Written answers

Thursday, 30 July 2020

  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1058. To ask the Minister for Health the correspondence he and his officials had with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive regarding an all-Ireland approach to Covid-19 at Belfast...
  • National Carers' Strategy
    1060. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review and update the National Carer's Strategy; if he will engage with representative organisations in relation to the matter; the timeline for...
  • Mental Health Services
    1061. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients committed to the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum in 2019 and to date in 2020 by the courts; the capacity of the hospital; and if he...
  • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    1063. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ratify the Optional Protocol in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the timetable for ratification; and if he...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1064. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours availed of by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 respectively, in tabular form; if he will increase the...
  • Proposed Legislation
    1065. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation necessary to fulfil obligations under the recently ratified UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be completed....
  • Health Services
    1066. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address inadequacies in HSE diabetic care in County Clare and the UL Hospitals Group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1067. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 7 July 2020, if he will provide further information in relation to each of the properties (details supplied); and...
  • Mental Health Services
    1068. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national forensic mental health service facility in Portrane, County Dublin; the completion date for same; if the...
  • National Children's Hospital
    1069. To ask the Minister for Health if the estimated cost of the national children's hospital has increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19601/20]
  • Primary Care Centres
    1070. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress on a primary care centre for Swords, County Dublin as promised in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19602/20]
  • Ministerial Advisers
    1071. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his advisers; the full remuneration package of each; and the commencement date of each. [19606/20]
  • Ministerial Meetings
    1072. To ask the Minister for Health if he had a handover briefing from his predecessor; if so, when the meeting took place; and the persons who were in attendance. [19608/20]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1073. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be brought forward for a person (details supplied). [19619/20]
  • Medical Cards
    1074. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of medical cards for persons who are terminally ill; if so, when he will ensure...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1075. 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; if he will consider...
  • Ministerial Communications
    1076. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Ministers of State and or advisers have ever used private email for any form of official Government use since the formation of the Government; and...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    1077. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings he and his Ministers of State have had since the formation of the Government by date, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • European Health Insurance Card
    1079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here that have a European Health Insurance Card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19680/20]
  • Medical Cards
    1080. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publication of the clinical advisory report into medical cards for terminally ill patients (details supplied) [19709/20]
  • Ministerial Advisers
    1084. To ask the Minister for Health the names and salaries of his special advisers; the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Sláintecare
    1085. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made changes to the timelines for the delivery of Sláintecare; if so, if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1086. To ask the Minister for Health when day services (details supplied) in County Leitrim will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19739/20]
  • Hospital Staff
    1087. To ask the Minister for Health when the diabetes team in Connolly Hospital will have full staffing to deal with patients in view of the fact that it is currently operating on reduced staff;...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1088. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19755/20]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1089. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment for a MRI with and without general anaesthetic; the number of children with allocated appointments in a time...
  • Dental Services
    1090. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in north County Kildare; the average waiting time for appointments; and if he will...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in north County Kildare; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will...
  • Home Care Packages
    1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting homecare support in north County Kildare; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months; the average number of...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1094. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in Naas hospital; the number of persons who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days,...
  • Hospital Staff
    1096. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Naas hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time that the position has been vacant in tabular form; and if he will make...
  • Disability Services Data
    1097. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in areas of north County Kildare; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1099. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in areas of north County Kildare; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more...
  • Respite Care Services
    1100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in north County Kildare over each of the past 12 months, in tabular form; the number provided in each month...
  • Disability Services Data
    1101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Kildare that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that are not in a...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in north County Kildare, in tabular form; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will...
  • Medical Cards
    1105. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed increase in the income limit for medical cards will be enacted [19815/20]
  • Health Services
    1106. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of persons (details supplied) will be addressed [19820/20]
  • Dental Services
    1107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in Dublin 7 and 15; the average waiting time for appointments; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in Dublin 7 and 15; the average waiting time for appointments; the number who have been waiting more than six...
