Written answers
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Covid-19 Pandemic
485. To ask the Minister for Health when a person who teaches music on a one-to-one basis can return to work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7090/20] - National Maternity Hospital
486. To ask the Minister for Health if the land earmarked for the development of the new national maternity hospital will be owned by the State or by a charitable organisation and leased by the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
487. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7294/20] - Commencement of Legislation
488. To ask the Minister for Health when Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (details supplied) will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7461/20] - Human Rights
489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a human rights impact assessment of the Covid-19 emergency powers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7554/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
490. To ask the Minister for Health the details regarding the proposed mandatory 14-day quarantine period for international travellers arriving here; the date by which this measure is intended to... - Dental Services
504. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all adults are afforded access to the public emergency dental centres being operated by the HSE in view of the fact... - Hospital Acquired Infections
505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRSA cases reported to the HSE in hospitals from January to April 2020. [7065/20] - Health Services Funding
506. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be available for community drug teams to access PPE equipment and for premises redesign to allow for physical distancing and risk assessments.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
507. To ask the Minister for Health when ENT outpatient departments will be reopening. [7067/20] - Nursing Home Accommodation
508. To ask the Minister for Health when the provision of new and upgraded accommodation at a health facility (details supplied) will progress to the next stage; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic
509. To ask the Minister for Health if 20 July 2020 is the designated date for reopening of self-catering holiday accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7076/20] - Primary Care Centres
511. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new primary healthcare facilities in Clondalkin and Rowlagh, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/20] - Covid-19 Tests
512. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use medical detection dogs in the fight against Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7093/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
513. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a hospital. [7099/20] - Mental Health Tribunals
514. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orders made pursuant to section 18(4)(a) and or (b) of the Mental Health Act 2001 as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7121/20] - Cancer Services
516. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing ten additional chemotherapy slots per day in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
517. To ask the Minister for Health when mental health practitioners may resume face-to-face patient consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7132/20] - Medical Aids and Appliances
521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the FreeStyle Libre device available to all type 1 diabetics under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Childcare Services
523. To ask the Minister for Health if dentists and their assistants that have remained open to perform urgent treatment on patients and children are covered under the new childcare package for... - Departmental Correspondence
524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the correspondence between the Chairperson of the HSE, the CEO of the HSE, the Secretary General of his Department and him pertaining to... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment at 30 April 2020 or the latest date available in Cherry Orchard, Dublin; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Cards
527. To ask the Minister for Health if it is permitted for general practitioners not to accept medical card patients; and if patients that pay privately for such general practitioners can be... - Hospital Facilities
528. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the refurbishment works that are taking place in the Wicklow Municipal District Hospital, Wicklow Town, County Wicklow. [7264/20] - Primary Medical Certificates
530. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get their primary medical certificate completed in view of the fact it was granted to them in December 2019; and... - Covid-19 Tests
531. To ask the Minister for Health the daily capacity for Covid-19 testing; the response time from test application to test to result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7296/20] - Disability Support Services
533. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a child (details supplied) on the SAT list; and his plans to ensure they receive the help they need from the HSE and for their education [7320/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
535. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been briefed on the matter of hospital discharges into nursing homes (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to specific evidence that... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
536. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of care to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7381/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
537. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects outpatient clinics for non-urgent procedures and assessments for children to reopen and accept clients; the impact there will be on waiting... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
538. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure CAMHS is adequately resourced to deal with the increased strain on the mental health of young persons during the Covid-19 pandemic; and the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
540. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered procuring more sustainable PPE equipment that can be used more than once after proper laundering and disinfecting in view of the fact the... - Hospital Appointments Status
542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment with the neurosurgical department at Beaumont Hospital,... - General Practitioner Services
543. To ask the Minister for Health when the under-six general practitioner card age will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7438/20] - Medical Qualifications
544. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, PHECC, plans to deal with EMT students during the Covid-19 period and going forward (details... - Hospital Appointments Status
545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7447/20] - Health Services
546. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7473/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
547. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials have engaged with a person (details supplied) regarding their advice on the significant need to upscale tracing and tracking here in... - Hospital Appointments Status
551. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the audiology department at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [7496/20] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
552. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available for the fair deal application by a person (details supplied) whose application has been approved; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
553. To ask the Minister for Health the phase under which speech and language and occupational therapists can reopen under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a... - Nursing Staff
555. To ask the Minister for Health if additional recruitment for critical care staff has been planned; and the consideration given to the retention of existing staff to ensure the long-term... - Hospital Procedures
556. To ask the Minister for Health if partners can attend the birth of their child in Portiuncula Hospital; the restrictions in place for the birthing process in the hospital; and if he will... - Mental Health Services
557. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review of A Vision for Change carried out during the term of the 32nd Dáil; his further plans for the implementation of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
559. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all Covid-19 deaths recorded in the mental health services among prisoners waiting for transfer to the Central Mental Hospital and deaths of... - Medical Cards
560. To ask the Minister for Health the date the medical card weekly income limit for persons over 70 years of age will be increased by €50 for a single person from €500 to... - Covid-19 Tests
561. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider conducting trials or contribute to the cost of trials to detect Covid-19 in a scenario (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Disability Services Provision
562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the relevant services in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [7625/20] - Emergency Departments
563. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the accident and emergency department at Wexford General Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [7631/20] - Covid-19 Tests
564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tests for Covid-19 carried out in County Wexford; and the number that were positive. [7632/20] - Abortion Services Provision
565. To ask the Minister for Health the basis for the 2018 estimate that three women per day use abortion pills which have been illegally imported; the information sources which were used to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
566. To ask the Minister for Health when day care centres for the elderly or persons with disabilities will reopen in accordance with the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [7664/20] - Health Services
567. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5973/20] - Maternity Services
568. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of antenatal and maternity clinics in County Donegal in each of the years 2000 to 2020, in tabular form. [7696/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE advice on the wearing of masks changed for health workers caring for older persons over recent months. [7698/20] - Hospital Procedures
572. To ask the Minister for Health if the partner of a woman in labour can attend the birth in University Hospital Galway; if an alternative person can attend if the partner is unable to attend;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
573. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language services for paediatrics and school aged children are allowed to recommence. [7701/20] - Medical Cards
576. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical card weekly income limit for persons over 70 years of age will be increased by €50 for a single person to €550 from €500... - Hospital Staff
577. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to replace a person (details supplied) as a paediatric pain management consultant; the position in respect of this post; if his plans... - Primary Medical Certificates
578. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7729/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
579. To ask the Minister for Health if matters in relation to rostering and payments for nurses can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7730/20] - General Practitioner Services
580. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has engaged to reopen SouthDoc services in Fermoy and Mitchelstown, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7749/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan for the home support services staff that are waiting to be redeployed for Covid-19 crisis purposes; when these workers will be able to... - Health Services Staff
582. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some posts in the HSE are confined to staff employed in the HSE, Tusla or other defined agencies despite the fact that better qualified and more... - Covid-19 Pandemic
583. To ask the Minister for Health when paediatric occupational therapy clinics will be allowed to reopen. [7777/20] - Proposed Legislation
584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assisted human reproduction Bill following recent reports highlighting the impact of Covid-19 on surrogate families and babies. [7801/20] - Primary Care Services Provision
585. To ask the Minister for Health when diabetic and podiatry care will be provided in Summer Hill primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7802/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
586. To ask the Minister for Health when chiropodists can reopen for business again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7807/20] - General Practitioner Services
587. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the long-running general practitioner vacancy in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare. [7808/20] - Blood Donations
588. To ask the Minister for Health the policy justification for the lifetime ban on donating blood for persons that previously had a gonorrhoea infection that is now cured; the way in which this... - Home Care Packages
590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare packages by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7846/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
591. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has be drawn to cases of businesses that operate an appointment only, physical training facility (details supplied); and if his attention has... - Health Services Provision
592. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the model of care report on lymphoedema and lipoedema treatment here; the details of the communications plan by the HSE for... - Home Care Packages
593. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be put in place to clear homecare waiting lists in order to keep persons at home during Covid-19; and the number of persons waiting for... - Covid-19 Tests
594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Civil Defence which was transporting swabs from designated areas to laboratories (details supplied) and to laboratories in University College... - Covid-19 Pandemic
595. To ask the Minister for Health the policy basis for moving patients without a Covid-19 status or with a Covid-19 positive status from acute hospitals to nursing homes rather than designated... - Covid-19 Tests
596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meat plant staff that were tested as part of a screening programme that have to be retested due to the lack of a result from the laboratory; the... - Nursing Staff
599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the community healthcare system by county; and the number of those nurses diverted away from public health nursing duties... - Emergency Departments
