Written answers

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

  • Covid-19 Tests
    362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners tested for the Covid-19 virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13055/20]
  • Health Services Provision
    367. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment for a person (details supplied) will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13243/20]
  • Dental Services
    368. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 23 June 2020, the number of dentists operating the dental treatment services scheme that have been supplied with...
  • Disability Support Services
    373. To ask the Minister for Health when day services for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12691/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    374. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an inspection at a meat factory (details supplied); if so, if workers were tested for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Policy
    375. To ask the Minister for Health if a contrasting document will be produced to highlight the differences between the new Sharing the Vision - a Mental Health Policy for Everyone 2020-2030 and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    376. To ask the Minister for Health when an announcement will be made in relation to the timing of the lifting of the quarantine arrangements for those coming here to afford certainty to persons...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not had their waiting time backdated [12728/20]
  • Dental Services
    378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to dentists turning away medical card holders due to the additional expenses relating to Covid-19 social distancing...
  • Home Help Service
    379. To ask the Minister for Health when regular home help hours curtailed during Covid-19 restrictions will be restored. [12731/20]
  • Health Services Provision
    380. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand care in the community to provide mobile treatment services for chemotherapy and dialysis as is the practice in the UK and other European...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied); if the business can reopen on 30 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12736/20]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    383. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment to have a MRI will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12738/20]
  • Hospital Procedures
    384. To ask the Minister for Health when elective surgery will resume at University Hospital Galway for a person (details supplied) who is currently awaiting a procedure which has time...
  • Cancer Services
    385. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to eliminate the wait for cancer patients as a result of the reorientation of the public and private health services during the Covid-19 crisis; and...
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request a formal investigation by the EU Commission independent advisory panel on characterising flavours in tobacco products into the continued...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    387. 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. [12755/20]
  • Health Products Regulatory Authority
    388. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prevent the banned substance MMS from entering the market here and being sold illegally to parents of autistic children; and if he will make a...
  • HSE Properties
    389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the land at the entrance to an estate (details supplied); if it is under the control of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Chronic Disease Management Programme
    390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 16 June 2020, the way in which the chronic disease management programme will be rolled out over the next three...
  • Disability Services Funding
    391. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12779/20]
  • HSE Complaints Procedures
    392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12786/20]
  • Public Sector Pay
    393. To ask the Minister for Health if HR circular 037/2019 has been fully implemented; if not, when it will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12796/20]
  • Public Sector Allowances
    394. To ask the Minister for Health if HR circular 027/2019 has been fully implemented; if not, when it will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12797/20]
  • National Children's Hospital
    395. To ask the Minister for Health the current schedule for the construction of the National Children's Hospital; the delays that are expected; if he will confirm that construction is reconvened...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    397. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home staff being tested for Covid-19 will have their results relayed to them directly and not to their managers, in view of the fact that this was...
  • Patient Transfers
    398. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and the reason they have not been transferred to a particular nursing home in view of the...
  • Mental Health Services
    399. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested the HSE to examine the finances of an organisation (details supplied); if so, the reason for the examination; when the examination will be...
  • Medicinal Products
    401. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis pain patches are prescribed under the GMS scheme for conditions other than shingles; the other conditions these patches are prescribed for; and if...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    402. To ask the Minister for Health when employees of a service (details supplied) will receive computer devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12837/20]
  • Ambulance Service
    403. To ask the Minister for Health when the €350,000 allocated to the ambulance base in County Carlow will be provided; when he expects works to begin; when County Carlow will have an...
  • Dental Services
    404. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some dentists are telling patients that they are not accepting medical card patients due to the increased cost...
  • Health Services Staff
    405. To ask the Minister for Health if all non-consultant hospital doctors currently working in the health service or that had previously worked in the service that were dealing with Covid-19,...
  • Health Services
    406. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the rat infestation in north-western areas of Dublin; and the role of the HSE in this regard. [12860/20]
  • Physiotherapy Services
    407. To ask the Minister for Health when the intensive physiotherapy department will reopen at Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Charges
    408. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters will be clarified in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12863/20]
  • Cancer Services
    409. To ask the Minister for Health if cervical testing has been restored to normal levels of activity; if there is a backlog of appointments; if it is normal for patients to be waiting for six...
  • Disability Services Provision
    410. To ask the Minister for Health when a place will be allocated to a person (details supplied). [12873/20]
  • Dental Services
    411. To ask the Minister for Health when dental services for children with special needs will resume in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny (details supplied). [12894/20]
  • Respite Care Services
    412. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home share respite project in the south-east; and if the project is on schedule in view of indications by the head of HSE disability services...
  • Health Services
    414. To ask the Minister for Health the average estimated economic loss to the health service for each hour of delay in time-to-theatre for emergency surgery patients in tabular form; if this...
