Written answers
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Garda Vetting
654. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being considered to speed up the process of vetting special needs assistants for redeployment (details supplied). [5587/20] - State Claims Agency Data
655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims submitted to the State Claims Agency relating to Covid-19; the number of expected claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be allocated to ensure the continuation of services at an organisation (details supplied) and other bodies in the area of mental... - Direct Provision System
657. To ask the Minister for Health if statistics on the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases among direct provision residents include reception centres such as Baleskin; if not, if such centres... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
658. To ask the Minister for Health if the cultivation of a crop (details supplied) falls under the remit of his Department; if so, the plans developed to date relating to the industry; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of construction workers who tested positive for the virus or who have died from Covid-19 to date [6282/20] - Respite Care Services
660. To ask the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and the... - HSE Agency Staff
661. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out to compare the average hourly cost to the HSE in CHO1 of hours from the approved tender providers with the average hourly cost... - National Public Health Emergency Team
662. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the members he approved for appointment to the National Public Health Emergency Team; if documentation on the way in which such persons were... - Covid-19 Pandemic
663. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement arrangements and contracts signed throughout the Covid-19 crisis for PPE; the cost of this equipment; if consideration has been made on behalf... - National Children's Hospital
664. To ask the Minister for Health the financial impact the delays related to Covid-19 will have on the building of the national children’s hospital; the current projected cost; and when... - Disability Support Services
665. To ask the Minister for Health if children and adults with a disability will be included in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business setting out the way in which the Covid-19... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
666. To ask the Minister for Health if a cross-border directive application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5577/20] - Dental Services
667. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made to provide dental surgeries with PPE; if consideration has been given to allowing dentists to buy PPE VAT free; and if he will make a... - Disabilities Assessments
668. To ask the Minister for Health the last occasion a service has seen or assessed a person (details supplied) who was originally assessed when the person was four or five years of age; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
669. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5739/20] - Health Services Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff recruited through a company (details supplied) for the Be On Call for Ireland campaign are in receipt of the same benefits as a member of the... - Dental Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions put in place to meet the needs of the public and private dental care sectors and the dental profession during the Covid-19 crisis and after the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
673. To ask the Minister for Health the medical basis on which the decision to include cinemas in phase five of the re-opening plan was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5758/20] - Hospital Services
674. To ask the Minister for Health the status of outpatient healthcare appointments in particular colposcopies (details supplied). [5759/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracing episodes engaged in by relevant staff and organisations by date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Tests
676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positive test results which have been followed up with contact tracing; the number of persons requested to self-isolate as a result of this; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have contacted their general practitioners or medical centre or primary care centre or a hospital expressing a concern that they may... - Departmental Correspondence
679. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5771/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
680. To ask the Minister for Health when persons aged 70 years of age are allowed to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/20] - Hospital Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for both Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel and St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (details supplied); when the previous residents will be... - Hospitals Discharges
683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients discharged from hospitals to emergency homeless accommodation in the past two years by month in tabular form. [5795/20] - Health Services Staff
685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants signed up for the Be on Call for Ireland initiative; and the number of applicants deployed in each CHO area to date in tabular form.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons tested for Covid-19 in each residential centre for persons with a disability in CHO9; the number of persons that tested positive for... - Health Screening Programmes
689. To ask the Minister for Health when CervicalCheck and other screening services will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5805/20] - Hospital Equipment
690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding consumable supplies (details supplied). [5806/20] - Departmental Correspondence
692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [5808/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that may be restricted from attending large social gatherings such as weddings as referenced in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
697. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for supports for children with special needs and or disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if support will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
698. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of shopping centres which are permitted to reopen on 8 June 2020. [5819/20] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
702. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment to the building of a second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford will be reaffirmed; if so, the date on which a build contract will be... - Hospital Services
