Written answers
Thursday, 2 May 2024
- Legislative Process
251. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards in commencing Report Stage of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
252. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); and if he can provide an update on the matter. [19913/24] - Hospital Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health when eye services will resume in UHK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19918/24] - Health Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a specific query related to a personal matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19921/24] - Vaccination Programme
261. To ask the Minister for Health if the BCG vaccine is part of the current vaccination programme for infants; if it is not, if he will re-introduce it, given the rise in TB globally; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Ministers for Finance, Social Protection and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in... - Disease Management
264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on current/future surveillance and preparation for a possible bird... - Departmental Policies
265. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a statutory limit on the time taken to receive CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19940/24] - Hospital Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health to outline if the decisions to move residents from the willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital was on recommendation from HIQA or by the HSE; and... - Disability Services
270. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 29 February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/24] - Hospital Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health to invest in the endoscopy workforce capacity and hospital infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/24] - Cancer Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/24] - Hospital Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on remedial plans to address the structural problems identified by HIQA within Cherry Orchard Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Care Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by month, from January 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19973/24] - Hospital Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health where on the campus of Cherry Orchard hospital the new coronary care unit will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19977/24] - Covid-19 Pandemic
282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State estimated to be suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19986/24] - Cancer Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health when an entitlement (details supplied) will be restored; if the same entitlement is available in other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
284. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 14 vacant neurology nursing posts which funding was provided for in Budget 2022; if he intends to order a derogation from the HSE recruitment... - Hospital Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all Model 3 hospitals have access to out-patient neurology services, as outlined in the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology... - Health Services Staff
286. To ask the Minister for Health to enable recruitment for the community neurorehabilitation teams for which funding is available in 2024, as outlined in the HSE Service Plan; if he will... - Hospital Services
287. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the critical shortage of post-acute specialist rehabilitation beds; the current number of post-acute specialist... - Health Strategies
288. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027; the funding provided to the strategy in each of the years since its... - Health Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the Model of Care for Dementia; the funding provided to this model of care to date since its publication; and if he... - Hospital Equipment
290. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 16 April 2024, the average cost involved to deliver a MRI scanner in Irish hospitals; the average cost when it is... - Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health when families and service users in north Kildare will have access to details of the SIA report in the matter of delivery of services and arrangements re... - Dental Services
292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is offered the plan to urgently complete their orthodontal treatment in the orthodontal clinic in Louth... - Patient Deaths
293. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Patient Safety Bill to include amendments to Section 9 of the Health Act, 2007 in order to widen the powers of the Minister for Health to... - Health Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health when families and service users in North Kildare will have access to details of the SIA report in the matter of delivery of services and arrangements re... - Medicinal Products
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a product approved under the MCAP, as listed on S.I. No. 5/2023, can be prescribed to the holder of a valid Ministerial licence; if the licence holder can... - Cancer Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that women are now being asked to prove that they have breast cancer in order to avail of the two bras and prothesis (details supplied); and if... - Medical Cards
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to scrap the medical card review for the over-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20068/24] - Emergency Departments
298. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify whether all clinical staff in emergency departments are familiar with and receive training in the National Clinical Guidelines No. 6: Sepsis... - Dental Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20071/24] - Medicinal Products
300. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug pembrolisumab is approved by the MHRA and available for reimbursement to the patients that are prescribed it. [20086/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
301. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a child (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20088/24] - Eating Disorders
302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the new national model of care for eating disorders; the reason for the delay in the delivery of the promised 20 new inpatient... - Health Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided directly from his Department or through the HSE to an association which provides important services for... - Home Care Packages
306. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which homecare packages are readily available in the CHO7 region to candidates who urgently require them; the efforts currently in hand to ensure... - Nursing Homes
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications applied for in each of the past five years to date; the numbers granted, refused or pending; the number appealed and... - Medicinal Products
308. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of rare and orphan drugs currently being evaluated for use in Ireland; the length of time that is normally required for this process; the... - Health Services Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of health professionals within the health services, including, but not limited to,... - Health Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the health services can be co-ordinated in such a way as to ensure a modern response to patients' needs in all areas throughout the... - Mental Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase adult mental health services in CHO7; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken forthwith; and... - Medical Cards
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards reviews undertaken in each year in the past five years to date; the number of medical cards rescinded post-review in the same... - Emergency Departments
313. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he intends to set up an emergency management team to deal with overcrowding and hospital emergency departments, with particular reference... - Hospital Waiting Lists
314. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in dealing with the waiting lists of children seeking procedures for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20149/24] - Health Services Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can take steps to counter the difficulties of obtaining and retaining professional staff throughout the health services; and if he will... - Medicinal Products
317. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which access to various medicines remains equally available to those in this jurisdiction as compared with the rest of the single market in...
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