Written answers
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
- Labour Court
306. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to sign-off on the Labour Court recommendations which were endorsed by the HSE regarding the completed wage review for chefs’ grade... - Paediatric Services
307. To ask the Minister for Health when paediatric occupational therapists and speech and language therapists can reopen their centres and begin operations again; and if he will make a statement... - Medicinal Products
308. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on whether greater reforms are possible to achieve more sustainable... - Covid-19 Pandemic
310. To ask the Minister for Health if an exemption will be made to the requirement for passengers to self-isolate for a passenger that has recently tested negative for Covid-19 by the public... - Disabilities Data
316. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame for moving all persons with disabilities out of congregated settings in view of the fact the time frame in the national policy Time to Move on... - Mental Health Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health when appointments for outpatients are due to resume at the department of psychiatry in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny [9665/20] - Covid-19 Tests
318. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to priority testing for employees in meat plant factories in view of the close proximity of the working conditions; and if he... - Hospital Appointments Status
319. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9682/20] - General Practitioner Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health if refunds are available for those that were charged for an over the phone consultation with their doctor regarding potential Covid-19 before the decision was... - Health Screening Programmes
321. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons are experiencing anxiety and stress while waiting for cancer screening services to resume; if a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that non-Covid-19 patients are being adversely impacted by the HSE contract with the private hospital sector; if a matter will be... - Hospital Services
323. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Kenmare Hospital and Covid-19 patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9722/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
324. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is in discussions with the UK in terms of making a Covid-19 vaccine available to both jurisdictions if and when trials are successful that would run... - Hospital Appointments Status
325. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9727/20] - Hospital Waiting Lists
326. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9729/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/20] - Dental Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in dealing with the issues outlined by an association (details supplied); if financial support will be provided to assist the sector due... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
330. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place and the situations in which cannabis can be provided on a medicinal basis; the number of persons receiving same; and if he will make... - Medical Cards
334. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a situation (details supplied) regarding the medical card. [9773/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
336. To ask the Minister for Health the impact analysis carried out before the decision on a two week quarantine was taken; if consideration was given to the impact this will have on those... - Hospital Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health when outpatient appointments will recommence in view of the cancellation and postponement of many due to the Covid-19 crisis. [9794/20] - Paediatric Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health when paediatric occupational therapists and speech and language therapists can reopen their centres and begin operations again; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Services
340. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to allow gynaecologists to return to operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9805/20] - General Practitioner Services
341. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to allow general practitioners to return to operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9806/20] - Health Insurance
342. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to persons that have private health insurance but are unable to access same due to the State contract with private hospitals; and if he... - Health Screening Programmes
343. To ask the Minister for Health if a risk assessment was carried out in relation to the cessation and or pause of routine cancer screening services; if he has developed a roadmap to the... - Primary Care Centres
344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); when construction can begin on the site; and the facilities which will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have died from Covid-19 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9827/20] - Medicinal Products
346. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation he or his officials have had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to medicines supply in the context of Covid-19; the steps... - Covid-19 Pandemic
349. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business the seaweed baths businesses individually and separate from spa treatments and associated services... - Health Screening Programmes
350. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has conducted a risk assessment in relation to the indefinite postponement of breast and cervical screening due to Covid-19; if... - Cancer Services
351. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for the National Cancer Control Programme by 5%, 7.5% and 10%, respectively. [9902/20] - Dental Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9904/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
353. To ask the Minister for Health if a person in the business of furniture repair, who works alone, which entails calling to persons' homes, is permitted to recommence this work on 8 June 2020... - Bituminous Fuel Ban
354. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work to secure the implementation of a nationwide smoky coal ban; if he has engaged with officials from the Department of Communications, Climate... - National Public Health Emergency Team
355. To ask the Minister for Health when NPHET's vulnerable people subgroup was established; the details of its meetings to date; the details of its members and their roles; and if the minutes of... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons in each of the RCSI hospitals in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of consultant ENT surgeon hours provided... - Hospital Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health when adult day services will resume. [9930/20] - Dental Services
358. To ask the Minister for Health when personal protective equipment will be provided to dentists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9938/20] - Disability Support Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to disability services and the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business;... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons on a waiting list for CAMHS; the number of young persons that have contacted CAMHS for support since March 2020; if additional... - Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance schemes such as a programme (details supplied). [9949/20] - Medicinal Products
