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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2020; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of these patients who had diabetes by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45552/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients by county treated for foot ulcerations which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45553/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under 65 years of age by county treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2020 by county on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days required by patients treated for foot ulcerations which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2028, 2019 and 2020, by county; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients undergoing full and partial lower limb amputations procedures on persons under 65 years of age in 2018, 2019 and 2020, by county in tabular form; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients on persons under 65 years of age treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2018, 2019 and 2020, by county; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent senior podiatrists and whole-time equivalent basic grade podiatrists employed by the Health Service Executive in 2018, 2019 and 2020, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group to persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatry appointments delivered by CHO area in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of podiatry appointments delivered by CHO area to persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45562/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give urgent attention to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Dublin civil registration office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45636/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Thanks, Chair. I welcome the two groups which are in this morning and thank them for all the work that they do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, is that okay now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Thanks, Chair. I will start with Ms Coyle. In her presentation, she referred to the three Rs - rebuilding, reforming and resourcing. I ask her to speak for a couple of minutes on the reforming side. What are the priorities in terms of how services should be reformed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Sure, and thanks for that. We talk a lot about the need for early intervention. Dr. Keogh or Ms Coyle might be able to respond on this. Is anything happening, or are there proposals for any programmes, within schools to improve children's well-being and build their resilience in terms of responding to challenges that they meet, and particularly in disadvantaged areas, in order to protect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with universities and colleges on the use of Covid-19 antigen testing in third-level institutions; the plans that are in place for the roll-out of antigen testing on college campuses; the timeline for any such roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking in the short-term, notwithstanding the Government’s commitments to reforms in this area under the Sláintecare plan, to ensure that general practitioners cannot charge excessive fees to patients who do not hold a medical card or general practitioner visit card; the steps his Department is taking in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if male secondary school students who were in second year or over when the roll-out of HPV vaccines for their gender began in 2019, can access the vaccine through the public health system; if he plans to hold mop‐up clinics for this cohort of teenage boys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45836/21]