  • Substance Misuse
    424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to include information on nitrous oxide under the solvent's category on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12931/20]
  • Midwifery Services
    425. To ask the Minister for Health if a review is being carried out in relation to the midwife-led unit in Cavan General Hospital; if so, the terms of reference for the review; the time frame...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    426. To ask the Minister for Health the plan that was put in place to deal with the health needs of persons on the islands during Covid-19; if a copy of the plan will be provided; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    428. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol for Dublin City Council to contact the HSE pest control unit. [12937/20]
  • Health Services Provision
    431. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure sufferers of Parkinson’s disease have access to the necessary services to treat their condition; if he will address concerns...
  • Health Services Staff
    432. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the vacancy for registrar position in St. Mary’s Health Centre, Thurles; and his plans for the position to be filled....
  • Medical Cards
    433. To ask the Minister for Health when he will be increasing the medical card gross income limits for those over 70 years of age which were due to be introduced in July 2020; and if he will...
  • Disability Support Services
    434. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the person is in receipt of the maximum level of support available under the HSE...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    435. To ask the Minister for Health when an appropriate wheelchair will be made temporarily available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12977/20]
  • Medical Cards
    436. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12983/20]
  • Respite Care Services
    437. To ask the Minister for Health if new initiatives have been provided with respect to respite care in the context of Covid-19 in view of the loss of school time which provided a type of...
  • Cancer Services
    438. To ask the Minister for Health when cancer services, including BreastCheck, will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12999/20]
  • Hospital Facilities
    439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new 50 bed unit at Portiuncula Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13000/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    440. To ask the Minister for Health when a report into a hospital (details supplied) will be completed and made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13004/20]
  • Medicinal Products
    441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts to licence the drug patiserin in the treatment of hereditary amyloidosis. [13006/20]
  • Cancer Services
    442. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will again provide community cancer screening services despite Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13019/20]
  • Maternity Services
    443. To ask the Minister for Health the stage the HSE plans to allow fathers to be allowed back into HSE pregnancy scans with their pregnant partners; when fathers will be permitted to access the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    444. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to assist expecting parents with classes online in the absence of physical antenatal class appointments being offered due to Covid-19; and...
  • Disability Services Provision
    445. To ask the Minister for Health when services will resume for a child (details supplied). [13030/20]
  • Abortion Services Provision
    446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report to Dáil Éireann by 30 June 2020 on the number of unborn babies aborted under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)...
  • Primary Care Services
    447. To ask the Minister for Health the range of services that will be provided at the new primary care centre in Athy, County Kildare; the HSE agencies that will operate a service from the...
  • HSE Properties
    449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 16 apartments the HSE leases in a location (details supplied) that are lying vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13060/20]
  • Dental Services
    454. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department and the HSE will provide PPE and a range of other supports required by dental practices nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Occupational Therapy
    456. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist will be appointed for the areas of Rathmore, Gneeveguilla and the entire surrounding area in view of the fact there has not been...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    457. 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. [13092/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    459. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols in place in the event of the categories of passengers that on arrival at air or sea ports are required to fill in a form and self-isolate for two...
  • Home Help Service
    462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had their home help hours reduced from ten to five hours and then to three hours; if the hours will be increased...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    463. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with the special bed for their home due to their long-term illness; when it will be delivered to the home;...
  • General Practitioner Services
    464. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners in County Carlow are charging for the taking of blood samples; the steps he will...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    465. To ask the Minister for Health when those providing complementary therapies, such as reflexology, will be given a definitive indication as to when they can begin to see patients and resume...
  • HSE Funding
    466. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 753 of 3 June 2020, the breakdown of the HSE 2020 allocation of €774 million of capital funding by project in...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    467. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the plans of the HSE for restarting healthcare; if this will be delegated to hospital and local level; if there will be a HSE plan which will be...
  • Health Services
    468. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will raise awareness of a card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13122/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    469. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions are being made for frontline health workers that have been forced to use up their annual leave for childcare purposes and are facing a situation...
  • Mental Health Services
    470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in June 2018, 2019 and 2020 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Kildare by area;...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    471. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the new National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if this project is the subject of conciliation between parties. [13135/20]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    472. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of child and adolescent mental health teams to 88. [13136/20]
  • Hospital Staff
    473. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided for the recruitment of a consultant anaesthesiologist with a special interest in paediatric complex pain management...
  • Health Services Staff
    474. To ask the Minister for Health if doctors (details supplied) have been told that there is no work for them after their three-month short-term contract is up; and the number of doctors that...
  • Mental Health Services
    476. To ask the Minister for Health the funding supports available for community-based mental health charities which provide counselling services and are operated by local volunteers. [13162/20]
  • Medical Cards
    477. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    478. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time he plans to operate a temporary field hospital in the university area gymnasium at University of Limerick; if the field hospital will now be...
