Written answers
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
- Covid-19 Pandemic
249. To ask the Minister for Health if other alternatives were examined to ensure that non-compliant businesses were more effectively targeted rather than increasing the cost and administrative... - Hospital Appointments Status
251. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment. [22712/20] - Paediatric Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the paediatric diabetes nurse service in Tullamore and Mullingar hospitals (details supplied); and when this service will resume in either... - Counselling Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors and family support counsellors that have been hired to date with regard to the promised alcohol addiction treatment service... - Hospital Facilities
256. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in the number of spaces available in intensive care units since 1 January 2020. [22725/20] - Hospital Equipment
257. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in individual ventilator units available in hospitals since 1 January 2020. [22726/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason services are not being scheduled for a child with special needs (details supplied); the reason for the delay in view of the fact that they... - Hospital Procedures
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of kidney transplant surgeries carried out at CHI, Crumlin in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [22751/20] - Ophthalmology Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the expansion of community ophthalmology in each CHO. [22752/20] - Maternity Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of ensuring each maternity hospital has access to foetal anomaly screening; and the breakdown in terms of equipment and staff.... - Autism Support Services
262. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €2 million allocation was spent in 2020 to improve autism health services. [22758/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
263. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will review and relax their admissions policy for maternity hospitals and wards to allow new fathers attend the postnatal ward to... - Nursing Education
264. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will review their policy for student nurses renumeration and show regard to frontline workers that worked at the height of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
265. To ask the Minister for Health if a special provision will be made available for school principals to contact in relation to health-related queries and concerns in the school setting similar... - General Practitioner Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health when the expansion of general practitioner care without charges to all children aged 12 years of age and under will come into effect. [22816/20] - Medical Cards
267. To ask the Minister for Health when the increase to gross income limits for medical card eligibility for persons aged 70 years of age or older will come into effect. [22817/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22838/20] - Trade Fairs
270. To ask the Minister for Health when business to business trade fairs will be permitted to recommence. [22840/20] - Hospital Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision to relocate acute services for children in the national children’s hospital to other hospitals; if this is a permanent... - Disability Services Provision
272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will no longer be provided funding for care from 30 September 2020 despite the fact that they have severe disabilities... - Occupational Therapy
273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists hired from each university by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of graduates in... - Dental Services
274. To ask the Minister for Health if an alternative dental appointment can be provided by the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been refused care in a number of DTSS... - Medicinal Products
275. To ask the Minister for Health the date his Department received the final report by a company (details supplied) into its independent external review of the HSE medicine reimbursement... - Rare Diseases Strategy
277. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish an updated national rare disease plan as per the Programme for Government; when he expects to publish the plan; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the rheumatology department in University Hospital Kerry; and the length of time persons are awaiting an... - Rare Diseases Strategy
279. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the rare diseases technology review committee of the HSE; the meetings it has held to date in 2020, in tabular form; the meetings and... - Medicinal Products
280. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug osimertinib for lung cancer in a first line setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/20] - Health Services Staff
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the recruitment shortfall in the medical science profession; the reason for staff shortages in hospital laboratories; and if he has had... - Commencement of Legislation
282. To ask the Minister for Health when he will commence the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
283. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccine is available under the drugs payment scheme for an adult that has gone through a colposcopy and that has received a prescription for the HPV... - Covid-19 Pandemic
285. To ask the Minister for Health if a toddler group or play café can continue to operate in a parish hall or community centre for more than six persons; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Staff
287. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the restoration of pay for staff in outstanding section 39 funded organisations; the funding that has allocated for this in 2020 and 2021; the... - Prescriptions Charges
290. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned reduction in prescription charges from budget 2020; when it will be implemented; the additional funding that was provided to his... - Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a free contraception service, as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on the Eight Amendment to the Constitution; his plans to... - Prescriptions Charges
292. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing prescription charges for all persons to €1 per item with a cap of €10 and to €1.50 per item with a... - Hospital Charges
293. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of removing all inpatient hospital charges, all out patient hospital charges, all emergency hospital charges, all long-term stay... - Medical Cards
294. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards in 2021 to all terminally ill patients and those diagnosed with cancer, respectively; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
296. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the home support service in 2020; the number of home care packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a home care... - Vaccination Programme
297. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the 'flu vaccine programme in 2020; the additional costs arising from the recently announced measures; the number of doses expected to be provided... - General Practitioner Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to all children under 18; the status of the current roll-out programme; the additional funding... - Vaccination Programme
299. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults who have not received it but want to access it through their general practitioner; and if he... - Hospital Funding
300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current funding imbalance for University Hospital Limerick compared to other model 4 national hospitals to bring it to the national... - Data Protection
302. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a data protection impact assessment was not carried out prior to the public consultation on recommendations for the implementation of a national... - Patient Files
303. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed parameters for access to health data on the national electronic patient summary; if all healthcare professionals will have access to a patient's...
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