12 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he intends to abide by the commitment given on 16 September 1996 that a decision would be given in relation to reporting arrangements for cases of child abuse by the end of 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he intends to abide by the commitment given on 16 September 1996 that a decision would be given in relation to reporting arrangements for cases of child abuse by the end of 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the contacts, if any, he has had with the management of the Blood Transfusion Service Board in relation to the infection of blood with HIV; if he has satisfied himself with the level of communication between the Blood Transfusion Service Board and his Department; if he has full confidence in the Blood Transfusion Service Board's handling of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[24716/96]
6 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to appoint an inspector of prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in addressing the medical waste crisis in hospitals and the cost to the Exchequer in terms of additional transport costs to Holland; and the action, if any, he plans to take in relation to the disposal of medical waste by the James Connolly Memorial Hospital and by the Mid-Western Health Board.
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13 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the manner in which the Government's proposed agency to tackle the BSE crisis will operate; when legislation will be introduced in this regard; and when the chairperson and board will be appointed.
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12 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the one month deadline for the acceptance of awards by the hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal until one month after the judicial inquiry has reported;
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15 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in addressing the medical waste crisis in hospitals and the cost to the Exchequer in terms of additional transport costs to Holland; and the action, if any, he plans to take in relation to the disposal of medical waste by the James Connolly Memorial Hospital and by the Mid-Western Health Board.
[20487/96]
13 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the manner in which the Government's proposed agency to tackle the BSE crisis will operate; when legislation will be introduced in this regard; and when the chairperson and board will be appointed.
[20486/96]
12 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the one month deadline for the acceptance of awards by the hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal until one month after the judicial inquiry has reported;
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23 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Education the reason mature students attending third level institutions and living independently from home are only receiving the adjacent rate of the higher education maintenance grant from their local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the number of wards closed and hospital beds out of service in each health board area since June 1996; the plans, if any, there are for reopening these wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has for a national cancer strategy; if his attention has been drawn to a new study which shows the death rate from breast cancer among Irish women is depressingly high, with eight in ten sufferers eventually dying from the disease; the action, if any, he proposes to take on foot of this study; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to intervene in the current controversy at the VHI board; his views on the impact, if any, the controversy will have on the management and morale in the company and amongst subscribers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the number of wards closed and hospital beds out of service in each health board area since June 1996; the plans, if any, there are for reopening these wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[16939/96]
2 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the current total of the public hospital waiting lists; the reason the figures for the first part of 1996 have been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[17060/96]
1 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the number of applications which have been made to the hepatitis C tribunal; the anticipated number of cases which are expected to be lodged; the number of cases heard to date; the cases, if any, which have been rejected by the tribunal; the plans, if any, he has to include in the terms of the hepatitis C scheme, provisions for indefinite postponements of hearings before the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[17059/96]
4 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to ensure that the health care system can cope with the spiralling reports of child abuse cases; his views on the difficulties being encountered in the recruitment of qualified social workers; and the plans, if any, he has for co-ordinated and independent counselling services for abuse victims, particularly those abused in orphanages and childrens' homes.
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2 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding negotiations with the nursing unions on pay and conditions; the implications for services if the dispute goes ahead next month; and whether he has agreed plans with the nursing unions to ensure emergency cover in the event of a dispute.
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1 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the reason less than one-third of the 1,600 people infected with hepatitis C have applied to the ad hoc compensation tribunal in view of the fact that there are less than two weeks remaining before the deadline expires; the reason there has been an addition to the advertisements in newspapers regarding the tribunal outlining that applications will be accepted without supporting documentation; if hearings before the tribunal will be heard on the basis of unsupported applications; and, if so, if such unsupported applications comply with the terms of the scheme of compensation establishing the tribunal.
[11761/96]
22 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the input, if any, he will have to the World Trade organisation ministerial meeting in Singapore in December 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7444/96]
6 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional resources to groups offering counselling services, including the rape crisis centre, in view of the upsurge in calls following the broadcast of the "Dear Daughter" programme and "Prime Time" specials on Goldenbridge; the plans, if any, he has to order an inquiry into the Goldenbridge affair; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[8902/96]
3 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health when his Department was first notified by the Blood Transfusion Service Board in respect of a file showing that the woman whose plasma originally contaminated the anti-D product in 1976 had infective hepatitis; if he has noted the contradictions in relation to this matter between statements made by him and the Minister of State on the one hand and the acting chief executive of the Blood Transfusion Service Board on the other; if the members of the expert group on the Blood Transfusion Service Board will now be freed from the restrictions, if any, that apply to them in relation to making public comments in respect of this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[8900/96]
6 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if the child care inspectorate he announced in the media recently will operate independently of his Department; the reason calls for a national child care authority have been rejected by his Department; and the reason he has not met with representatives of Focus Ireland which has proposed a national child care authority and has sought a direct meeting with him.
