Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Covid-19 Pandemic
682. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials and representatives from NPHET will accede to the request by a federation (details supplied) for a meeting to discuss its plan to increase the... - Health Services Charges
683. To ask the Minister for Health if a €4 daily charge paid by service users for transport to HSE day services for older persons, disability and mental health services applies to all CHO... - Covid-19 Pandemic
684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the 113 plus schools experiencing Covid-19 infections and clusters; the breakdown of infection amongst teachers, students, staff and SNAs;... - Dental Services
686. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24699/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
687. 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. [24700/20] - Health Screening Programmes
688. To ask the Minister for Health when the BreastCheck screening service will recommence; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of early detection of breast cancer in women over 50... - Covid-19 Tests
689. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the HSE decision to suspend Covid-19 testing at food processing plants made on 8 September 2020; the manner in which the... - Occupational Therapy
690. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive occupational and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24706/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
691. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24708/20] - Nursing Staff
692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the nursing pay scale in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products
693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider ordering an enquiry into the use of the drug epilim by pregnant women to ascertain the number of families impacted by negative side effects... - Mental Health Services
694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the guidelines for the reopening of mental health day services and training centres; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in CAMHS filled or unfilled on a weekly basis from January 2019 to date by CHO area in tabular form; the reason for the empty beds; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
696. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out quantitative health risk assessments on the use of face masks; if so, if the results of those assessments are available to... - Stroke Care
697. To ask the Minister for Health the work carried out by the HSE on a costed five-year strategy for stroke in the key areas of prevention, acute care, rehabilitation and restoration to health;... - Autism Support Services
698. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) can expect to get an assessment for autism for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24730/20] - Paediatric Services
699. To ask the Minister for Health if extra capacity for paediatric beds in South Tipperary General Hospital will be reinstated to pre-Covid-19 levels; when this will occur; and if he will make... - Home Care Packages
700. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of clearing homecare package waiting lists [24758/20] - Health Services Staff
701. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to hire 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists, respectively [24759/20] - HSE Waiting Lists
702. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear assessment of needs waiting lists for children with autism [24760/20] - Hospital Expenditure
703. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of adding 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network [24761/20] - Medical Cards
704. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a complete medical card renewal process for persons with conditions that cannot change; the consideration that can be given to an automatic... - Covid-19 Tests
705. To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 test centre will be opened in Drogheda, County Louth in view of the ongoing pandemic; the number of persons being referred for testing; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
706. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to assist recovery support groups to find alternative facilities for their meetings in cases in which usual meeting places are not... - Medicinal Products
707. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of fluphenazine decanoate as a treatment for schizophrenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24787/20] - Maternity Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health the maternity hospitals in which values clarification workshops have taken place from 2018 to date in 2020; the number of HSE staff that have participated in... - HSE Funding
709. To ask the Minister for Health if a funding review of a school (details supplied) will be carried out following a recent visit as there is a large deficit between the HSE funding and the... - Health Services Staff
710. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay [24793/20] - Medicinal Products
712. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE executive management team will reconsider supporting the reimbursement of dupilumab dupixent for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic... - Health Services Provision
713. To ask the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in locations (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24809/20] - Dental Services
714. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for orthodontic treatment in the Bagenalstown, County Carlow area (details supplied) [24817/20] - Medical Cards
716. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a pensioner with a medical card who cannot avail of the free blood test in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin due to mobility issues can be charged... - Hospital Appointments Status
717. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a date for advanced cataract surgery [24831/20] - Disability Support Services
718. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties and cuts in supports for the disability care sector due to Covid-19 and the resulting social distance... - Health Services Expenditure
719. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting patients requiring psychiatric services at St. Luke’s, Kilkenny and accompanying staff from South Tipperary General Hospital to... - Drug Treatment Programmes
721. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the Cara Lodge drug rehabilitation centre in west County Cork; and if he will put in place a strategy for the reopening of same... - Primary Care Centres
722. To ask the Minister for Health if the primary care centre in Haymarket Centre, Drogheda, County Louth is still available to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24848/20] - Health Services Staff
723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s disease specialist nurses that will be employed under the enhanced community care fund (details supplied); if there will be an... - Medical Cards
724. To ask the Minister for Health if the higher income threshold for eligibility to a medical card for over 70s introduced in Budget 2020 has been applied; if not, when it will be applied; and... - Care Services
725. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure persons and their carers receive full-time help and facilities without delay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Support Services
726. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the reduced number of hours for a person (details supplied) at a service; if the reduction is due to staff shortages; if so, his plans to... - Special Educational Needs Staff
727. To ask the Minister for Health if the Carmora service in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin is short-staffed; if so, the reason; if the HSE is responding to the need for additional staffing... - Respite Care Services
728. To ask the Minister for Health if the respite hours available to users of the Carmora services in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin have been reduced; if so, the reason for same; and if he... - Care of the Elderly
729. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the day care centres for the elderly will be reopened safely without further delay (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service
