Results 481-500 of 3,777 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1965.To ask the Minister for Health if construction has started on the development of a helipad in Cork University Hospital; if he will provide a report on the progress of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30926/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1966.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the maximum rebate under the cross-Border scheme has been reduced from €1,928 reimbursement to €863; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30927/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1967.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of a primary care centre for Blarney, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30928/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1968.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of a primary care centre for Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1989.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of funding and capital works that have been approved and delivered in Cork since the Government was formed in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30996/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2109.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department considered measures to procure some supplies for the 2024-25 winter flu season, following the National Immunisation Advisory Committee’s positive recommendation and an initial positive finding from HIQA regarding the merits of providing an enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s age cohort; the preparatory work carried out by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2133.To ask the Minister for Health the reason Huntington’s disease and other neurological conditions do not come under the standard operating procedure in CHO4 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2134.To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated in Budget 2025 for the urgent upgrade and renovation of an addiction treatment centre (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31718/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2191.To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be ring-fenced in budget 2025 for patients living with epidermolysis bullosa ED in order that they can access vital care that adapts to their changing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31816/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2192.To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for the clinical psychologist service based in St. James’s Hospital from 0.25 to 0.5 WTE allowing for a dedicated EB psychology for integrated community care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31817/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2193.To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be considered to enhance the EB outreach nurse service at CHI in Crumlin in order that the nursing service can increase by 0.6 WTE, which will ensure integrated continuity of care across acute and community settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2270.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that could have benefitted from access to ravulizumab if positive reimbursement recommendations had been issued by the HSE for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome for these respective patient populations in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2271.To ask the Minister for Health the potential direct savings the HSE would have realised, had positive reimbursement recommendations been issued by the HSE for ravulizumab, for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome, in each year since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32237/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2272.To ask the Minister for Health for data on the headcount within HSE’s corporate pharmaceutical unit, the HSE’s drugs group and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, in each of the past five years; if he is satisfied each group is adequately resourced to carry out their relevant functions in the pricing and reimbursement of medicines in a timely manner, in tabular form;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2273.To ask the Minister for Health when the planned application tracker on the HSE’s website, which details when a reimbursement application for a medicine is received and whether the application is progressing through the process, will go live; if he expects this to impact the current timelines associated with reimbursement for medicines; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2274.To ask the Minister for Health when the planned introduction of indicative timelines for completing the reimbursement application process for medicines will go live; if he expects this to impact the current timelines associated with medicines reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32240/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2275.To ask the Minister for Health the medicine reimbursement decisions taken by the HSE Drugs Group and Executive Management team, for the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32241/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2280.To ask the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse midwife specialists have not received the long service increment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2292.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32314/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Jul 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2582.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered measures to procure some supplies for the 2024-2025 winter flu season; if he will outline the preparatory work carried out by the HSE’s National Immunisation Office in this regard, following the National Immunisation Advisory Committee’s recommendation and an initial positive finding from HIQA regarding the...