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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1151. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 15 February 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE and the number of staff employed in Section 39 healthcare facilities known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1152. To ask the Minister for Health the medical basis on which a decision is being taken to remove special Covid leave with pay entitlements on 30 June 2023 from a large cohort of healthcare staff with severe long-Covid symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12344/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1153. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023 and 204 of 15 February 2023, if he will provide exact details on staffing for a new facility in Midleton, County Cork that will accommodate three residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; the number of staff that will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the workings of the development team, announced by Cork HSE management in May 2022, appointed to conduct an options appraisal for the construction of a new 10-bed mental health rehabilitation residential service in Midleton, County Cork; the name of HSE management staff who have been appointed to the team; the dates of their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1155. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the HSEs use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility since the property was first rented in 2020 to February 28 2023, to include, rent, cleaning, investment in the kitchen, insurance and any other costs covered by the HSE; if he will provide the projected costs for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 15 February 2023, if the HSE plans to provide specifically 'continuing care' mental health placements as well as shorter-term rehabilitation placements in a property it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork to accommodate three people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1278. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the support the HSE provided to Marymount Hospice, Cork, in January 2021 in the context of a Covid outbreak in the facility; the dates on which the HSE was informed of the outbreak; the dates on which supports were offered and provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid test cases were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents and the number of staff of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, who contracted Covid in January 2021; the exact dates these positive Covid tests were reported to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1281. To ask the Minister for Health the exact dates in 2021 on which ground floor staff, including nurses, healthcare assistants, catering and housekeeping staff of Marymount Hospice, Cork, were offered first-dose Covid vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: eGovernment Services (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the business case for the National ePrescribing Project; if it has been submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12893/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1315. To ask the Minister for Health the expected transport upgrades associated with the development of a new elective hospital at St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; if improvements, including the installation of public lighting, addition of footpaths, cycle paths and bus stops at the L2973, will be part of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1316. To ask the Minister for Health the expected year of opening of a new elective hospital at St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of the legislation the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when this will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13122/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the placement alternatives for the client group under the care of the Laois/Offaly mental health services who either currently reside at a facility (details supplied), or for whom the facility is their nearest 24-hour staffed facility; the distance from Rathdowney of each of these facilities; if he will provide details on how each of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1485. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an architect's report on a facility (details supplied) in County Laois was shared recently with a local newspaper, almost five months after it was sent to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1486. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour staffed community mental health residences in CHO5 and CHO8; the percentage of those facilities that meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental Health Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1487. To ask the Minister for Health if a new 24-hour staffed community mental health residence being purchased by the HSE for three people in Midleton will be regulated by the Mental Health Commission; where the three remaining residents of a centre (details supplied) will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1488. To ask the Minister for Health how he can reconcile the provision of three residential community placements in the HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal, Cobh and Glenville with the recommendation in A Vision for Change of thirty such placements for a population of 100,000, and the provision in the north Cork HSE catchment, which had a very similar population size of the north Cork HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (23 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details as to how the gradual reduction announced in Budget 2023 in the grant towards the purchase of electric vehicles will be implemented; if vehicles ordered prior to July but not received by customers until after this date will be eligible for €5,000 relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter....