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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 18. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting lists for orthopaedic and urology surgeries for disabilities which become more painful and inoperable over time; the actions that he is taking to reduce these lists; and if he has met with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 31. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding medical card patients availing of dental appointments and procedures (details supplied); the measures that he is putting in place in respect of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61092/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce legislation to allow a mobile supervised injecting centre while the approved injecting centre is being delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 94. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work carried out by a person (details supplied) on the report into the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act) 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 106. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make hormone replacement therapy, HRT, medication free for persons going through menopause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount in euros that has been saved by his Department from moving from branded to generic medications in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61496/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of packs of unlicensed medicines that are being brought into the market to alleviate medicine shortages; the estimated cost of these unlicensed medicines per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61497/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the average time taken by the HSE to decide on applications for medications to be added to the reimbursement list; the average time taken to adjudicate on hardship cases where manufacturers are seeking price increases due to inflationary costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to enhance the functionality of the reimbursement approval process to improve efficiency in decision-making and thereby secure additional sources of medicines, in particular generic medicines, onto the market, in the context of the increasing medicine supply shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61499/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that some branded medicines have not been required to be reduced in price following the approval of a generic equivalent, as required by the 2021 industry agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61500/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 327. To ask the Minister for Health if a higher reimbursement price is granted to unlicensed medicines than the licensed version of the same medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61501/22]

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: We welcome what the Minister has said in terms of moving on a duty of candour. It is interesting that the Minister has moved in the past couple of hours when he should have moved much earlier. As I said in my earlier contribution when I mentioned the final Scally report, this has been well flagged as a serious and fundamental ask of this legislation. We are happy to give it extra time in...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: Okay, it will be done there. If we are going to January, the Minister must mean January. The Minister must see this being done by the end of January. He will have time over the Christmas period to get this right. In his final summing up, if the Minister could expand on how this will get from here to where it needs to go, we would appreciate that.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: Deputy Alan Kelly set out our position on a number of elements of the Bill, including notifiable incidents, anonymisation, lack of consultation with the 221+ group on the Bill itself and auditing. I will speak to amendment No. 14, which is in my name and Deputy Kelly's. The Bill is trying to make open disclosure of certain incidents around patient care mandatory, but the quid pro quofor this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (6 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a project (details supplied) will be completed and opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and babies who have been discharged into the care of homeless services from maternity hospitals in the past three months; and the number who have been discharged in need of emergency accommodation but with no accommodation to go to. [60354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if there are figures from the maternity hospitals on the number of additional night's stay that were necessary for women and children in maternity hospitals due to the mother and child having no accommodation to go to. [60355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (6 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with medical card patients availing of dental appointments and procedures given the notice many of them are getting that their current practice is withdrawing from the service; the steps he is taking to put this in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (6 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the-up-to-date position with medical card patients availing of dental appointments and procedures given the notice many of them are getting in County Kildare (details supplied) that their current practise is withdrawing from the service; the steps he is taking to put this in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that his Department and the Health Service Executive have provided to organisations (details supplied) in relation to nursing and midwifery recruitment in each of the years 2019 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59958/22]