  • Home Care Packages
    1110. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting on homecare support in Dublin 7 and 15; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months for same; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in James Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15; the number of those persons who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60...
  • Hospital Staff
    1113. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time the vacancy has been unfilled, in tabular form; and if...
  • Disability Services Data
    1114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO9; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in CHO9; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12...
  • Respite Care Services
    1117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in Dublin 7 and 15 over each of the past 12 months, in tabular form; the number that has been provided each...
  • Care of the Elderly
    1118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in west County Dublin that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; if any of these centres will...
  • Disability Services Data
    1119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in west County Dublin that have submitted applications for funding in order to...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Dublin 7 and 15, in tabular form; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make...
  • Health Screening Programmes
    1122. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who received the mammogram results of another patient; and the investigations which have been...
  • Health Services Staff
    1123. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing a monetary bonus to healthcare workers in view of their extraordinary and heroic efforts, often at great personal...
  • Health Services
    1124. To ask the Minister for Health the details of HSE facilities which were block booked for use in County Mayo during the Covid-19 pandemic; the facilities for which contracts were entered...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1125. To ask the Minister for Health the occupation of all those that have tested positive for Covid-19, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19853/20]
  • Health Services
    1126. To ask the Minister for Health the life expectancy and disability free life expectancy of persons by gender in all counties except County Dublin and by traditional postcode area within...
  • Mental Health Services
    1127. To ask the Minister for Health the occupations of persons who were admitted for treatment for any form of mental illness in each of the years 2017 to 2019; and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Services Staff
    1128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who were placed on sick leave due to stress or mental illness in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the...
  • Obesity Levels
    1130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children by age and gender diagnosed as clinically obese in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and...
  • Dental Services
    1132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will...
  • Home Care Packages
    1135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home care support in County Wicklow; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in the county; the average...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; the number that have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to...
  • Hospital Staff
    1137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy, in tabular form;...
  • Disability Services Data
    1138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO6; the number that have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in CHO6; the number waiting less than 3. 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
  • Respite Care Services
    1141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Wicklow over each of the past 12 months; the number provided each month since March 2020 to date;...
  • Care of the Elderly
    1142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Wicklow that have reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; if centres will not be in a position...
  • Disability Services Data
    1143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in County Wicklow which have submitted applications for funding in order to reopen;...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Wicklow; the average waiting time for an appointment, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Nursing Staff
    1146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists in view of the shortage here with three in Dublin and none elsewhere in...
  • Health Services
    1147. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to essential services for those with Parkinson’s disease such as to neurologists, physiotherapy, speech therapy,...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1148. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines that have been put in place for general practitioners and other community medical professionals regarding proof of inability to wear masks on...
  • European Health Insurance Card
    1149. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that have been made with the United Kingdom for residents in Northern Ireland who hold Irish passports in applying for a EHIC card in view of...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1150. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered compensation measures for the families of healthcare workers who die as a result of contracting Covid-19 [19910/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    1151. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to private hospitals charging patients for Covid-19 tests as a requirement to access other treatments; if his attention has...
  • Mental Health Services
    1152. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for CAMHS and jigsaw by 10%, respectively [19912/20]
  • Dental Services
    1153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Tipperary; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Tipperary; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will...
  • Home Care Packages
    1155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting home care support in County Tipperary; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in the County; the average...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting colonoscopy in South Tipperary General Hospital; the number who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90...
  • Respite Care Services
    1158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families County Tipperary in each of the past 12 months; the number provided each month since March 2020, in tabular...
  • Care of the Elderly
    1159. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of day care centres in County Tipperary that have reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; if centres will not be in a...
  • Disability Services Data
    1160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in County Tipperary which have submitted applications for funding in order to...
  • Hospital Equipment
    1161. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of purchasing an extra extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine for both the Mater Hospital and Children’s Health...
