Written answers
Thursday, 2 May 2024
- Nursing Homes
13. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date with the provision of a new community nursing unit in Clifden to replace both St. Annes Nursing Home and Clifden Hospital; and if he will... - Primary Care Centres
14. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress being made to deliver a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/24] - Eating Disorders
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on treatment for adults with eating disorders; how it was envisaged that 20 new beds would be provided with no new additional funding; if he... - Hospital Services
16. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the investment and enhancement in services at a hospital (details supplied) since becoming Minister; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
17. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 23 April 2024, if funding will be allocated via the estimates process this year considering that the implementation... - Primary Care Services
18. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on South Doc services in Skibbereen, Clonakilty and Bandon. [19963/24] - Departmental Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding an organisation (details supplied) for patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19293/24] - Health Services Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Health if the embargo on recruiting HSE staff has been completely lifted; if nurses are being hired for hospitals; the number of nursing jobs that are currently... - Hospital Waiting Lists
21. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he and his Department continue to concentrate on waiting lists in respect of health procedures in general throughout the country; the extent... - Hospital Staff
23. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will approve the appointment of staff to operate the MRI scanner at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [19837/24] - Health Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made on outcomes for people who suffer stroke over the past 15 years; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of data, by region or... - Medical Aids and Appliances
25. To ask the Minister for Health how many children from April 2024 with type 1 diabetes to date are awaiting access to technology such a glucose monitors and insulin pumps in the South/South... - Official Engagements
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the hospitals he has visited since he took office. [18647/24] - Hospital Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of what teaching roles, in terms of nurse and doctor training, the hospitals in the University Hospital Limerick Group currently... - Legislative Measures
28. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be brought forward to curtail the selling of "fast gas" nitrous oxide canisters to young people for personal consumption and making them... - Ambulance Service
29. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department’s considerations for a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/24] - Departmental Reports
30. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has said the latest Department of Health/HSE-commissioned IGEES report into the public hospital system is... - Dental Services
31. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the difficulties experienced by the HSE community dental service in recruiting staff; the measures that are being taken to... - Health Service Executive
32. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of a social worker for the Swords area, which is being hindered by the ongoing recruitment freeze in the HSE; and if he will... - Hospital Closures
33. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagement to-date in 2024 with HSE West regarding the ongoing closure of Clifden District Hospital; the steps he has taken to ensure that... - Cancer Services
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to funding the National Cancer strategy in full in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19397/24] - Health Strategies
35. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Palliative Care Strategy will be published. [19838/24] - Covid-19 Pandemic
36. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the specific health supports that are available to people with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
37. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO4 that are waiting for a medical appliance, for example, wheelchair, orthotics and shower chair, in tabular form; and if he will... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 29 February 2024, for an update on the development of the SAR/PBC by the project team and the Galway University... - Departmental Reviews
39. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations he will make to the Cabinet Committee on Health in respect of the legislative changes needed to implement the abortion review; and if he... - Hospital Staff
40. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date breakdown of all staffing types at West Kerry Community Hospital; the net recruitment progress that has been made in each category in each year... - Health Services Staff
41. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical officer will be appointed to the Plunkett Home, Boyle, County Roscommon, given this position was advertised and approved at the end of 2023.... - Departmental Policies
42. To ask the Minister for Health when the regulation in respect of selling vape products to minors will be fully enacted; and the repercussions for retailers if found to be in breach. [12315/24] - General Practitioner Services
43. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in Meath; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; if he... - Hospital Staff
44. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide for a dedicated consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase statutory funding for an organisation (details supplied) due to data that shows that stroke incidence in Ireland could increase by 60% by... - Hospital Waiting Lists
46. To ask the Minister for Health the longest length of time any child has been waiting for scoliosis or spinal surgery in Temple Street or Crumlin Children’s Hospitals. [18648/24] - Health Services
47. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been provided to reopen a service (details supplied). [19710/24] - Hospital Services
49. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on services in a local hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13599/24] - Departmental Staff
50. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a chief pharmaceutical officer has yet to be appointed; if he will support such an appointment considering the consistent shortage in various... - Primary Care Services
51. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide suitable primary care units in west and north Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19744/24] - Emergency Departments
52. To ask the Minister for Health to detail his plan to solve the ongoing accident and emergency crisis in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/24] - Health Strategies
53. To ask the Minister for Health if he has developed a framework for multi-annual funding of national strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/24] - Primary Care Services
54. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will instruct SouthDoc to reopen Blackpool to full service. [19711/24] - Emergency Departments
55. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the operation of national accident and emergency departments in all hospitals throughout the... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
56. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently said the latest NTPF figures indicate that waiting lists may take a decade or more to get under... - Health Strategies
57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has warned that his Department risks repeating the same regressive mistakes of the austerity years if it... - Departmental Reviews
59. To ask the Minister for Health when the abortion review recommendations on legislative reforms will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19876/24] - Eating Disorders
60. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the approach that parents of children with ARFID can take to secure the services needed to address the condition; how parents of children with ARFID... - Hospital Services
61. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on access to neurology services in Bantry Hospital. [19761/24] - Mental Health Services
62. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to decrease waiting times for children and adolescents to access CAMHS in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/24] - Health Services
63. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/24] - Cancer Services
64. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available to the National Cancer Control Programme for a national strategy to accelerate genetic and genomic medicine in Ireland; and... - Eating Disorders
65. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulties of families of children with ARFID including a person (details supplied) to access a dietician and other relevant staff in areas... - Health Services Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy rates amongst health and social care professions across primary, community, and acute sectors, including relevant Section 38 and 39... - Health Services
67. To ask the Minister for Health the additional medical supports he has sought for communities where Ukrainians and international protection persons have arrived; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
69. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the paediatric diabetes services in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny. [19783/24] - Health Services
70. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of the community nursing unit at Saint Raphael’s Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Policies
71. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the merit of a broader mandate for the commission to cover positive ageing in the round instead of the narrow mandate of caring; and if he...
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