Written answers
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
- Medical Inquiries
660. To ask the Minister for Health the advice received in 2016 regarding the missing samples from persons (details supplied) which led to the decision not to hold an enquiry; and the person or... - Disability Services Provision
661. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and so on for children with intellectual and physical disabilities will be returned to a facility (details... - Commissions of Investigation
662. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an investigation (details supplied); the cost to the State for the commission of investigation to date; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ministerial Responsibilities
663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the Departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and... - Maternity Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of maternity classes, including breastfeeding and antenatal classes, in Cork University Maternity Hospital; his views on... - Health Services
665. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of services and support for persons suffering with dementia; when guidelines will be issued regarding the reintroduction... - Hospital Appointments Status
666. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied an appointment with the locum pain consultant at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
667. To ask the Minister for Health the number and age category of persons waiting for orthopaedic surgeries in UHK; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products
668. To ask the Minister for Health when funding and approval for the immunotherapy drug Osimertinib will become available for persons with lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services
670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding dental care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13757/20] - Hospital Waiting Lists
671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for X-rays and MRIs in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13761/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
673. To ask the Minister for Health the deaths that have occurred due to Covid-19 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13769/20] - National Lottery Funding
674. To ask the Minister for Health the amount made available by his Department to organisations through national lottery funding in 2010; the amount that will be made available to organisations... - Covid-19 Pandemic
676. To ask the Minister for Health if a directive can be issued to private nursing homes to allow visiting outside normal working hours and also to allow another visitor, for example, a... - Hospital Appointments Status
677. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with an appointment with the chiropractor in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing... - Covid-19 Pandemic
678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider relaxing the 50 persons restriction for churches that are able to accommodate more persons while maintaining the 2 m social distance in... - Vaccination Programme
679. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the schools vaccine programme; if students who would ordinarily have received vaccinations but did not due to Covid-19 will receive their... - Health Services Staff
680. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a HSE post (details supplied) was withdrawn after it had been advertised and assigned; if the post will be reinstated; and if he will make a... - National Children's Hospital
681. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which construction will commence at the national children’s hospital; the reason for the delay in the recommencement of construction... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent care will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13822/20] - Mental Health Services
683. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken and steps planned in respect of each Roscommon mental health services report recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
684. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 26 June 2019, if a person (details supplied) was in receipt of a yearly increment; if the HSE refused to accept... - Hospital Appointments Status
685. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [13856/20] - Covid-19 Tests
686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE and private home support staff who were tested for Covid-19 by county; the number that remain to be tested by county in tabular form in 2020;... - Hospital Appointments Status
687. 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. [13872/20] - Water Supply
688. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and the measures he will take to address same. [13874/20] - Medical Internships
689. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow medical students to undertake one month summer placements in hospitals in 2020. [13876/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
690. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13877/20] - Disability Services Provision
691. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 16 June 2020, if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence by the parent of a service user (details... - Home Help Service
692. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the waiting lists for home support hours in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13892/20] - Disability Services Provision
693. To ask the Minister for Health when services (details supplied) will be reopening after its closure due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13894/20] - Health Services Funding
695. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a review to be completed for funding for a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13902/20] - HSE Properties
696. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an old HSE building (details supplied) now that the new primary care centre in Bray, County Wicklow, is fully constructed and occupied; and if he... - Medical Cards
697. To ask the Minister for Health when the budget 2020 over-70s medical card income thresholds will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13905/20] - Disability Services Provision
698. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term placement will be provided urgently through a service to a person (details supplied); if home supports will be provided immediately in view of... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
699. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for biannual access to neurologists for persons with Parkinson’s disease, more nurse specialists and... - Addiction Treatment Services
700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors employed by the HSE by county in the Saolta group area; the number of vacancies that exist in those counties for addiction... - Hospital Funding
702. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to Roscommon University Hospital to furnish and equip the shell and core unit which is idle since built in 2016 to enable the... - Hospital Appointments Status
703. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [13919/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
705. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the reopening of betting shops; and if he will make a statement on the... - Information and Communications Technology
706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding information technology equipment in the health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
707. To ask the Minister for Health when gynaecology appointments at Cork University Hospital, which were cancelled as a result of Covid-19, will recommence. [13931/20] - Abortion Services Provision
708. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there is a full and independent investigation into the alleged illegal abortion that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March... - Primary Medical Certificates
709. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a primary medical certificate was issued to a person (details supplied); the date on which they were notified of the decision; the number of... - Medicinal Products
710. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be subscribed the treatment patisiran or gene silencer on compassionate grounds. [13938/20] - National Children's Hospital
711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason construction work has halted on the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13940/20] - Health Services Staff
712. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of advanced and extended practice for medical scientists; the meetings he has had with the representative bodies (details... - Home Help Service
713. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/20] - Mental Health Services
714. To ask the Minister for Health the closures of mental health facilities by county in the past 20 years; and the amount returned from mental health budgets by county to the HSE since 2010.... - Health Services Staff
715. To ask the Minister for Health the full facts regarding the Be on Call for Ireland campaign launched by the HSE; the number of trained healthcare professionals who responded across each... - Care of the Elderly
716. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open day care centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13961/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
717. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects nursing homes to start accepting new residents; when he expects hospitals to commence easing their visiting restrictions; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
718. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13967/20] - Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
720. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a CORU application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13970/20] - Disability Services Provision
721. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of adult disability day services; the date on which services will recommence; if all those that were availing of them will be able... - Abortion Services Provision
722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out here in 2019; the provision of the legislation which each of these abortions were carried out under; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
723. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a date to be assessed by a respiratory consultant at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
724. To ask the Minister for Health if residents of nursing homes were given the option of availing of the 'flu vaccine in 2019; his plans on same for 2020; if his Department or another health... - Covid-19 Pandemic
725. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will approve visiting guidance for nursing homes; the name of the organisation that is drawing up the guidelines; the title of the person... - Primary Medical Certificates
726. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a primary medical certificate was issued to a person (details supplied); the date on which they were notified of the decision; the number of... - Dental Services
727. To ask the Minister for Health if all public orthodontic services will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14000/20] - Medicinal Products
728. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of Spinraza to children with spinal muscular atrophy type I, II or III on an exceptional and individualised basis; his... - Dental Services
729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for orthodontic work in County Galway by waiting periods of zero to six months and one to two, three to four, four to... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
730. To ask the Minister for Health the reason teenagers are being left to stand outside while waiting to be seen in the CAMHS unit at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if a temporary structure could... - Programme for Government
731. To ask the Minister for Health the costings carried out on the Programme for Government; and if he will provide documents on those costings. [14032/20] - Hospital Services
732. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dedicated dementia unit in St. Brendan’s, Loughrea, County Galway; if so, if the unit is accepting new patients; if not, when it will be... - Consultancy Contracts
734. To ask the Minister for Health the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs... - Departmental Legal Costs
735. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide advice or information to persons (details supplied) that are being denied the possibility to visit their family members in a nursing home in... - Healthcare Policy
737. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his implementation of all aspects of the Sláintecare plan. [14101/20] - Health Services Reform
738. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue with the regionalisation of the HSE into separate health boards. [14102/20] - Medical Aids and Appliances
739. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE universal guidelines on bras, prostheses and wigs will be published; the funding to be allocated for the implementation of the guidelines; and if... - Misuse of Drugs
740. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports in place for communities affected by the increasing intimidation from drug dealers that has coincided with the significant increase in... - Vaccination Programme
742. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility of allowing pharmacists to administer the 'flu vaccine in the homes of persons will be examined. [14113/20] - General Practitioner Services
743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to revisit the Drumshanbo health centre in order to reassess the capacity of the building and the need in the locality for expansion... - Primary Care Centres
744. To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages diagnostic equipment will be installed in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway, in view of the fact his predecessor allocated a sum... - Hospital Appointments Status
745. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [14122/20] - Medical Cards
747. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure persons (details supplied) are issued with their over-70s medical card which has expired; and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
749. To ask the Minister for Health the status of PPE provision and financial support for the homecare sector in view of the importance of the service to older persons in general but also in... - Health Services Staff
750. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE pay policy for the homecare sector. [14145/20] - Medicinal Products
751. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the standard treatment plan and drug use for those suffering with stage III melanoma; if he will authorise the use of nivolumab and... - Hospital Appointments Status
752. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent spinal surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if urgent HALO traction treatment can be accommodated as soon as... - Disability Services Provision
753. To ask the Minister for Health when adult day services for persons with disabilities will reopen in view of the fact the HSE framework for the resumption of adult disability day services... - Covid-19 Pandemic
754. To ask the Minister for Health the guidance for those aged 70 years of age or over, in particular when those within this age category can return to work. [14154/20] - Health Services Staff
755. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant vacancies across the public health service; and his plans to recruit consultants to fill these vacancies. [14155/20] - General Practitioner Services
757. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who started on a general practitioner training scheme in 2019; the number of places that can be catered for on the training... - Health Services Funding
758. To ask the Minister for Health the level of public investment in healthcare per patient; and the way in which this compares with the European Union average. [14158/20] - National Children's Hospital
759. To ask the Minister for Health the reason work has stopped on the national children’s hospital; if there are legal proceedings under way regarding the project; the estimated cost to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
760. To ask the Minister for Health the current advice regarding meetings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14161/20] - Hospital Facilities
761. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 2019 bed capacity programme, which previously included plans for ten additional beds in Mayo University Hospital; when the hospital will... - Emergency Departments
762. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Mayo University Hospital emergency department development; if the steering group provided the requested information to the HSE on... - Medical Cards
763. To ask the Minister for Health when the national medical card unit is to be advised that the new thresholds for medical card eligibility as announced in budget 2020 are to come into effect;... - Health Services Funding
764. To ask the Minister for Health if funding provided to a person (details supplied) can be transferred to a person who would provide similar services in the home of the person as offered to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
765. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct an inquiry into the rate of Covid-19 cases seen in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14176/20] - Medicinal Products
766. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of the availability of drugs for the treatment of cancer for private... - Hospital Equipment
768. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CT scanners per million population; and the way in which this compares internationally with other countries, for example, South Korea, Iceland... - Health Services Staff
771. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow staff recruitment processes to be devolved to local and hospital level. [14191/20] - Hospital Staff
772. To ask the Minister for Health the average recruitment time for a nurse to a public hospital in 2019. [14192/20] - Nursing Staff
773. To ask the Minister for Health the average recruitment time for a doctor to a public hospital in 2019. [14193/20] - Hospital Staff
774. To ask the Minister for Health the average radiographer recruitment time for a doctor to a public hospital in 2019. [14194/20] - National Children's Hospital
775. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy of his predecessor will be pursued to allow the building of private treatment rooms in the new national children’s hospital. [14195/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
776. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average theatre, operation and treatment time that will be lost per 12 hour period due to the need to clean theatres and suites after each... - Health Services Funding
777. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available to increase capacity in the public health sector for access to diagnostics and the urgent recommencement of cancer... - Medical Aids and Appliances
780. To ask the Minister for Health if medical grade masks will be supplied to persons with serious health issues. [14200/20] - Cancer Services
781. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to reduce the delays in emergency endoscopy and colonoscopy tests for those showing symptoms of colon cancer. [14201/20] - Mental Health Services
782. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been made available to mental health services for additional costs incurred to date due to the Covid-19 crisis; the additional funding... - Home Help Service
783. To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to maintain financial support for the homecare sector in view of the fact the latest HSE pay policy came to an end on 31 May... - Hospital Appointments Status
785. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to expedite overdue spinal surgery for a child (details supplied). [14211/20] - Medical Cards
787. To ask the Minister for Health when the increased thresholds for the over-70s announced in budget 2020 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14219/20] - Dental Services
788. To ask the Minister for Health when children’s dental services will be restored to St. Mary’s Hospital, Thurles, County Tipperary, after being relocated to Nenagh Hospital,... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
789. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 549 to 561, inclusive, and 674 to 677, inclusive, of 11 June 2019, the reason the persons involved that acted in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
790. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent investigation will be conducted into the alleged neglect of nursing home residents during the Covid-19 restrictions; if specific direction was... - Hospital Appointments Status
792. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will take place for a person (details supplied). [14239/20] - Abortion Services Provision
793. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/20] - Health Services Staff
795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant in CHO2; the number of vacant posts in the Saolta Hospital Group; the breakdown of the vacant posts; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic
796. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 national guidelines will be published to enable the reopening of day services including Alzheimer’s day services in HSE community... - Medical Qualifications
797. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review the fact that the counselling doctorate offered by Trinity College Dublin and fully recognised and accredited by an organisation... - Home Help Service
798. To ask the Minister for Health if a pay agreement has been reached between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) to continue providing financial support for the supply of PPE to the... - HSE Properties
799. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to utilising the Sarsfield Court Hospital site in Glanmire, County Cork, for the new acute hospital in Cork included in the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for elective surgery with addresses in north central areas of Cork. [14270/20] - HSE National Service Plan
806. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed bed capacity of the elective hospital in County Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 has been published; and if he will... - Emergency Departments
809. To ask the Minister for Health the planned emergency department bed capacity for the new proposed acute hospital in County Cork included in the National Development Plan 2018-2027. [14278/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
810. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national emergency co-ordination group was not used during Covid-19; the reason for the preference for the NPHET in view of the fact that when... - General Practitioner Services
813. To ask the Minister for Health when ShannonDoc services will reopen at St. Mary’s Hospital, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14287/20] - Hospital Services
814. To ask the Minister for Health the progress within the Saolta Group to progress the development of the acute stroke unit at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services
815. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress the implementation of eating disorder teams in CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14299/20] - Health Services Staff
816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants signed up for the Be On Call for Ireland initiative; the number of applicants deployed in CHO1 to date in tabular form; and if he will... - Maternity Services
817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of each antenatal and maternity clinic in County Donegal in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular... - Disability Support Services
818. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14307/20] - Medicinal Products
819. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the licensing of patisiran for the effective treatment of nerve damage in view of the circumstances of a person (details supplied) and in further... - Covid-19 Pandemic
820. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14319/20] - Disability Services Provision
822. To ask the Minister for Health when full disability services will resume in County Tipperary for both adult and child disability services; the reason for the delay; the services that have... - Health Services Provision
823. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that will be put in place to deal with cancelled surgeries and the provision of services for children with scoliosis (details supplied); and if he... - Disability Services Provision
825. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the reopening of adult day services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14340/20] - Hospital Data
826. To ask the Minister for Health the data from maternity and other hospitals relating to a reduction in the number of preterm births to date in 2020 relative to the equivalent period in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
827. To ask the Minister for Health further to the release of confirmed Covid-19 cases by electoral division up to 12 June 2020, when he will release updated data by electoral division on the... - Hospital Equipment
830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI scanners in St. James's, Mater, Beaumont, Tallaght and St. Vincent's hospitals respectively; the average number of scans carried out during... - Covid-19 Pandemic
831. To ask the Minister for Health the persons required to quarantine upon arrival here; the way in which quarantine is being managed and monitored; and if he will make a statement on the... - HIV-AIDS Programmes
832. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which PrEP, pre exposure prophylaxis, is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14387/20] - Mental Health Services