  • Hospital Data
    1163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes attending the diabetes service at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19953/20]
  • Sustainable Development Goals
    1166. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the commitment of Ireland to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plans 2020-2025; the way in which...
  • Health Services Provision
    1167. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans by the HSE to sell the 52 acres of publicly-owned land at a nursing home (details supplied) in the near future; if...
  • Hospital Staff
    1168. To ask the Minister for Health the average pay in the public health service acute hospital sector [19964/20]
  • HSE Staff
    1169. To ask the Minister for Health the staff numbers employed by the HSE by occupation; the number of staff required by the HSE to meet the demands of the Covid-19 pandemic and fully staff the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1170. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown by occupation of the 3,271 staff brought on by the health service to deal with the pandemic; the average pay for each; and the percentage for...
  • Health Services Staff
    1171. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 16 June 2020, the breakdown of the potential recruits referenced which identified approximately 2,000 staff...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1172. To ask the Minister for Health the average lifespan of a modular unit such as those put in place at UHL; the cost of each; the number of beds per unit; the timeline by stage for these units...
  • Parliamentary Questions
    1173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring voluntary hospitals under the Parliamentary Questions remit [19969/20]
  • Hospital Expenditure
    1174. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of retaining the additional 324 acute beds and 42 ICU beds to the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19970/20]
  • Health Screening Programmes
    1176. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of repatriating screening services, in tabular form. [19972/20]
  • Counselling Services
    1177. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free counselling services upon general practitioner referral; and the estimated cost of extending available sessions to 20....
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1178. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for CAMHS by 10%. [19977/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1179. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for jigsaw by 10% [19978/20]
  • Respite Care Services
    1180. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for respite care by 10%. [19979/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    1182. To ask the Minister for Health the persons covered by free vaccination for swine flu; and the associated administrative and other costs. [19981/20]
  • Home Help Service
    1184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on home support services waiting lists; the estimated full-year cost of clearing these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1185. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for decongregation; the number that remain in institutional settings; the timeline or estimated time frame for completion; the...
  • Disability Services Data
    1186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on personal assistant hours waiting lists; the estimated full year cost of clearing the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    1187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of meetings to include date, location and attendees online and in person between an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE...
  • Gender Recognition
    1188. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements for adult patients undergoing an assessment in the National Gender Service to have parents present, despite this being a concern for patient...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of flu vaccines that the HSE plans to procure for the forthcoming flu season; his plans to make the vaccine mandatory subject to medical advice for...
  • Health Services
    1192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for patient advocates across various State health committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20059/20]
  • Hospital Staff
    1193. To ask the Minister for Health if the two tier contract for hospital consultants will cease in 2020. [20092/20]
  • National Maternity Strategy
    1194. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Maternity Strategy will be fully implemented [20101/20]
  • Health Services Provision
    1195. To ask the Minister for Health if the lands of a former nursing home (details supplied) will remain in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20102/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1198. To ask the Minister for Health if the regulations in relation to wedding venues will be further reviewed to explore if increased guest numbers can be accommodated safely in larger venues;...
  • Health Services
    1200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places here for oral immunotherapy for children; the location of each facility in which the treatment is dispensed; his plans to expand the...
  • Disability Diagnoses
    1201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children born with neural tube defects in each of the years 2015 to 2019; the number of live births in each of the years; the ratio of neural...
  • Maternity Services
    1202. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body with responsibility for developing national clinical obstetric ultrasound guidelines as a whole entity; and the status of the progress of...
  • Dental Services
    1204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and...
  • Home Care Packages
    1207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home care support in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in the counties;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of these who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more...
  • Hospital Staff
    1210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of each vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services Data
    1211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more...
  • Respite Care Services
    1214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in counties Cavan and Monaghan over each of the past 12 months; the number provided in each month since March...
  • Disability Services Data
    1215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that will...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services Data
    1218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are awaiting an appointment for early intervention by therapy; the number that are waiting less than...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1219. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and timescale for fire safety works at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; the provision being made for patients and staff for the duration of the...