600. To ask the Minister for Health when a project (details supplied) will proceed; the range of facilities to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7959/20] - Covid-19 Tests
601. To ask the Minister for Health the reason testing and tracing is still taking up to ten days while a laboratory (details supplied) is not running at full capacity with staff, many of whom... - Medical Qualifications
602. To ask the Minister for Health if a means will be found for the PHECC to accommodate student EMTs to qualify during this period (details supplied) [7977/20] - Statutory Instruments
603. To ask the Minister for Health if Statutory Instrument No. 541/2019 signed by him on 5 November 2019, has come into effect and is affecting persons whose fertility treatments were cancelled... - Medical Aids and Appliances
604. To ask the Minister for Health the reason different rates of funding are being paid in respect of wigs and hairpieces to medical card holders residing in different areas in the country; if a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will create a roadmap for the return to practice of podiatry practitioners; if a support package for the podiatry sector will be established similar to... - Medical Aids and Appliances
607. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a brace for a person (details supplied) has been denied; and if funding will be made available for same. [7995/20] - Disability Support Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health when vital services will resume for children living with severe disabilities that require regular physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational... - Covid-19 Pandemic
609. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken to ensure section 39 organisations remain available to support their vulnerable customers during and after the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he... - Mental Health Services
612. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of psychiatric services at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown for those that present at the hospital with mental... - Addiction Treatment Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE addiction tier 4 residential service (details supplied) will be reopened; if the asymptomatic persons presently accommodated in the facility would... - Hospital Appointments Status
614. To ask the Minister for Health if reassurance will be provided to the thousands of women whose BreastCheck and CervicalCheck appointments have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis that... - Vaccination Programme
615. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with secondary school students that missed their HPV vaccine (dose 2) and MenACWY vaccines and young children that missed... - Hospital Appointments Status
616. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the backlog in elective procedures that have built up in University Hospital Waterford and other hospitals nationwide... - Medical Cards
618. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied). [8106/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
619. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied) at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin. [8107/20] - Medical Qualifications
620. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will issue from the Medical Council of Ireland in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8108/20] - Abortion Services Provision
621. To ask the Minister for Health when the temporary measures he introduced as part of his response to the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to doctors being allowed to prescribe abortion pills... - Disability Services Provision
623. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grant schemes available to those with medically certified mobility issues to assist in the purchase of mobility scooters. [8159/20] - Home Help Service
624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath that have been approved for initial or an increase in home help hours but have yet to receive them.... - Hospital Appointments Status
625. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [8165/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the health workers that have contracted Covid-19 including those that have died by grade and location, that is, acute,... - Hospital Appointments Status
628. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed catch-up programme for screening services such as BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen for the thousands of scheduled... - Covid-19 Pandemic
629. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the private hospital sector is being fully utilised to deal with all procedures throughout the Covid-19 health emergency; the extent to... - Health and Safety Inspections
630. To ask the Minister for Health the interventions made by his Department and the HSE in meat processing plants in relation to the Covid-19 outbreak; and the inspections undertaken by public... - Hospitals Data
631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients released from acute hospitals to residential nursing homes since January 2020; if a protocol was in place in relation to Covid-19 in the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
632. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the protection of persons serviced by the community and voluntary sector in terms of appropriate provision of PPE to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
633. To ask the Minister for Health if and the way in which the commitment he made during the debate in Seanad Éireann on the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures... - Disability Services Data
634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for early years disability services for HSE in south western areas of Dublin; if the waiting time is 29 months from... - Home Help Service
635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists and the demand for home help nationwide by CHO area, in tabular form. [8245/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
636. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been unusually high clusters of deaths or cases of Covid-19 in public or private nursing homes in south western areas of Dublin [8246/20] - General Practitioner Services
637. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the charge of €50 applied for a phone consultation with out-of-hours general practitioner services is excessive; if he will work... - Health Services Provision
638. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which source human milk supplies from a location (details supplied); the hospitals which purchase human milk from abroad; the reason for... - Covid-19 Tests
639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employers that were provided with the Covid-19 test results of their employees; the number of workers involved in each instance; his views on... - Covid-19 Pandemic
640. To ask the Minister for Health when nursing homes can allow visitors once they have outdoor space while visitors would observe physical distancing; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff Data
642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to the health service since the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis; the status of the contracts for these staff including the formal... - Health Services
643. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and timeline to permanently increase the capacity in the health service in order that it can run at 80% capacity rather than near to 100% as it was...
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