833. To ask the Minister for Health the long-term plans for a unit (details supplied) following the expenditure of €700,000 on upgrade works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
834. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national guidelines governing the reopening of services for persons with disabilities in day and respite settings during the... - Information and Communications Technology
835. To ask the Minister for Health when suitable IT equipment and systems will be installed at a location (details supplied) to properly access records and allow the services to support CAMHS... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
836. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department and the HSE will provide a waiting area for parents and children attending CAMHS at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Dental Services
837. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will commence an orthodontic treatment plan with the dental and orthodontic services in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he... - Health Screening Programmes
838. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work of the National Screening Advisory Committee; when recommendations on the expansion of newborn screening are expected to be published; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
839. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET has made contingencies to implement localised lockdowns in the event of a localised cluster or outbreak; if so, the level of coordination taking place... - Health Research Board
840. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 23 June 2020, if he is considering amending the health research regulations for the processing of personal data in... - Data Protection
842. To ask the Minister for Health the person responsible for the implementation of an opt-out publicity campaign (details supplied); and the person overseeing the campaign to ensure that... - Programme for Government
844. To ask the Minister for Health the intended role of the national genetics and genomics medicine network as committed to in the programme for Government. [14417/20] - General Practitioner Services
845. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the discriminatory insurance policy offered by a company (details supplied) which forbids general practitioners from providing healthcare... - Covid-19 Pandemic
846. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 tracking app will work on a smartphone that has Bluetooth turned on and can access Wi-Fi at home but does not have access to a phone network or... - Health Services Provision
847. To ask the Minister for Health when paediatric physiotherapy services will resume in a Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14422/20] - Addiction Treatment Services
848. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Dublin north-east inner city initiative addiction unit and associated staff hires. [14432/20] - Disability Services Funding
851. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the 1% cut to disability services for 2020. [14442/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
852. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a difference in the advice given to social care residential homes and settings, specifically those residential care settings for elderly persons... - HSE Data
853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mystery shopper inspections carried out under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 at the end of June 2020. [14450/20] - Hospital Staff
854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time laboratory scientists employed at Connolly hospital. [14451/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
855. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for elective eye surgery at University Hospital Limerick following a previous... - Covid-19 Pandemic
857. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of Covid-19 relating to the recent guidelines requiring patients to quarantine before surgeries, if this includes elective and emergency... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
858. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment plans in place to address the staffing crisis in child psychology teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14471/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
859. To ask the Minister for Health if advice was provided to healthcare workers and-or patients that they should not use commercial launderettes or dry cleaners during any stage of the Covid-19... - Disability Services Provision
861. To ask the Minister for Health when Lisadell day services, Mullingar, County Westmeath will reopen for day care services for those that, due to profound disability, urgently require this... - Hospital Facilities
863. To ask the Minister for Health if a project (details supplied) will be advanced to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide much needed additional accommodation at this... - Health Services Provision
864. To ask the Minister for Health if the district nurse service in Maynooth, County Kildare, will be returning to the Maynooth health centre in the Covid-19 reopening arrangements; his plans to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
865. To ask the Minister for Health if pulmonary rehabilitation will be widely and readily available for patients whose pulmonary health is affected by Covid-19; if there are the facilities,... - Departmental Correspondence
870. To ask the Minister for Health when this Deputy will receive a response to correspondence (details supplied). [14515/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
872. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recommendations regarding incoming and outgoing foreign travel in the context of Covid-19; the details of testing and tracing regimes at... - Health Services Staff
873. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that nurses and midwives who were awarded a pay rise after the industrial action of spring 2019 are now in receipt of same; and if he will... - HSE Agency Staff
874. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the agreement between his Department and a recruitment company (details supplied) and other recruitment agencies with regard to the Be On Call... - Midwifery Services
875. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruitment of 40 additional clinical midwife specialists in mental health. [14579/20]
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