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91 records in IE in 2011
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2011
236 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding to provide a health care centre in Keadue. [19302/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
44 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he has received the report of Amnesty International, Healthcare Guaranteed? The Right to Health in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17898/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
23 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding persons awaiting treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; his plans to ensure that waiting times will not get longer for those on public health in the absence of the NTPF; the location at which those on public health will now go to register for treatment; if they will have to go to the end of the queue as before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17859/11]
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 29 June 2011
Act to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2011
407 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 17 May 2011, if the Health Service Executive has responded to the nature of the current arrangements for diabetic health care and if he intends to implement all or any of the proposals for improved child and adolescent diabetes services put forward by the Diabetes Action group. [16603/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2011
385 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health if a national investigation wherein he promised to examine the number of unregistered nurses working in the Health Service Executive has begun; the scope and reach of the investigation in terms of the healthcare facilities that will be looked at and in terms of the actual timescale that will be studied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16419/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2011
352 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the national gambling impact study, as recommended by the Public Health Institute, will take place; and if it is known, the number of persons addicted to gambling here. [16187/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2011
238 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government due to the fact that parts of Ireland has high levels of radon gas and that radon is considered a public health problem, his plans to make it mandatory to have each dwelling here tested for radon when they are being sold or rented, thus making it a condition of sale when buying or renting a dwelling; the changes in legislation required to ensure radon testing is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
613 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Amendment Act 2009 to bring it into line with more flexible arrangements operating in duty free areas in United Kingdom and Northern Ireland airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15255/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
559 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Health Act 2004, in order that supported care homes would be excluded from the definition of a designated centre in a way similar to that of institutions that are registered with the Health Commission, such as institutions that provide palliative care or mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15828/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 June 2011
201 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the nursing staff ratios to patients in the public health system per hospital here. [14678/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 June 2011
200 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the nursing staff ratios to patients in the public health system per hospital in the Dublin and mid Leinster region. [14677/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2011
171 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give a commitment to consult with organisations working to tackle alcohol misuse in society here such as public health and youth organisations prior to the publication of the Sale of Alcohol Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13796/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2011
348 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the Health Service Executive proposals to reduce public health nursing hours on Inis Méain from 24 hours a day as they currently are to 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Friday; and his views on the importance of such round-the-clock services to island communities which are isolated from mainland health services. [13637/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2011
74 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health and Children when he will meet his counterpart in the Six Counties to address the potential for greater all-Ireland co-operation in health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13460/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2011
52 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health and Children the estimates for the public health impact of the implementation of the workplace smoking ban. [13424/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2011
93 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is financial policy within his Department for the Health Service Executive national directors to use taxpayers’ money through the use of credit cards to pay for institute membership; his views on whether this should be the responsibility of the staff member concerned just as health care professionals have to pay for their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13052/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2011
213 Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health and Children if water fluoridation is a risk to public health; if there is a need to review our existing policy on water fluoridation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12942/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2011
343 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health and Children his views that a package of incentives should be introduced in order to stimulate the delivery of primary health care centres across the country; if he has engaged with the Department of Finance on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12340/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2011
487 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health and Children the current arrangements for diabetic health care; and his plans to implement all or any of the proposals for improved child and adolescent diabetes services put forward by a group (details supplied). [11386/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2011
348 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of public health care institutions here in which there is a practice of outsourcing of administrative tasks to other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10239/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2011
82 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health and Children, in view of the fact that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was ratified by Ireland in 1992, clearly states that Ireland’s children are entitled to a minimum standard of health care, the reason there are parents involved in the CITCAAT campaign seeking these same rights. [9125/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 May 2011
562 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the total number of qualified registered nurses employed in the public health service on an annual basis from 2001 to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9075/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2011
153 Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on the levels of alcohol abuse and misuse here; his further views that reported levels of alcohol consumption ought to be arrested from a public health, social and economic perspective; the measures he will take to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8674/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2011
220 Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the Garda vetting procedures for personnel employed in children’s health care units with a view to substantially reducing the time taken for each application. [8188/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2011
56 Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason staffing levels for allied health care professionals such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists in County Wexford are significantly below surrounding counties; if he will confirm that the elimination of such inequalities of health care provision was in the mission statement of the Health Service Executive when it was established in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7529/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2011
40 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will publish the North-South study on health care co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7534/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2011
44 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health and Children when he will commence the promised delivery of free primary health care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7538/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2011
98 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the public health issue that has arisen at a location (details supplied) in County Galway where the drinking supply of water has been contaminated by an oil spillage and if he will expedite the approval of the Costello regional water supply scheme which will serve this location. [6981/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2011
95 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will set out his programme of legislation for the implementation of the commitments on health care in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5553/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2011
32 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the report on symphysiotomy requested from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; if the proposed literature review to be undertaken by a team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been replaced by research commissioned from a university school of public health; the name and location of the school in question; the name and status of the person directing this research; the brief for the research, that is, the terms of reference specified; if substantive work has commenced on this project; the deadline for this research; the amount of taxpayers’ money, if any, to be expended on this exercise; if the report team headed by a person (details supplied) is still in place, and if so, the composition of that team; if not, the composition of the replacement team and if no replacement team, the process now envisaged for the completion of the overall report from the institute to her; if substantive work has commenced on this overall report and the date now envisaged for the delivery of the completed report from the Institute to her. [4234/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2011
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2011
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2011
221 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting orthodontic treatment on the public health list in County Clare; the length of time they are awaiting treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2168/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
119 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health and Children if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, as a matter of urgency in view of the medical circumstances involved and the person's need for ongoing health care. [1914/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
65 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of the agreement made with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association; if it will, as reported, save €200 million in 2011; her plans to introduce reference pricing and if so, the further savings she expects to make by this means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1564/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
46 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the overall absenteeism level in the public health service in 2010; the total estimated cost of absenteeism to the Health Service Executive in 2010; the targeted absenteeism rate for public health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1770/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
51 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the action taken in response to previous parliamentary questions calling for the provision of adequate back up facilities in the various hospitals throughout the country to prevent bed or ward closure or decommissioning for whatever reason which have subsequently resulted in patients being consigned to trolleys for long periods, causing hardship and suffering for patients, anguish and understandable concern of relatives and consequent demoralisation among front line health workers; if she will further indicate given the clear evidence of a recurrence of this problem, the reason adequate forward planning and necessary provision did not take place; if it is true that there is now a substantial reliance on agency staffing at many public hospitals; her views on whether the public health service is being run down and demoralised; if she will specifically address the issues in each of the hospitals referred to in recent media reports with a view to indicating the reasons patients have again found themselves on trolleys awaiting attention in lobbys, corridors and alcoves given that a world class health service was promised several years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1661/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 January 2011
16 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations on stroke in her cardiovascular health policy; the further measures to address this major public health issue that will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1778/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2011
438 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce regulations to provide for combined text and pictorial warnings on cigarette packs on sale here as provided for under section 6 of the Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Act 2009, by the end of February 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1437/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2011
366 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the criteria to qualify as a public health nurse in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48516/10]