  • Disability Services Funding
    1220. To ask the Minister for Health if a multiannual funding package will be introduced to address residential and respite waiting lists to assist those who qualify but cannot access care; and...
  • Proposed Legislation
    1222. To ask the Minister for Health when the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 and mandatory open disclosure will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Services
    1223. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation in the Roscommon mental health services report published in 2017; the reason for the delay in completing the implementation...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    1224. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision was made by the HSE to relocate residents from a nursing home (details supplied) to allow for works to be carried out; the consultation...
  • Care of the Elderly
    1225. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of day services for older persons and persons living with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20219/20]
  • Nursing Staff
    1226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to increase the number of nurse specialists in the field of Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20220/20]
  • Health Screening Programmes
    1227. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 13 May 2020, if the reason a person (details supplied) experienced a delay between providing a cervical screening...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1228. To ask the Minister for Health if a device will be expedited for a child (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20280/20]
  • National Maternity Hospital
    1229. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the approval of transfer for the shareholding of St. Vincent’s Hospital Group to a charity (details...
  • Health Services
    1235. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the pay and increments freeze from employees at a service (details supplied) [20292/20]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1236. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a consultation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20297/20]
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in CHO3 and CHO5, in tabular form; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will...
  • Hospital Staff
    1238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at South Tipperary General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Disability Services Data
    1239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO3; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in CHO3; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12...
  • Home Help Service
    1245. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20321/20]
  • Dental Services
    1246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in CHO1 and CHO2; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1248. To ask the Minister for Health : the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in CHO1 and CHO2; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a...
  • Home Care Packages
    1249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are awaiting home care support in CHO1 and CHO2; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in CHO1 and CHO2; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in Sligo University Hospital; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days,...
  • Hospital Staff
    1252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Sligo University Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of each vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services Data
    1253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO1 and CHO2; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in CHO1 and CHO2; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in CHO1 and CHO2; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
  • Respite Care Services
    1256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in CHO1 and CHO2 over each of the past 12 months; the number provided in each month since March 2020; and if...
  • Disability Services Data
    1257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020;...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in CHO1 and CHO2; the average waiting time for appointment, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1261. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for reopening day-care services for persons with disabilities; the timetable for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20369/20]
  • Disability Services Data
    1262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of day-care services by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Cards
    1263. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to fund medical cards for all persons diagnosed with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20373/20]
  • National Carers' Strategy
    1264. To ask the Minister for Health if a new and updated national carers’ strategy will be published with a dedicated budget and time frame to ensure the implementation of all actions; if...
  • Home Help Service
    1265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home support waiting list by county and by month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement...
  • Respite Care Services
    1266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were provided with respite care by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; if the provision of respite...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1267. 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. [20383/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1268. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Covid-19 tracker application can only be used by Irish residents with an Irish credit card on the app...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting lists in north County Dublin [20389/20]
  • Disability Services Data
    1270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for assessments of needs in north County Dublin. [20390/20]
  • Occupational Therapy
    1272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for occupational therapy in north County Dublin [20392/20]
  • Dental Services
    1274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Donegal; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in County Donegal; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a...
  • Home Care Packages
    1277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are awaiting homecare support in County Donegal; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Donegal; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in County Donegal; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days, in tabular form; and if...
  • Health Services Staff
    1280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in County Donegal; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of each vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services Data
    1281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in County Donegal; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in County Donegal; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in County Donegal; the number that have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more...
  • Respite Care Services
    1284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Donegal over each of the past 12 months; the number that has been provided each month since March...
  • Disability Services Data
    1285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Donegal that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that will not be in a...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Donegal; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services Data
    1288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who are awaiting an appointment for early intervention by therapy; the number waiting less than 6, 6 to 12 and more...
  • Respite Care Services
    1290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were provided with respite care by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 respectively; if he will increase the...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1291. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame for measures to assist young disabled persons currently housed in residential care homes in relocating to suitable accommodation with the...
