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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 717. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help persons with Lyme disease; the HSEs strategy on the disease given the increase in persons being diagnosed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53588/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: I am curious about this because I was lucky enough to have been a beneficiary of it as a child. I got extensive dental treatment through the Eastern Health Board in my local health centre and then in St. James's Hospital right through until I was a little bit older than 16. I have seen the benefits it can have for those who need it, of whom there are many, when it works and is functioning....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: The public service provision is absolutely what we are talking about here and what we need to resource. Another thing being brought up by the dentists I am speaking to is the lack of oral or dental hygienists and how there may be a role for the national apprenticeship office in developing some kind of apprenticeship scheme in this area. The Irish Dental Association or dentists will probably...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 89. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issue of backlogs in dental treatment for primary school children and the need for urgent recruitment of dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52376/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: I raise a question about our public dental system, particularly as it relates to primary school students. The system has collapsed. The waiting times, in areas where they even exist, are too long. They are longer than the time children spend in primary school. What is the Minister’s plan to address this? We have spoken about dental treatment before and the difficulties and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 will be brought back before Dáil Éireann for its next Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52374/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: I have a very simple question about what is a complicated Bill. When will the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 be brought back before us on Committee Stage? It has been a number of months since we had the Second Stage debate. Given the announcements that were made in the budget on IVF treatment, which were most welcome, I would appreciate some clarity on when the Bill is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: That is a welcome response. As I said, the announcement in the budget of the first publicly-funded IVF treatment in the country is a landmark announcement. We need to see that happen. The nature of this area impacts on people who very much have time on their minds. Every Dáil session that goes by is a six-month period in people's lives. The Minister knows what I am saying. We are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: That is welcome. It is great that the Minister's officials are meeting with them. Perhaps he can find some time in his schedule to meet with them as well at some point this session. It would be useful for him and it would be good for the legislation itself. It was great to hear the Minister speak to a concern I raised on Second Stage, that is, regulating parents who, in the most simple...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 331. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the suitability of the St. John's Hospital site for an elective hospital for the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52540/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio as of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 164. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the 50% increase in radiation therapy treatment waiting lists for cancer patients and the shortage of radiation therapists to carry out these treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who have been recruited into the HSE since 1 June 2022; the measures that he is undertaking to recruit and retain nurses and midwives in the short, medium and long-term, including measures to bring Irish nurses back from abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the croí cónaithe scheme will be extended to cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when affordable housing schemes will become available in Rush, County Dublin; and the procedure in applying for the scheme/schemes. [52245/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (19 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of open beds in each HSE and voluntary hospital on 13 October in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated to a third-party contractor to administer the pandemic recognition payment to non-HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the merits of extending the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up scheme to women up to age of 35 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (19 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements that he or his advisers have had with organisations (details supplied) in relation to winter planning for 2022/2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (19 Oct 2022)

Duncan Smith: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the fine detail of fertility treatments will be moved from primary legislation to AHR Regulatory Authority regulation and medical guidelines, in order that nothing in the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction Bill) 2022 will stop Irish patients from being able to receive new fertility treatments as they become available in the future;...