362. To ask the Minister for Health the penetration rate of generic medicines in 2010 and in the most recent year for which figures are available; the penetration rate of biosimilar medicines;... - Hospital Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health when he will allow private hospitals resume their normal activities and deal with operations and surgeries that were scheduled to happen before the agreement... - Covid-19 Pandemic
364. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility will be explored of allowing families to visit their loved ones that are end-of-life in hospices but that are not actively dying (details... - General Practitioner Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health when SouthDoc Blackpool in Cork will reopen. [9961/20] - Cycle to Work Scheme
366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by his Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
367. To ask the Minister for Health if advice is being provided regarding isolating within households in which one member has returned from travel abroad and other members have not; and if he... - Direct Provision System
368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Covid-19 cases in direct provision centres and a centre (details supplied); and if the centre is included in the overall figures for direct... - Covid-19 Pandemic
370. To ask the Minister for Health the location a drive-in cinema in which patrons are isolated in their cars and staff are safely socially distanced may reopen under the Roadmap for Reopening... - Physiotherapy Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapists and reflexologists can reopen as part of phase 2 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; if so, the restrictions under which... - Drugs Payment Scheme
372. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug sativex will be included in the drug payment scheme for a person (details supplied). [10017/20] - A Vision for Change
373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publicise the revised A Vision for Change document with immediate effect. [10021/20] - Health Screening Programmes
374. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the number of rare health conditions which are tested for under the heel prick screening process for newborn babies; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue the two-metre physical distancing as advised by NPHET; and if at any stage the advice changes to one-metre, if the wearing of cloth face... - Mental Health Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the need to facilitate parental visits to children currently receiving inpatient mental healthcare here; if his attention has been drawn to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
378. To ask the Minister for Health if rural hotels will be allowed open a takeaway food service in phase 2 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in circumstances (details supplied).... - Primary Care Centres
380. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the provision of primary care centre in counties Laois and Offaly; and his plans to provide them in each municipal district of the... - Health Services Provision
381. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the future provision of healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he has considered specialist Covid-19 units in order that other hospitals... - Environmental Schemes
382. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to set up a special unit in the environmental health department to help tackle a rat infestation in an area (details supplied); and if... - Hospital Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health if persons under 18 years of age that are admitted to the adult section of Tallaght Hospital will be permitted to have a parent or guardian stay with them... - Hospital Data
384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons cared for in Clane General Hospital under the agreement between an association (details supplied) and the HSE. [10078/20] - Hospital Staff
385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultants working in Wexford General Hospital; the number of vacancies that exist at consultant level; the number of permanent and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
386. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to inform retailers of wigs and hairpieces of the additional headwear grant available to medical card holders that cannot... - Hospital Services
387. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the scheduling of operations in private hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10103/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
388. To ask the Minister for Health if the NPHET will allow the resumption of video fluoroscopy procedures at CHI at Temple Street as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Support Services
391. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the reopening of day services for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10131/20] - Air Ambulance Service
392. To ask the Minister for Health if establishing a helicopter pad for the safe landing of the air ambulance in Castlerea, County Roscommon will be considered; the estimated associated costs to... - Mental Health Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health if using the unspent money in the mental health budget to assist and support an organisation (details supplied) to ensure its services can continue will be... - Nursing Home Accommodation
394. To ask the Minister for Health if the list of high-risk nursing homes drafted by HIQA and sent to the HSE at the end of February or early March 2020 will be published; and if he will make a... - Patient Transfers
395. To ask the Minister for Health the nursing homes to which the 45 patients were transferred to from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, County Louth from 1 March to 6 May 2020; and if he... - Nursing Home Accommodation
396. To ask the Minister for Health the nursing homes whose operational control was taken over by a hospital group; the nature and extent of the assistance provided by the hospital group; the... - Hospital Groups
397. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which CHO8 made a determination to contact the RCSI hospital group and for the group to take over operational control at a nursing home (details... - National Public Health Emergency Team
398. To ask the Minister for Health the dates for which he approved of and appointed each member of NPHET in tabular form. [10144/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that applied to be part of the Be on Call for Ireland initiative; the number that were subsequently recruited into the health service via... - Hospital Staff
405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed at the cardiology and the orthopaedic departments at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of vacancies; the estimated... - Drug Treatment Programmes
406. To ask the Minister for Health when he will reinstate the Keltoi rehabilitation unit, St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin 20; and the number of service users that have been adversely... - Housing Adaptation Grant
407. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available for housing adaption for persons with a disability apart from the grant available through local authorities; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health when the contingency plans and protocols in place since 14 March 2020 to allow SouthDoc services respond to the challenges posed by Covid-19 will be reviewed... - Covid-19 Pandemic