  • Mental Health Commission
    1292. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission spent its full budget in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively [20461/20]
  • Mental Health Policy
    1293. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the Mental Health Act 2001 will be published [20465/20]
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    1294. To ask the Minister for Health when residential care services will be provided with a sector-specific Covid-19 roadmap in order to enable them to reopen safely. [20468/20]
  • Obesity Levels
    1295. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the implications of obesity as a comorbidity for Covid-19; if additional resources are planned to address obesity in this...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    1296. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the new HSE residential care unit for older persons (details supplied) in County Louth; when the project will be completed;...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    1297. To ask the Minister for Health the Covid-19 testing centres that are open nationally by county, in tabular form; the centres that have been closed; the plans for testing per county; and if...
  • Health Services Funding
    1298. To ask the Minister for Health when section 39 charities and companies will receive funding allocated to them by Pobal and currently being processed by the HSE; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1299. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 60 bed modular unit under construction at University Hospital Limerick; if a date for completion can be provided; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    1300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20518/20]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    1302. To ask the Minister for Health if persons diagnosed with haemochromatosis will be able to avail of the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that it is a hereditary lifelong disease;...
  • Medicinal Products
    1303. To ask the Minister for Health when the asthma drug benralizumab will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20534/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up an independent inquiry into the recent deaths of persons from Covid-19 in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will...
  • Alcohol Sales
    1305. To ask the Minister for Health if the timeline for the implementation of measures in retail stores regarding the separation of alcohol sales will be extended due to delays in the...
  • Prescriptions Charges
    1306. To ask the Minister for Health the date the order will be signed giving effect to the reduction in prescription charges; and the reason for the delay in establishing a commencement date....
  • Disability Services Funding
    1307. To ask the Minister for Health the reason additional funding of €51,000 requested by a disability service for the care of a person (details supplied) has not been approved; and if...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1308. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous parliamentary question, if a medical certificate issued to a person (details supplied); the number of times the person's care has been...
  • Counselling Services
    1309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists and assistant psychologists employed by the HSE to provide free counselling services in each year since 2016; and the cost by year...
  • Mental Health Services
    1311. To ask the Minister for Health the progression towards 24-7 community mental health services; the remaining obstacles to this goal; the estimated outstanding cost which has been identified;...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS beds operational as of July 2020 by CHO and service. [20564/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult mental health beds operational as of July 2020, by CHO and service. [20565/20]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals accepted by the community CAMHS teams during the first six months of 2020 by local health office area; and the equivalent figures for...
  • Mental Health Services
    1317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expansion of rehabilitation services to respond to the needs of those with enduring mental illness and challenging behaviour; the...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1321. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts to develop a seven day per week service for CAMHS; the number of CAMHS teams now operating on such a basis; the CHOs in which they are...
  • Mental Health Services
    1323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions in whole-time equivalent terms for children’s mental health intellectual disability teams being advertised for recruitment by...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the CAMHS advocacy model; and the CHOs in which it is available and utilised. [20575/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the roll-out of the agreed minor capital fund to enhance mental health facilities and infrastructure; the projects undertaken in 2020, by...
  • Counselling Services
    1326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of June 2020 or the latest date available; and the...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of June 2020 or the latest date...
  • Mental Health Services
    1328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of June 2020 or the latest date available; and the...
  • Emergency Departments
    1331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children presenting at emergency departments here with self-harm injuries, suicide attempts and-or overdoses in each of the years 2018 to 2019...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide face coverings to vulnerable immunocompromised persons or persons with underlying health conditions. [20583/20]
  • Dental Services
    1333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Kerry; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Kerry; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will...
  • Home Care Packages
    1336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are waiting for home care support in County Kerry; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Kerry;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in University Hospital Kerry; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days,...