  • Disability Services Provision
    480. To ask the Minister for Health when the local centres that cater to adults with disabilities are reopening. [13182/20]
  • General Practitioner Services
    481. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to doctors in general practice charging parents the same amount for a telephone appointment and assessment as they do for a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    482. To ask the Minister for Health when a disability service (details supplied) can reopen; if the reopening of the service will be delayed; if interim measures can be put in place; and if he...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    483. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a procedure; the further length of time they can expect to wait for same; and if he will make a...
  • Home Help Service
    485. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13187/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    486. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow residents in community houses to leave the houses and travel to and from home; when the families and community houses will be given an...
  • Disability Support Services
    487. To ask the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) will resume services; and when services and support facilities for children and or adults with intellectual disabilities...
  • Third Level Education
    488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Minister for Education and Skills and work with third-level universities to expand the number of medical training places for...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    489. To ask the Minister for Health if care workers visiting the homes of sick, elderly or disabled persons will be tested fortnightly for Covid-19 in line with the testing of care workers in...
  • Dental Services
    490. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will outsource dental appointments for children in order that waiting times to have urgent dental work undertaken can be significantly reduced; and...
  • Pension Provisions
    491. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 3 June 2020, if the matter will be directed to another office (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn...
  • Hospital Facilities
    492. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary works will be carried out in Belmullet District Hospital, County Mayo to enable patients to be admitted; and if he will make a statement on...
  • HSE Staff
    493. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations (details supplied) of the Labour Court will be implemented; when the additional four staff will be put in place as recommended; and if...
  • Hospital Transfers
    494. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract previously awarded to a company (details supplied) for transfers at University Hospital Kerry considered a request by hospital management to...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    495. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out a campaign to highlight the appropriate use of face masks, similar to the campaign rolled out for hand washing and hand hygiene; and if...
  • Disability Support Services
    496. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources and supports that will be implemented through Sláintecare to assist persons living with Parkinson’s disease and their...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    497. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects more normal visitations with physical contact to resume for residents of public and private nursing homes and their families that have...
  • Dental Services
    499. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to orthodontic practices implementing a surcharge on patients of up to €6 per visit for PPE; his views on whether this...
  • Hospital Complaints Procedures
    500. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a public hospital patient to make a complaint; the role of agencies outside the HSE and his Department such as the Ombudsman; and if...
  • General Practitioner Services
    501. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders should not be charged by their general practitioners for blood tests; and the steps persons that have been incorrectly charged should...
  • Dental Services
    502. To ask the Minister for Health the reason County Kerry does not have emergency dental cover at weekends (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13303/20]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    503. To ask the Minister for Health if children awaiting hospital procedures that had surgery cancelled due to Covid-19 and have turned 16 years of age during this period will still be treated...
  • HSE Expenditure
    504. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the HSE has been achieving value for money on medicines through the agreement with an association (details supplied) and bilateral...
  • Health Services Staff
    505. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 9 June 2020, the reason the HSE is refusing to give permanent contracts to all fully qualified staff working in...
  • Hospital Facilities
    506. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken or arrangements put in place following the submission by the management of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown on the urgent need to increase...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    507. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13318/20]
  • Maternity Services
    508. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made for expectant and new fathers to be able to visit their partners in hospital after they have given birth; if uniform rules will be...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    509. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13329/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    510. To ask the Minister for Health when non-essential travel to France will be permitted by which travellers will not have to quarantine on their return. [13360/20]
  • Cancer Services
    511. To ask the Minister for Health when screening services such as CervicalCheck, BreastCheck and BowelScreen will resume; if there is a timeline in place for same; if so, if the detail of same;...
  • Respite Care Services
    512. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the testing of service users under the testing mechanism for all service users as part of respite care packages for service users...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    513. To ask the Minister for Health if the roll-out of instructions supposedly being given to drivers on public transport by management to allow family groupings to sit together on buses creates...
  • Patient Deaths
    515. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of the death of a person (details supplied) in a nursing home will be examined; and if a person will be contacted in relation to the matter. [13382/20]
  • Home Help Service
    516. To ask the Minister for Health when the three hours of home help support will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13383/20]
  • Maternity Services
    517. To ask the Minister for Health when partners and spouses will be able to resume visiting maternity hospitals before and after the delivery of their children; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release the findings of the Review of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system undertaken by his Department in 2019; and if he will consider...
  • Dental Services
    519. To ask the Minister for Health if dental patients on medical cards can access the National Treatment Purchase Fund to have pressing procedures undertaken; the waiting list time in the HSE...
  • Legislative Measures
    520. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national research ethics committees Bill; the persons or bodies consulted during the drafting of the Bill; if input from patient advocate...