703. To ask the Minister for Health when the subcontracted modular cath lab service provided by a company (details supplied) for diagnostic angiograms will recommence activity at University... - Dental Services
705. To ask the Minister for Health the locations urgent dental services can be availed of in counties Laois and Offaly in view of the fact that private dentists are not working; the facilities... - Covid-19 Tests
706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests carried out by county to date in tabular form. [5949/20] - Departmental Correspondence
707. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business will receive a response; and... - Hospital Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to private consultants being able to see their patients in private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5955/20] - Departmental Investigations
709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order an independent investigation into the reason for the death of 23 residents since 1 April 2020 in a nursing home (details supplied) in County... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
710. To ask the Minister for Health If consideration will be given to the request of a representative association in relation to the need to provide additional support for a sector (details... - Covid-19 Tests
711. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay in providing Covid-19 test results to frontline staff and residents of Cregg House, County Sligo will be addressed; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
713. To ask the Minister for Health the location and date of the first Covid-19 positive cases identified in residential nursing homes. [5967/20] - Hospitals Data
716. To ask the Minister for Health the research carried out by his Department in relation to the number of hospital appointments that have been missed as a result of hospital avoidance or... - Addiction Treatment Services
717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls made to the HSE drug and alcohol helpline between 1 February and 1 May 2020; the number made to the helpline between the same dates... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
718. To ask the Minister for Health if organ transplant patients are excluded from receiving medications under the long term illness scheme and the drugs payment scheme; and if so, if transplant... - Covid-19 Pandemic
719. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that reopening of all sectors happen in tandem on an all-Ireland basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6046/20] - Maternity Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women in the Saolta Hospital Group are being allegedly discriminated against in relation to being allowed a partner attend their c-section birth; if... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
721. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacy students that are taking up full-time frontline roles within the health service during the Covid-19 pandemic will be paid; and if he will make a... - Health Screening Programmes
722. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 3 December 2019, the progress made in relation to securing a site (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
723. To ask the Minister for Health if a quarantine will be placed on all visitors from outside Ireland during the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business following on from Covid-19; if so, if... - Departmental Funding
725. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6115/20] - Health Screening Programmes
726. To ask the Minister for Health the projected number of smear tests that have not been carried out due to Covid-19 restrictions; the date normal operating times are expected to commence; the... - Disability Support Services
727. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a project by a person (details supplied) in relation to outcomes in respect of the deaf community and a proposal on the measures to help create a... - Health Services Access
729. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered when osteopaths can resume work; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many patients have been referred by their general... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
730. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for capital works for St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick, County Laois. [6162/20] - Home Care Packages
732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare packages in each county in tabular form. [6171/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
733. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the use of interpreters as part of contact tracing efforts for workers with different nationalities that are working in meat... - Covid-19 Tests
734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests which have taken place to date at hospitals (details supplied); the average waiting time for test results from the hospitals; and... - Health Services Access
738. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a respiratory task force and making rescue packs equivalent to the COPD rescue packs available on the NHS available to those... - Hospital Services
739. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects private hospitals to reopen for standard medical procedures for patients with private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Support Services
740. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects disability services, particularly day services and respite care, will resume in care facilities, for example, a facility (details supplied) in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
741. To ask the Minister for Health if he is in the process of setting up a taskforce of scientists and industrial and health experts to deal specifically with planning for the 24-hour turnaround... - Medicinal Products
742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with spinal muscular atrophy eligible for treatment with the approved drug Spinraza; the number of those receiving the treatment; the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
743. To ask the Minister for Health if employees of a company (details supplied) are being treated in a hospital for Covid-19. [6211/20] - Prescriptions Charges
745. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 205 of 4 May 2017, 777 of 6 September 2019 and 501 of 5 November 2019, the consideration being given to the issue raised... - Departmental Data
746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents and staff in nursing homes nationwide; and the number of same that have been tested for Covid-19. [6218/20] - Home Care Packages
747. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [6240/20] - Health and Social Care Professionals
748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct CORU to provide clarity and a solution for those participating in placement hours as part of their accreditation process (details supplied);... - Covid-19 Pandemic
750. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided in relation to the measures that need to be taken by restaurants, cafés, publicans and hotels in phase 4 of the Roadmap for... - Health Screening Programmes
751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the full resumption of BreastCheck and cervical smear tests for those in need; and if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the... - Hospital Staff
752. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imminent annual junior doctor rotation at hospitals is causing significant concerns for staff during the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
754. To ask the Minister for Health if an automatic 14-day quarantine for all visitors by air or port will be enforced; and if resources will be made available for the enforcement of same. [6386/20] - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
755. To ask the Minister for Health if progress been made on a mid-term review of the National Drug and Alcohol Strategy 2017-2025: Reducing Harm; Supporting Recovery - A health led response to... - Covid-19 Tests
756. To ask the Minister for Health the domestic laboratory capacity available for Covid-19; the profile of capacity versus use since 20 April 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
757. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has put together a specific contract for Covid-19 medical and surgical waste; if so, the details of the contract or contracts; if such waste is... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
758. To ask the Minister for Health if a specific action plan is being worked on for family carers including those that are caring for children with disabilities (details supplied); if so, the... - Voluntary Sector Remuneration
759. To ask the Minister for Health when section 39 pay alignment with HSE salary scales will be implemented as has been implemented in section 38 organisations; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Tests
760. To ask the Minister for Health the position and process for retrospective testing for persons that are of the view they may have had Covid-19 prior to when testing commenced here; if this is... - Home Help Service
761. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether home help workers should be entitled to PPE and adequate sanitisers; if they have such access; and the steps he plans to take to ensure... - Covid-19 Pandemic
762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in dialysis that have tested positive for Covid-19; if there have been deaths in dialysis units of patients that had tested positive for... - Covid-19 Tests
763. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out antibody testing for persons that have recovered from Covid-19 with the aim of understanding if some of the population now have natural... - Covid-19 Pandemic
764. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or the NPHET carried out an assessment or is following a specific WHO advice on the potential of recirculated air in aircraft to spread the Covid-19... - Hospital Services
765. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the agreement with private hospitals to incorporate their capacity into the public system in tabular form. [6471/20] - Assisted Human Reproduction
766. To ask the Minister for Health when IVF services will be fully resumed. [6474/20] - Respite Care Services
767. To ask the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children; and his plans to safeguard such children. [6476/20] - Medical Cards
768. To ask the Minister for Health when the increased income threshold limits announced in Budget 2020 will be implemented for persons over 70 years of age (details supplied); and if he will... - Hospital Services
770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have an operation on their back carried out in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic
771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the reopening of an outdoor activity business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6529/20] - Health Services Access
777. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the recommendations made to it by an association (details supplied) in relation to the restructuring of the public eye care... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
778. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned new endoscopy unit and day care unit at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6654/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
779. To ask the Minister for Health if additional guidance is available with regard to social distancing for those with low sight or who are visually impaired or blind; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Correspondence
780. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all correspondence between him and both of his advisers between 17 and 21 April 2020 will be provided. [6690/20] - Departmental Correspondence
781. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all correspondence from 1 March to 1 May 2020 between the CMO and a person (details supplied) will be provided. [6691/20] - HSE Investigations
782. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will establish an inquiry into the deaths of 23 persons from Covid-19 at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a... - Nursing Home Accommodation
783. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions required to be met in order for the RCSI Hospital Group to hand back operational control to the owners of a nursing home (details supplied) in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
784. To ask the Minister for Health the detailed guidance for open water swimming instructors after 18 May 2020; and the limit to the amount of persons within 5 km of the beach who can avail of... - Hospital Services
785. To ask the Minister for Health when private consultants will be able to start to schedule appointments and resume scheduling of procedures, in particular those which were cancelled due to... - Commissions of Investigation
786. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a commission of investigation into the deaths of 23 residents of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will... - Hospital Services
787. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Michael's Ward in Beaumont Hospital is planning to resume providing inpatient detoxification and stabilisation services in 2020; and the stage of the... - HSE Reports
790. To ask the Minister for Health when the Valproate project response report will be published; if he will provide details of the recommendations in the report; if his attention has been drawn... - Covid-19 Pandemic
791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 deaths by county and age bracket up to 10 May 2020 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6764/20] - Food Safety Authority of Ireland
792. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the financial challenge facing the local authority veterinary service on 30 June 2020 as a consequence of a cut in funding... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
794. To ask the Minister for Health if consultants are prohibited from caring for their private patients if they sign the new public consultants contract; his plans to ensure continuity of... - Departmental Correspondence
795. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all correspondence between his Department and the HSE relating to a nursing home (details supplied) from 1 March to 12 May 2020; and if he... - Childcare Costs
796. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the statement by a union (details supplied) regarding subsidised childcare. [6830/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
797. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance regarding persons exercising in groups of four as on 18 May 2020, specifically whether this means personal trainers being able to conduct classes... - Health Services Access
799. To ask the Minister for Health when podiatrists will be permitted to resume services to clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6858/20] - Hospital Services
800. To ask the Minister for Health the bed and staff capacity of the Silverbirch Unit in Blanchardstown Hospital; if this unit is currently in use; if not, the locations where the staff are... - Covid-19 Tests
801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of testing, retesting and tracing of all staff and residents in nursing homes and residential units to allow the eventual opening of these... - Health Services Staff
802. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a temporary physiotherapist from a health centre (details supplied) was laid off in view of the backlog of work; and when the person will be... - Respite Care Services
803. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he has made for families that would normally access respite for their young children with special needs during the summer holidays; and if he... - Dental Services
804. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to allowing access to all adults in addition to the children and persons with special needs that already have access to emergency... - Covid-19 Pandemic
805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contacts traced to date in the test and trace strategy for Covid-19; the number of contacts traced on average each day; the number of staff... - Mental Health Services
806. To ask the Minister for Health if guidelines have been issued to mental health facilities advising them not to take in new patients under Covid-19 restrictions; if his attention has been... - Mental Health Guidelines
807. To ask the Minister for Health if the guidelines provided to mental health practitioners will be clarified; the guidelines available advising mental health practitioners of face-to-face... - Speech and Language Therapy
808. To ask the Minister for Health if the measures for PPE for clinical speech and language therapists will be confirmed in view of the fact the lack of full recognition of elements of their... - Health Services Staff
809. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the deal with a company (details supplied) and other recruitment agencies to recruit healthcare workers to deal with the Covid-19 crisis; the... - Health Services
810. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7024/20] - Hospital Services
811. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the deal with the private hospitals and plans for maintaining the capacity to deal with non-Covid-19 related issues over the coming months; his... - Covid-19 Pandemic
813. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the guidance and provisions in place to assist family carers that have concerns regarding guidance on Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will... - National Maternity Hospital
814. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the ownership of the proposed site for the new national maternity hospital; if the site will be brought into full public ownership in... - Hospitals Data
815. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the use of private hospitals to date; the average bed occupancy of hospitals since beginning of the private hospital deal by total and... - Protected Disclosures
816. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the terms of reference for the investigation into the 35 page protected disclosure in relation to a nursing home (details supplied); if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
817. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the voluntary disability organisations as part of the response to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7034/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
818. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the shortage of PPE in private and public nursing homes in counties Offaly and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Data
820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist in mental health services for persons that are homeless in Dublin; when he expects these posts to be filled; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
821. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 deaths are higher in areas of deprivation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/20] - Departmental Strategies
822. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy and Policy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland; if the targets for 2019... - Covid-19 Pandemic
824. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made as to when holiday homes and caravan parks will reopen. [7041/20] - Hospital Services
825. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had an operation cancelled; the reason they cannot have a 45 minute outpatient procedure carried out that will... - Covid-19 Tests
826. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to Covid-19 testing for a person (details supplied). [7043/20] - Addiction Treatment Services
827. To ask the Minister for Health the specific challenges facing community projects that the attention of his Department has been drawn to regarding places for residential addiction supports;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
828. To ask the Minister for Health when an activity working outdoors as a chainsaw sculptor in gardens, parks and open spaces can resume under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and... - Health Insurance
829. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the holders of private health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7108/20] - Departmental Contracts
830. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending are in place; the way in which...
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