  • Hospital Staff
    1339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at University Hospital Kerry; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of each vacancy in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services Data
    1340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in counties Cork and Kerry; the number waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in counties Cork and Kerry; the number waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in counties Cork and Kerry; the number waiting less than three, three to six, six to 12 and...
  • Respite Care Services
    1343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Kerry over each of the past 12 months; the number provided in each month since March 2020; and if...
  • Disability Services Data
    1344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Kerry that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that will not be in a...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Kerry; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1348. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20601/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1349. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in ensuring that the Health Service Executive contact tracing application will be compatible with the application being developed by the...
  • Departmental Staff
    1350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted on a daily basis to the Health Service Executive isolation facility at Citywest. [20630/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for an outpatient assessment by a consultant psychiatrist each month from June 2019 to date in tabular form. [20633/20]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services teams established nationwide; the number of consultant psychiatric posts...
  • Mental Health Services
    1356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive specialist community mental health services for older adults teams across the health service nationally; the number of...
  • Medicinal Products
    1370. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended by the Health Service Executive on psychotropic drugs in 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively. [20651/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1371. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended by the Health Service Executive on talk therapies in 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; and the specifications of the type of talk...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff appointed to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, to date in 2020;...
  • Mental Health Services
    1373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2020, by service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20654/20]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists by age, gender, CHO and local catchment areas in tabular form [20656/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of self-harm presentations by children under 18 years of age in 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively by presenting hospital [20657/20]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in CAMHS as of 17 July 2020 [20658/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a primary care psychology appointment on 17 June 2020; and the number of such children waiting over 2, 3, 6, 12 and 18 months,...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1379. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of CAMHS for each team operating nationwide [20660/20]
  • Mental Health Guidelines
    1380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each of the recommendations of the national youth mental health task force [20661/20]
  • Suicide Incidence
    1381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age that died by suicide in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20662/20]
  • Health Services
    1382. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the roll out of additional telemental health services in 2020; and his plans for 2021 [20664/20]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1383. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health services in County Cork by individual team or service respectively in tabular form [20665/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1384. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for adult mental health services in County Cork by individual team or service respectively in tabular form [20666/20]
  • Counselling Services
    1385. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for counselling services in County Cork by respective service in tabular form [20667/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    1386. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national forensic mental health service facility in Portrane, County Dublin; the completion date for same; if the...
  • Prisoner Transfers
    1389. To ask the Minister for Health the average, shortest and longest wait, respectively facing a prisoner awaiting a transfer from the Irish Prison Service to the Central Mental Hospital; and...
  • Mental Health Services
    1390. To ask the Minister for Health the annual spend for each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 on maternal mental health services at all stages of pregnancy and after; and the...
  • Dental Services
    1399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in counties Meath and Westmeath, by county; the average waiting times for...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in counties Meath and Westmeath, by county; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months;...
  • Home Care Packages
    1402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home care support in counties Meath and Westmeath, by county; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months,...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the number who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more...
  • Hospital Staff
    1405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of the vacancy, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Disability Services Data
    1406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in counties Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Louth and Meath CHO8 by county; the number who have been...
  • Respite Care Services
    1409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in counties Meath and Westmeath, by county, over each of the past 12 months; the number provided each month...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in counties Meath and Westmeath, by county, that have reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; if centres...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in counties Meath and Westmeath, by county; the average waiting time for an appointment, in...
  • State Claims Agency
    1414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of all active and settled legal cases the State Claims Agency is currently handling on behalf of the HSE in the past six years...
  • Health Services Provision
    1415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department is preparing to auction a nursing home (details supplied); his views on whether this is contrary to the purpose for which the land...
  • Nursing Home Inspections
    1416. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his Department, the HSE or both were first notified of concerns at a nursing home (details supplied); the person or body that raised the...
