to introduce improved supports for general practitioners who work in remote and disadvantaged communities, including improved start up funding towards premises, equipment, security, professional support and cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to include an extension in front-line posts in primary care teams to ensure integrated, accessible services for patients in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to ensure there is a primary care team serving every community, with particular reference to new and rapidly growing areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme For Government commitment to improve general practitioner cover by developing primary health centres in socially deprived areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to work with general practitioners to ensure constantly improving out-of-hours cover for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to extend the general practitioner out-of-hours service nationwide to ensure that patients can be seen within one hour of their call; 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 the date the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance is expected to report; 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 progress made on the programme for Government commitment progressively to introduce patient guarantees of what people can expect from their health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to examine implementing an advisory charter of patients’ rights similar to the European charter of patient rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to initiate a periodic review of legislation to improve patient safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to ensure that any child under five years of age waiting more than three months for occupational speech and language therapy can access these services automatically through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to allow orthodontic cases to be referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund by creating an orthodontic fund to treat children who have been waiting longest; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to double the medical card income limit eligibility of parents of children under six years of age and treble them for parents of children with an intellectual disability under 18 years of age; when her review of eligibility criteria will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to index the income thresholds for medical cards to increases in the average industrial wage; 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 date her Department’s personal health check expert group will report; 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 on the programme for Government commitment to introduce the personal health check programme; 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 status of the 14 additional fast tracked single room beds for people with cystic fibrosis; if they will be ring-fenced for cystic fibrosis patients only; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to reform use of beds in hospitals to ensure equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to increase the number of dedicated public only hospital beds by 1,500; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of dedicated public only hospital beds by 1,500; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath and plans to move them to a more suitable setting in a community facility as their family are concerned for their welfare and feel they need to be transferred as soon as possible to facilities in the community which are more appropriate for their continuing care; the progress of relocating patients with an intellectual disability or autism from psychiatric hospitals and other inappropriate placements in older buildings for example; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children whether the reports in today’s newspapers on the Health Service Executive are factual and, if so, whether she can give details of the full plan and a timescale for implementation, whether she can confirm if there are any cost implications and, if so, whether they will necessitate a Supplementary Estimate.
14 Deputy James Reilly asked the Taoiseach if he will publish a progress report on the implementation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he has an application (details supplied) in his Department from Bus Éireann regarding its use of the port tunnel to service the people of Swords; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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303 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the section of her Department or the section of the Health Service Executive that is examining the waiting list appointment system with a view to improving its efficiency and reducing no shows; the names of the relevant manager and civil servant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on a complaint received by this Deputy that GMS or medical card patients are being charged €80 for ultrasound tests which have been ordered by their general practitioners (details supplied); if she will confirm if this is true; if such charges exist in other areas and hospitals; if it is her policy and Health Service Executive policy to charge medical card patients for such services taking into account that anyone who holds a medical card is on approximately 50% of the minimum wage, or an elderly pensioner or maybe critically ill; 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 her plans to address the financial hardship endured by amputees who number approximately 5,000 of which 50% are not covered by the GMS or medical card scheme and who must pay for the original prosthesis and a replacement prosthesis maybe every three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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191 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her position on the recognition of general practice as a speciality with reference to the implementation of Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC; if Ireland has informed the committee, established under Article 58 of the Directive, that general practice is a speciality in Europe; if so, when; if it has not informed the committee, the reason for same; if the Medical Council has been asked to supply a list of the medical specialties to the Government; the person who is the Irish representative on the committee; if Ireland has submitted a biennial report to the committee on the implementation of the directive as required by Article 60; if such a report has been submitted, if it will be published; if she will forward this Deputy a copy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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185 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the availability of special needs assistants for preschools in respect of children with hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy in the South Eastern Health Board area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on undertakings given by An Taoiseach when he was Minister for Finance that his Department was exploring alternative mechanisms that could be put in place to replace the soon to be terminated excise duty refund for public transport service operators, which amounts to 34.5 cent per litre; the outcome of those explorations; if a method has been found to alleviate the burden of the removal of the excise duty refund scheme for public transport providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the remit the Health Information and Quality Authority has over private health providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the continuing availability of services to a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when the review of maternity hospitals and maternity services here will be completed; the action she proposes to take in the short term to address the increasing pressure and demand for maternity services at maternity hospitals here (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that maternity hospitals operating at over capacity are in danger of a serious and dangerous incident occurring; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if it is intended to seek funding to upgrade sporting facilities at the University of Limerick and University College Dublin, as suggested in the Indecon report, to make it possible for Ireland to have a spin off benefit from the London Olympics in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had contact with the Office of Public Works regarding the refurbishment work planned at the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy James Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs created by County and City Enterprise Boards for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the job losses from CEB created jobs for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 with a breakdown for each year on a CEB by CEB basis; if she will present the information in tabular readable form; 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 if she will provide details of uncollected hospital charges in each hospital as at 31 December 2007; the steps being take to recover these moneys; 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 annual amount of hospital fees collected and the corresponding amount which remains uncollected for 2006 and 2007; the breakdown of the reason for and the value of uncollected fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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406 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of surgical procedures for weight reduction for the morbidly obese, such as gastric banding and other such surgical procedures, that have taken place here; the number of centres available here to carry out these procedures other than Loughlinstown Hospital; the number of other surgical bypass procedures or weight reduction procedures that have been carried out in Loughlinstown; the type of procedures involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €85 million for the nursing home subvention scheme was fully expended on that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €88 million, including €28 million for the implementation of 1,050 beds provided in 2006, €32 million in 2007 and €22 million in 2008 for the provision of an extra 1,250 beds and €6 million to strengthen nursing home inspection was fully expended on that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €0.5 million for sheltered housing was fully expended on that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €3.5 million for 1,100 more day places was fully expended on that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €18 million for 780,000 home help hours was fully expended on that purpose; 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 the budget 2007 financial allocation of €55 million for 2,000 home care packages was fully expended on that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if the budget 2007 financial allocation of €8 million for the national drugs strategy was fully expended on that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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