Written answers
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
167. To ask the Minister for Health why workers (details supplied) were excluded from the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15649/23] - Assisted Human Reproduction
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce publicly funded IVF. [15880/23] - Nursing Homes
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the routes available to persons wishing to report alleged abuse in nursing homes. [15503/23] - Healthcare Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken in response to recommendations contained in the independent rapid review of specific issues in the CervicalCheck screening programme;... - Health Services Waiting Lists
173. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address delays in individuals accessing public transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/23] - Health Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the national gender service engages with patient advocacy groups on matters relating to transgender healthcare; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
175. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of increasing the current income limit for medical cards, of €184 per week, to the €304 threshold for the GP visit... - Nursing Homes
178. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will consider lifting the ban on the use of former nursing homes as accommodation for Ukrainian families; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason terminally ill young children living in the south east are still being denied community paediatric palliative care services, therefore depriving... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, for a minor injuries unit in north County Kildare, with particular reference to rapid population growth in this area, that many GPs are not... - Assisted Human Reproduction
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who availed of IVF treatment at private clinics across the country in 2022, and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate any outstanding psycho-oncology services posts at this moment in time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15580/23] - Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to psycho-oncology services in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15581/23] - Hospital Charges
196. To ask the Minister for Health the level of outstanding inpatient charges owed to the health service and the number of patients this relates to; if there will be debt forgiveness for this... - Dental Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that no dentist in Galway now accepts medical cards; and if he will outline what steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make a... - Pharmacy Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal from the Irish Pharmacy Union (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Abortion Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that termination of pregnancy providers, including GPs and community providers, must take in instances where they suspect coercion in a request for... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify what healthcare facilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny are still waiting on the pandemic payment, as some staff in Camphill communities... - Health Services Staff
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15686/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current average waiting times for urgent and routine paediatric neurologists' appointments in each of the seven hospital... - Healthcare Policy
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to... - Homeless Persons Supports
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the HSE provides a dedicated funding line to deliver the necessary health and mental health support required to assist homeless people with... - Health Services Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioners available in older persons services in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15726/23] - Medicinal Products
208. To ask the Minister for Health the reason sertaline is no longer available on medical card to the most vulnerable people with mental health needs; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
209. To ask the Minister for Health how people on medical cards can be charged extortionate amounts of money for generic medicines as they are told the original form is out of stock. [15728/23] - Health Services Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 8 February 2023, to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting urgent and routine paediatric neurologist appointments in the South/South West Hospital group; and if he will make a... - Health Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 9 March 2023, the effect the relocation of homebirth services from community operations to acute operations will... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
215. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 7 March 2023, when the evidence-based synthesis will be completed by the Health Research Board; if he will provide...
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