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    1418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a review of the regulations for the intracytoplasmic sperm treatment process for young couples in view of the fact that the cost of such...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1420. To ask the Minister for Health the payments for services or goods by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20778/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1421. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for workplaces having to close following an outbreak of Covid-19. [20840/20]
  • Disability Services Provision
    1422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will produce a definitive timeline for the reopening of adult day care services for those with a disability (details supplied). [20849/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    1423. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the advice from the EU Commission to member states to commence the flu vaccination programme early in view of the pressure...
  • Dental Services
    1425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Clare; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in County Clare; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will make a...
  • Home Care Packages
    1428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting homecare support in County Clare; the number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Clare; the average...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in the University Hospital Limerick hospital group; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than...
  • Hospital Staff
    1431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at the University Hospital Limerick hospital group; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time of each vacancy in tabular form; and...
  • Disability Services Data
    1432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO3 by county; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form;...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in CHO3 by county; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in...
  • Respite Care Services
    1435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Clare over each of the past 12 months; the number provided in each month since March 2020; and if...
  • Disability Services Data
    1436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Clare that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that will not be in a...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Clare; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medicinal Products
    1440. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in rolling out Spinraza treatment to both children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20891/20]
  • Hospital Services
    1441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding radiologists and laboratory departments regionally; the status of conducting and delivering the results of MRI and CT scans regionally;...
  • Medical Cards
    1442. To ask the Minister for Health if he address the issue of reviewing medical cards for terminally ill patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/20]
  • Medicinal Products
    1443. To ask the Minister for Health if ionafornid treatment in the rare disease progeria will be licensed here; if the State will be providing the financial burden of hospitals providing such...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide medical grade face masks for citizens of 60 years of age and over in addition to persons with significant health conditions that are...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    1445. To ask the Minister for Health if details of the meetings and correspondence he has had with a body (details supplied) will be published; if advice he received from the officials in his...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the flu vaccine free of charge to all persons that request it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/20]
  • Proposed Legislation
    1447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring the patient safety Bill to Cabinet with a view to passing it as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20986/20]
  • Health Screening Programmes
    1448. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in implementing the recommendations of the Scally report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20987/20]
  • Prescriptions Charges
    1450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sign off on the agreed reduction in prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20989/20]
  • Dental Services
    1451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Kildare; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Kildare; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six months; and if he will...
  • Home Care Packages
    1454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting homecare support in County Kildare; the total number of hours allocated in each of the past 12 months in County Kildare; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a colonoscopy in Portlaoise Hospital; the number waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 and more than 90 days in tabular form;...
  • Hospital Staff
    1459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at Portlaoise Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time each vacancy has been unfilled in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Disability Services Data
    1461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO7; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form; and if he...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in CHO7; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular...
  • Respite Care Services
    1464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in County Kildare over each of the past 12 months; the number that has been provided in each month since...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Kildare that have reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; if any will not be in a position to...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1467. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Kildare in tabular form; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Advertising
    1469. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by same; if so, if he will provide the details of...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1470. To ask the Minister for Health if speech and language and other therapy will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Provision
    1471. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1085 of 14 July 2020, if the proposed or anticipated use of the land and buildings is in accordance with the wishes of...
  • National Children's Hospital
    1472. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the national children’s hospital project continues in line with the original contract and specification; the estimated costs...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress in relation to the next development phase of Naas General Hospital with particular reference to oncology and endoscopy and other...
  • Home Care Packages
    1474. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which homecare packages are likely to be enhanced to ensure best possible treatment for vulnerable age groups throughout the winter months; and...
  • Podiatry Services
    1475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
  • Ophthalmology Services
    1476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
  • Audiology Services
    1477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    1478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
  • Disability Services Data
    1479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available by CHO area in tabular form....
  • Occupational Therapy
    1486. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list in each local health area as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available...
  • Counselling Services
    1487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; and the number...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available;...
  • Mental Health Services
    1489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12,...
  • Home Help Service
    1491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; the way in which this compares to target in...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    1492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 30 July 2020 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...

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