304 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of stroke units here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the review into a case (details supplied); when she envisages this review will be published in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the review into a case (details supplied), which was supposed to be completed between ten and 12 weeks, took almost one year to complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish those parts of an independent review report with respect to a person (details supplied) that will not obstruct criminal proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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283 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the legal status of electronic cigarettes on sale in shops and pharmacies here; the way this compares with other European Union member states; if she has asked the Irish Medicines Board to investigate these products; if they are regarded as being a medicinal product or a device by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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279 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide figures for the numbers of persons in each county and categorised by ages nought to 30, 31 to 65, 65 years and over who have been diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy and were registered as blind here since 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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278 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide figures for the numbers of persons in each county and categorised by ages nought to 30, 31 to 65, 65 years and over who were registered as blind here since 2004; 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 figures for the number of persons in each county categorised by ages 0 to 30, 31 to 65, 65 years and over who were diagnosed in a medical setting with diabetic retinopathy here since 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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276 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide figures for the number of persons in each county categorised by ages 0 to 30, 31 to 65, 65 years and over who were diagnosed in a medical setting with retinopathy here since 2004; 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 if she will provide details on the areas covered by the co-operation and working together study on cross-Border co-operation in relation to health care; when this study will be completed; 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 if she will provide details on the feasibility study on North-South co-operation on health matters; when this study was initiated; when it will be completed; the persons involved in the study; if it will published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue lost in 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 due to tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the status and duration of the shorter working year scheme; the date on which it was announced; the terms and condition of the scheme; the number of persons who have availed of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the status and duration of the special incentive career break scheme; the date on which it was announced; the terms and condition of the scheme; the number of persons who have availed of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the status and duration of the incentivised scheme of early retirement; the date on which it was announced; the number of applications received for the incentivised scheme for early retirement; the number of applications approved for the ISER; the terms and conditions of this scheme; the categories of staff exempt from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when the Children Acts Advisory Board will be subsumed into her Department; the number of staff that will be subsumed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons transferred to her Department when the National Council on Aging and Older People and the Women’s Health Council were subsumed into the Department in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine a request for transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; 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 if she will consider including narcolepsy on the list of long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding he is providing for urban regeneration projects; the position regarding current regeneration projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if, in view of the campaign carried out by the National Campaign for the Arts in promoting a positive message about the role of the arts as an agent of recovery, and the meeting it undertook with 75 members of the Oireachtas up to Friday 17 September 2010, her plans to capitalise on this momentum and ensure that it is reflected in the December budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of any measures to reduce the number of staff in the Department of Health and Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the total number of staff employed in the Department of Health and Children for the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions of the 11 November 2009, 3 February 2010, 25 May 2010 and 9 June 2010 the identity of the individual relevant stakeholders referred to in her answers concerning the continuing delay in introducing pictorial warnings on cigarette packs; if she or her officials have contacted these stakeholder; the nature of that contact; when that contact occurred for each stakeholder and if they have replied to that contact; 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 total cost to the State for her co-location hospital plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the total budget allocation for home help hours for each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010, in tabular form; the number of persons who have benefited from home help hours for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the total budget allocation for home care packages for the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010, in tabular form; the number of persons who have benefited from home care packages on an annual basis for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if a mobility allowance will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin.
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207 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) that has been scheduled for an operation at Beaumont Hospital whose operation has been cancelled on three separate dates due to lack of beds will receive a confirmed theatre slot as it is urgently needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the most popular retail price category of 20 filter-tipped cigarettes since 2006, including the pre-budget retail price, the budget tax increase, the post-budget price, the trade increase, the tax element, and the tax element of the trade increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown on the amount the Health Service Executive spends on care for the elderly in the categories of home care, home care packages, home help and so on; nursing home care, public and private nursing homes; long-term care for patients in acute hospitals; any other relevant category; 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 the amount the Health Service Executive spends on care for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the costs to the Health Service Executive each year as a result of falls in the home by older persons; 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 amount of money owed by private health insurers to the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children and adults waiting to have a hearing aid fitted; the average waiting time to have a hearing aid fitted; the cost of hearing aids provided through the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that over 46,000 patients are on hospital waiting lists here; that this figure will increase significantly as a result of planned bed and theatre closures; 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 her plans to introduce a national foot screening programme as part of the treatment of diabetic foot disease; the estimated cost of same; 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 if the Hayes group report investigating the non-reporting of nearly 58,000 X-rays and the failure to process thousands of general practitioner referral letters at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, has completed its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the Health Service Executive dental policy decision which advises dentists not to fill cavities in children’s teeth, in view of the fact that it puts children’s health at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the basis of the Health Service Executive decision to cease surgery, particularly elective surgery, at Navan Hospital, County Meath; the clinical reasons behind this decision; the details of the HSE review into this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of the number of non-consultant hospital doctor posts that are vacant; the number of consultant posts that are vacant; what the planned ratio was; what the planned ratio is now, in view of the fact that it is policy to have a consultant delivered service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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553 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given a date sooner than the two years advised for a consultant appointment; 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 number of home care packages delivered in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 on a county basis; the funding provided per annum for same; the number of home care packages approved and money provided for 2010; the waiting list for assessment for home care packages; the number of recycled home care packages per annum since 2006; 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 her views on the findings of the independent monitoring group on the implementation of A Vision for Change; 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 amount of hospital fees collected per annum since 2006; the corresponding amount which remains uncollected for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the steps that are being taken to recover these moneys; 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 number of claims lodged with the State Claims Agency per year for compensation as a result of patients acquiring hospital infections since 2001; the number of cases settled to date; 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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243 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of primary care teams that have been established to date per location in tabular form; if she will provide a breakdown of the number and speciality of staff employed in each team; the number and speciality of positions that remain to be filled on each team; the population area of each team; 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 number of planned primary care centres; the proposed location for these centres; the number that are operational; the number that have contracts for construction signed; the number that are in the planning stage but do not have contracts signed; the funding that has been made available for these centres; 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 number of adult community mental health teams that have been established according to the vision for change strategy per location in tabular form; if she will provide a breakdown of the number and speciality of staff employed in each team; if she will provide details of the number and speciality of positions that remain to be filled on each team; the population area of each team; 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 number of child and adolescent community mental health teams that have been established according to the vision for change strategy per location in tabular form; if she will provide a breakdown of the number and speciality of staff employed in each team; if she will provide details of the number and speciality of positions that remain to be filled on each team; the population area of each team; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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