731. To ask the Minister for Health the reason qualified PHECC registered advanced paramedics are not being recruited into the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
732. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure instant communication is made with the HSE when a student is tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
733. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24878/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
734. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1007 of 14 July 2020, the criteria the National Women and Infants Health Programme is using to justify the continuation... - General Practitioner Services
736. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners are not facilitating the two week and six week post-natal check for women and... - Health Services Staff
738. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional Vascular Physiologist for South Tipperary General Hospital [24922/20] - Care of the Elderly
739. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the mental health of residents in nursing homes [24930/20] - Suicide Incidence
741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that died by suicide by age, gender and CHO area in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Maternity Services
742. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore maternity services in full for women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24936/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
743. To ask the Minister for Health if additional ringfenced funding will be committed to for mental health services for those that have given birth during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will... - Covid-19 Tests
745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the measures taken to date as a consequence of the HSE publication Covid-19 Testing and Tracing: Roadmap to enhance capacity and turnaround... - Hospital Appointments Status
756. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic appointment for a procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the routine or... - Prescriptions Charges
758. To ask the Minister for Health when the reduction of prescription charges announced in Budget 2020 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25043/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
759. To ask the Minister for Health if gyms and dance studios will be closed if a county enters phase 3 of the Covid-19 roadmap [25048/20] - Dental Services
761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that held contracts for the dental treatment service scheme in County Wexford in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in... - HSE Regional Service Plans
763. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new elective hospital for Cork in view of submissions made by the HSE with regards to potential locations; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Funding
764. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the development of a new elective hospital in Cork by way of the HSE providing a suitable site and that the building will be... - Medical Cards
766. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is necessary for the holders of medical cards with lifelong medical conditions such as Down syndrome to have to fill out forms regularly to renew... - Covid-19 Pandemic
767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consult with NEPHET with a view to bringing forward a proposal to the effect that a privately run maths grind class for 30 students can take place... - Drug Treatment Programmes
768. To ask the Minister for Health if regulations or legal requirements are in place to prevent the establishment of rehabilitation centres close to schools, residential areas and public houses;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
771. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 15 September 2020, if the trials (details supplied) can go ahead; and if there are certain regulations the... - Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
772. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to compensate persons that developed narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/20] - Health Services Staff
773. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nurses that answered the HSE Be On Call campaign and were placed in the health service are working on expired... - Covid-19 Pandemic
774. To ask the Minister for Health the relevant authorities, for example, An Garda Síochána or the Health and Safety Authority, responsible for enforcing the provisions of the S.I. No.... - Diabetes Strategy
775. To ask the Minister for Health when the resumption of normal diabetes reviews in hospitals and primary care settings will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic
777. To ask the Minister for Health when day centres that cater for disabled and mental health adults will reopen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25184/20] - Hospital Waiting Lists
778. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a young child who has been waiting over a year for a crucial operation; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
779. To ask the Minister for Health the resources planned as part of the Living with Covid Plan and in the context of Budget 2021 to ensure increases in staffing in mental health services, the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
780. To ask the Minister for Health the outcomes or recommendations of the women’s health taskforce for endometriosis patients; the measures in place to deal with long waiting lists and... - Health Services
781. To ask the Minister for Health when developmental checks for children previously administered by the HSE will recommence; the estimated number of checks missed; the number of checks and... - Primary Care Centres
783. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the extension of the primary care centre in Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25227/20] - Covid-19 Tests
785. To ask the Minister for Health the status of testing and tracing capacity here; the extent to which demand is pressing on available resources; the planned additional resources anticipated to... - Mental Health Services
786. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting a patient with a nurse from South Tipperary General Hospital to the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny; the amount spent of the... - Hospital Facilities
787. To ask the Minister for Health if provision for a special room to accommodate patients presenting with mental health difficulties can now be provided with the extra investment to help reduce... - Hospital Expenditure
788. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of refurbishment works carried out at St. Michael’s Hospital, Clonmel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25275/20] - Disability Support Services
789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding day care services for adults with special needs and disabilities; and if he will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services
790. To ask the Minister for Health the specialist mental health cover being provided at South Tipperary General Hospital; if a specialist nurse and doctor are available at the hospital 24/7; the... - Hospital Data
791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with mental health difficulties presenting to South Tipperary General Hospital emergency department over the past two years; the numbers... - Covid-19 Tests
792. To ask the Minister for Health the average Covid-19 test turnaround by county and nationally from general practitioner referral to communication of results for community testing in each week... - Hospital Services
793. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultations at the breast clinic in Cork University Hospital are operating at full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25320/20] - Departmental Reports
795. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2015 Preparedness of Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland for an Influenza Pandemic: an Infection Control Perspective Report that... - Covid-19 Tests
796. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place to ensure Covid-19 testing undertaken at private hospitals is shared with the HSE in order that contact tracing can be... - Proposed Legislation
797. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on legislation to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 in order to end discrimination and obstacles against non-EU trained... - Primary Care Centres
798. To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the Tullow primary care centre, serving Tullow, Rathvilly and Hacketstown, will commence; if it was previously approved for construction... - Covid-19 Tests
800. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons tested here for Covid-19 since the beginning of the outbreak [25327/20] - Vaccination Programme
801. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner practices are facing quantity restrictions on the amount of flu vaccines they can... - Covid-19 Tests
802. To ask the Minister for Health if weekly Covid-19 testing turnaround time data will be published as is done in other jurisdictions similar to the daily and weekly reporting of Covid-19... - Covid-19 Pandemic
803. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 infection advice will be provided for a person (details supplied). [25349/20] - Covid-19 Tests
804. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational grade of all persons employed for Covid-19 testing; the number at each grade; the additional hires being provided for as indicated in the Plan... - Covid-19 Pandemic
805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 700 swabbers and 500 contact tracers outlined in the Plan for Living with Covid-19 that have been hired; the number in a pool; when all 1,300... - Health Services Staff
806. To ask the Minister for Health if staff hired as part of a dedicated Covid-19 testing workforce that come from other parts of the health service will be replaced; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Tests
807. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated percentage of the population which lives within one hour of a Covid-19 swab test centre; the estimated percentage which will have access to the... - Hospital Funding
809. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the refurbishment of the accident and emergency department of Tullamore Regional Hospital. [25364/20] - Health Services
810. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed and a service provided for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25365/20] - Speech and Language Therapy
811. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of redeploying speech and language therapists and other allied health professionals to Covid-19 testing will be ceased; if his attention has... - Covid-19 Pandemic
812. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter the Covid-19 tracking app to allow users to clearly see the number of close contacts that their app records on a daily basis in order to... - Health Services Provision
813. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to calls by persons living with amyloidosis to take actions (details supplied) with reference to the HSE amyloidosis working... - Hospital Waiting Lists
815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant cardiologist at St. James's Hospital; and the average waiting to see the consultant. [25402/20] - Health Services
816. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); the days the service is operating and the location; if the matter will be clarified; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service
817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls made for an ambulance in the area covered by the Thurles ambulance depot between 8 am and 8 pm on 5 September 2020; and if he will make a... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
818. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place between both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland for contact tracing as it relates to cross-Border workers; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
820. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place in circumstances in which a person works here but lives in Northern Ireland and is a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case at the... - Hospital Charges
822. To ask the Minister for Health the charge per night for a private patient that occupied a trolley on a corridor at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
823. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1150 of 30 July 2020, the status of the compensation scheme for the families of the frontline healthcare workers that... - Drugs Payment Scheme
828. To ask the Minister for Health when the planned reduction of the drugs payment scheme threshold will take place; the reason he has claimed that the achievement of this measure predicated on... - Covid-19 Pandemic
829. To ask the Minister for Health if there are specific Covid-19 testing protocols for babies and toddlers; if so, the protocols; and if not, the reason therefor; and if protocols will be drawn... - Hospital Services
830. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an OCG review of a capital approval for a new cath lab in UHW given in September 2018 should now be required (details supplied); the reason it... - Medical Cards
832. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of medical card eligibility has been launched; if so, the number of medical cards under review; the number of cards that have been extended... - Nursing Home Accommodation
833. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing homes with high levels of vacant beds will be considered for use to alleviate pressure on the hospital system as stepdown facilities in view of the... - Health Services
834. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount it will cost to maintain the current pre-Covid-19 levels of service provision across the health service in 2021 in view of demographic... - Prescriptions Charges
835. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50 [25506/20] - Drugs Payment Scheme
836. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the DPS threshold to €50 and €100, respectively [25507/20] - Emergency Departments
837. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing accident and emergency charges. [25510/20] - Dental Services
838. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to reinstate the 2008 dental treatment services scheme [25511/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
839. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in order to better facilitate education within the community around Covid-19 to see that the rationale behind guidelines issued to the... - Hospital Facilities
840. To ask the Minister for Health when the 60-bed modular unit will be completed at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25515/20] - Addiction Treatment Services
841. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative accommodation has been secured for a service (details supplied) in view of the fact the long-term leases for the properties have expired [25559/20] - General Practitioner Services
842. To ask the Minister for Health if a deal has been done between an organisation (details supplied) and general practitioners regarding charges for letters to be written [25561/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
843. To ask the Minister for Health when essential services such as early intervention assessment and speech and language therapy will recommence; his views on whether Covid-19 restrictions are... - Hospital Appointments Status
844. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25589/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
845. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of Covid-19 cases nationally including the sectors and industries that the persons work in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25593/20] - Addiction Treatment Services
848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons working in the addiction services that have requested naloxone training; and the number working in the addiction services that have... - Hospital Staff
854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant radiologists working in Mullingar Regional Hospital [25633/20] - Ambulance Service
855. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance from when a call is placed to emergency services to when an ambulance arrives at the scene; and if he will make a... - Addiction Treatment Services
856. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the review of a centre (details supplied); the date by which the review is due to be complete; and the date on which the centre is due to reopen...
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