[5846/96]
5 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients' files relating to the administration of blood and blood products from the Blood Transfusion Service Board which have been discovered by his Department to be missing: the steps, if any, that have been taken to locate these missing files which are crucial for patients who are taking cases associated with the hepatitis C scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the progress, if any, that has been made in the industrial dispute involving nurses following the overwhelming rejection of the Government's pay and conditions offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the reason he did not request a copy of the report of the investigation into the Kelly Fitzgerald case until details of the report were leaked to the media; if he has sought copies of the other unpublished reports of child abuse investigations; if he will seek the immediate publication of the full findings of these investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[5843/96]
4 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the contacts, if any, he has had with the hepatitis C compensation tribunal; the progress, if any, made with the groups representing the victims of Hepatitis C, particularly in relation to the level of details required on the tribunal application forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the full findings of the investigation into the Kelly Fitzgerald case; the other reports of investigations, if any, into child abuse which have not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the current situation in relation to the nurses dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if the health insurance regulations or aspects in relation to these regulations, including the provisions for the treatment of psychiatric patients, have been signed-off with the EU by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the response and inquiry system that is operated by health boards and his Department in relation to reports regarding medical practitioners in view of the recent allegations against doctors; and the plans, if any, there are for changes to the Medical Practitioners legislation.
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17 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to the hospice movement in view of the excellent work carried out by this movement; the studies, if any, he is currently undertaking regarding the way in which the work of the hospice can be fully integrated into the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if the health insurance regulations or aspects in relation to these regulations, including the provisions for the treatment of psychiatric patients, have been signed-off with the EU by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[18146/95]
18 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the response and inquiry system that is operated by health boards and his Department in relation to reports regarding medical practitioners in view of the recent allegations against doctors; and the plans, if any, there are for changes to the Medical Practitioners legislation.
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17 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to the hospice movement in view of the excellent work carried out by this movement; the studies, if any, he is currently undertaking regarding the way in which the work of the hospice can be fully integrated into the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[18150/95]
12 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the basis used by him to decide on the extension to the breast cancer screening programme for women; the reasons for the particular areas chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the number of allegations of child sexual abuse which are the subject of Garda and health board investigations at present, if he favours the mandatory reporting of such allegations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the current progress in the national screening programme for hepatitis C; the numbers already identified; and when the work will be completed.
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26 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the efforts being made by his Department to promote exports in the textile area.
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5 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the action, if any, he intends to take in view of the latest study by the Mater Hospital which found that a national breast screening programme uncovered more than 500 new cases of breast cancer in Irish women every year which otherwise would go undetected while the cure rate amongst women with breast cancer could be substantially improved with the early detection of the disease through a screening programme.
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4 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he intends to commission a national study to determine the extent of drug abuse; when the study will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any women infected with hepatitis C who have begun actions to take the Blood Transfusion Service Board to the High Court.
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1 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health the way in which the curbs on public spending will impact on programmes in his Department; the way in which he plans to effect savings in his budget; and the recruitment and development plans that may have to be shelved or curtailed in 1995 and 1996 by his Department or agencies under his aegis because of the Exchequer's financial crisis.
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4 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Taoiseach the date on which the Government accepted the review group report into the Office of the Attorney General; if the report was accepted in part or in total; and the date on which a progress report will be available as per paragraph 4.8 of the review group report of January 1995.
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17 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he is considering referring his files on the hepatitis C scandal to the Director of Public Prosecutions, especially in view of the latest revelation that the Blood Transfusion Service Board only notified his Department officially nine years after it learned that an anti-D donor was HIV positive.
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2 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the vacancies for social workers and public health nurses in each of the health board areas; and the plans, if any, he has in place for the development of social work and public health services.
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17 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he is considering referring his files on the hepatitis C scandal to the Director of Public Prosecutions, especially in view of the latest revelation that the Blood Transfusion Service Board only notified his Department officially nine years after it learned that an anti-D donor was HIV positive.
[9452/95]
1 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health if he will consider compensation claims for people infected with hepatitis C through blood transfusions; if he will meet with the infected people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Education the plans, if any, she has for in-service courses to prepare teachers for the new leaving certificate syllabus before the end of the current school year.
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