  • Cancer Research
    521. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with Beaumont Hospital and a company (details supplied) regarding the publicity campaign for the extended brain tumour study opt-out period;...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    522. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a scheme by which vulnerable or elderly persons can avail of a badge type identification for use at retail and other outlets...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    523. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list for services within the child development team; when the person will be allocated with the...
  • Primary Care Services
    524. To ask the Minister for Health the range of services that will be provided in the primary care centres in Grange and Drumcliffe, County Sligo. [13447/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    525. To ask the Minister for Health further to his response to the contribution in Dáil Éireann of 11 June 2020 by this Deputy, when the number of days since a positive Covid-19 will be...
  • Hospital Equipment
    526. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contracts which the HSE has with medical device companies; the devices covered under the contract; when the contract commenced; the duration...
  • Hospital Services
    528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis surgeries relating to children carried out in 2020; and the way in which this compares with 2018 and 2019, in tabular form. [13459/20]
  • Hospital Facilities
    531. To ask the Minister for Health the capital expenditure projects planned for Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13469/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    533. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative mechanisms CORU and the Social Care Workers Registration Board plan for students of social care that have been unable to complete full...
  • Disability Support Services
    534. To ask the Minister for Health when therapeutic horse-riding may resume for children and adults with disabilities which involves an instructor standing closer than the advised social...
  • Cancer Services
    535. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the restart of smear tests and other cancer screening programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13480/20]
  • Sports Events
    536. To ask the Minister for Health if large darts tournaments involving as many as 600 persons will be permitted in November 2020; the way in which event organisers can best prepare for these...
  • Legislative Measures
    537. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding the issuing of exhumation licences; if a condition is imposed on exhumation licences prohibiting the cremation of unidentified...
  • Mental Health Policy
    538. To ask the Minister for Health if an association (details supplied) was consulted when developing the Sharing the Vision mental health policy; and if not, if he and his officials will meet...
  • Mental Health Services
    539. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a roadmap for the reopening of dementia services; if the roadmap will include guidelines for the reintroduction of services and supports...
  • Cancer Services
    540. To ask the Minister for Health the date that the BreastCheck, BowelScreen and CervicalCheck screening programme appointments respectively, will be reintroduced in County Donegal; and if he...
  • Maternity Services
    541. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made for expectant new fathers to be able to visit their partners in hospital after they have given birth; if uniform rules will be...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    544. To ask the Minister for Health his views on advising local authorities to ensure that public toilets are kept open and regularly maintained to ensure people have access to hand-washing...
  • Nursing Staff
    545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional ICU nurses employed in each hospital group between March and June 2020, in tabular form. [13505/20]
  • Mental Health Policy
    546. To ask the Minister for Health if representatives from a college were invited to the launch of Sharing the Vision - a Mental Health Policy for Everyone; and if not, the reason therefor....
  • Hospital Facilities
    547. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed additional accommodation will be provided in view of the increasing demand on facilities at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Staff
    548. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has established a working from home policy for its employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/20]
  • Midwifery Services
    549. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Cavan-Monaghan unit; if no downgrading of the unit will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13557/20]
  • National Maternity Strategy
    550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation on the National Maternity Strategy; his views on whether implementation is being carried out within the original timeframe;...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the developing situation with nursing and midwifery staff of Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar that are due to return from...
  • Cancer Services
    552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Longford that have had cancer screening appointments cancelled due to Covid-19; and the additional resources which will be made...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait for an appointment. [13598/20]
  • Cancer Services
    555. To ask the Minister for Health if the criteria will be revised for funded access to pembrolizumab in view of the fact that many of those diagnosed with cancer have been medically advised to...
  • Mental Health Services
    556. To ask the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) closed since March 2020 will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13601/20]
  • Eating Disorders
    557. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for the clinical programme on eating disorders in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • National Children's Hospital
    558. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a concern that work on the National Children’s Hospital site beside St. James’s Hospital has all but ceased and that scaffolding is...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    559. To ask the Minister for Health the reason churches and other places of worship irrespective of size are being restricted to allowing only 50 attendees over the coming weeks; the reason the...
  • Hospital Data
    560. To ask the Minister for Health the average weekly bed occupancy rate in each of the 19 private hospitals covered by the deal with the State, for each of the weeks from 1 May 2020; and the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    561. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the public health guidance provided to hospitals in relation to health and safety and infection control in both emergency departments and in...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    570. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated in order to provide a satisfactory resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    571. To ask the Minister for Health when chiropody and podiatry services will resume under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/20]
  • Health Services Provision
    572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review the suite of services available to persons with Parkinson’s disease, in particular those with other conditions such...
  • Dental Services
    574. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 23 June 2020, the number of dentists that have given notice to withdraw from the dental treatment services scheme...

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