409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine opening up physiotherapy for those with severe conditions and those with a disability that rely on a physiotherapist to administer treatment... - Health Screening Programmes
411. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue providing free HIV screening services for high-risk groups; if consideration has been given to distributing rapid HIV test kits to... - Departmental Projects
412. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the projects that have received State funding to date under the Sláintecare integration fund; the amount of funding already provided to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
413. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of small, medium and large-sized gatherings in view of the fact this information is vital to those in the process of planning weddings and other... - Covid-19 Tests
415. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address waiting lists in the health service for non-Covid-19 related appointments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
416. To ask the Minister for Health the monthly expected capacity of public hospitals across waiting lists for inpatient, outpatient and endoscopy appointments. [10294/20] - Health Screening Programmes
417. To ask the Minister for Health when the cervical smear test screening programme will be resumed; his views on whether other life-saving elements of the health service cannot be neglected... - Covid-19 Pandemic
418. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reopening of adult day services; the arrangements being put in place in relation to transport services for persons travelling... - Home Help Service
419. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase home supports for 2020 in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10342/20] - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
420. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for programmes in 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10343/20] - Nursing Staff
421. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend nurse prescribing to include opioid substitution therapies such as methadone in order to alleviate pressure on services arising from... - National Maternity Hospital
422. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 486, 502 and 519 of 27 May 2020, the action the State plans to take when the 99-year lease for the land on which the new... - Health Screening Programmes
423. To ask the Minister for Health when cancer screenings will resume. [10360/20] - Memoranda of Understanding
424. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being implemented on an all-island basis following the agreement on a memorandum of understanding between his Department and the Department of... - Covid-19 Tests
425. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity for testing for Covid-19; the average turnaround time for test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10394/20] - Primary Care Centres
426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary care centre. [10398/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
427. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an investigation into high levels of Covid-19 infection among healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10401/20] - Home Help Service
428. To ask the Minister for Health if further home help hours will be offered to a person (details supplied). [10407/20] - Medicinal Products
429. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to the need to access a drug by a person (details supplied). [10413/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
431. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the guidance the Health Protection Surveillance Centre wrote for the nursing home and homecare sector on Covid-19 infection and transmission... - Covid-19 Tests
432. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the programme to test and keep testing homecare workers that work with the most vulnerable of persons; and if he will make a statement on the... - Alcohol Treatment Services
433. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that have been given to alcohol delivery services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10431/20] - Health Screening Programmes
434. To ask the Minister for Health when cancer screening services such as CervicalCheck which were postponed due to Covid-19 will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10435/20] - Legislative Measures
435. To ask the Minister for Health when the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019 is likely to be restored to the Houses of the Oireachtas with a view to early... - Hospital Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health when St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary will be returned to its normal operations; the reason the hospital has been kept idle when the... - Medicinal Products
437. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems in procuring epanutin 50mg infatabs for patients prescribed same; if his attention has further been drawn to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
438. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is working with health facilities to deliver measures to allow for some level of visitation by family members; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
439. To ask the Minister for Health if all healthcare workers on a temporary contract will be offered a permanent job. [10457/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
440. To ask the Minister for Health the current average end-to-end time for testing and contact tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10458/20] - Defibrillators Provision
441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests made to the HSE in each of the past five years and to date in 2020 for funding for automated external defibrillators by families with... - Emergency Departments (1 comment)
442. To ask the Minister for Health if the emergency department charge will be waived for the provision of post-exposure prophylaxis through emergency departments in view of the fact that in many... - Health Screening Programmes
443. To ask the Minister for Health when screening for cervical cancer, particularly for those with a history of cervical cell changes, will recommence; if a risk assessment has been carried out... - Cancer Services
444. To ask the Minister for Health when BreastCheck will recommence, particularly for those in the higher-risk category; if a risk assessment has been carried out in relation to delaying these... - Disabilities Assessments
445. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will now be assessed under the schools list; the arrangements in place to provide these assessments as a priority for children... - Maternity Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to facilitate the safe face-to-face attendance when appropriate by women that are pregnant for regular... - Covid-19 Pandemic
447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a person to conduct an independent inquiry as to the way in which the issue of protecting patients in nursing homes from Covid-19 was... - Health Services Funding
448. To ask the Minister for Health the additional financial support provided to section 39 organisations from March to May 2020; the measures he is taking to ensure the future viability of such...
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