Written answers

Tuesday, 29 September 2020

  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    748. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE is acting in an inconsistent and discriminatory way towards post-primary teachers and students by...
  • Third Level Education
    750. To ask the Minister for Health if those undertaking educational psychology and counselling psychology doctorates will receive grants and funding as is the case for clinical psychology...
  • Education Costs
    751. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being given to ending the disparity in financial support between clinical psychology doctoral courses and educational and counselling...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    752. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the amount Ireland has contributed to the RescEU stockpile to combat the Covid-19 crisis in Europe; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services Provision
    754. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) can revert to a respite house. [27081/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    755. To ask the Minister for Health the number of passenger locator forms filled in to date by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/20]
  • Hospital Facilities
    758. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he expects to meet the requirements of the hospital building programme including that which refers to Naas General Hospital and all other...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    759. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to meet the costs of the health capital programme in all areas nationwide in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Home Help Service
    760. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding will be made available for home help to ensure that elderly persons can remain in their own homes for as long as possible. [27117/20]
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    761. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the acid reducer drug Major Famotidine on the list of drugs covered under the general medical scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Dental Services
    762. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding for PPE is being provided to dental practices that cater for medical card patients; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    763. 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. [26290/20]
  • Maternity Services
    764. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to facilitate partners of pregnant women accompanying them to their maternity hospital appointments; the date on which these accompaniments will...
  • Hospital Services
    765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional ICU beds that have been provided since March 2020 nationally and in Naas General Hospital, respectively; the number of new hospital...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    766. To ask the Minister for Health if data (details supplied) will be provided regularly in order to increase public clarity and confidence in relation to the reasoning and decision making...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a refusal to be swabbed for Covid-19; the refusal rate at the centre; the legal powers of the HSE to...
  • Stroke Care
    768. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with a stroke related disability or who have had a stroke in Ireland; the area from which the figure comes from; if research has...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of therapist hours going to testing centre duties by each CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26319/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    771. To ask the Minister for Health when training services for patients with mental health challenges will be reopened; the reason for the delay in reopening these vital centres; and if an urgent...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    772. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made for those forced to travel long distances for Covid-19 tests, such as persons in west County Clare who are being called to a testing...
  • Health Services Staff
    773. To ask the Minister for Health when the anomaly of inferior terms and conditions offered to consultants in public health in comparison to the conditions of hospital consultants will be...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    774. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of level 3 Covid-10 restrictions and possible further restrictions on businesses (details supplied) in the Dublin area; and the guidance available...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    775. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26328/20]
  • Disability Services Provision
    776. To ask the Minister for Health the day services for persons with disabilities that remain closed; and the date that each centre is expected to reopen in tabular form. [26329/20]
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    779. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of speech and language therapist will be filled at west Limerick children's services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26354/20]
  • Home Help Service
    781. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding required to clear the home support waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26360/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    782. To ask the Minister for Health when the specific guidance will be published for those aged over 70 years of age under Covid-19 level 2 restrictions. [26362/20]
  • Care of the Elderly
    784. To ask the Minister for Health when the change to the presence on-site of a gerontologist and a registered nurse took place; the person or body responsible for the change in regulations...
  • Health Services Funding
    785. To ask the Minister for Health the possibility of funding for an organisation (details supplied) on a more sustainable basis through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Care of the Elderly
    786. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to delivering a carers guarantee to providing access to a core basket of supports including respite, home care and training to...
  • Carer's Leave
    787. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing an integrated statutory scheme for the provision of home and long-term care including the right to a carer needs...
  • Medical Cards
    788. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the carer general practitioner visit card to carers who are in receipt of the non-means tested carer’s...
  • Mobility Allowance
    789. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing the transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26399/20]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    790. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing additional funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund to enable it to be extended so that the number of...
  • National Carers' Strategy
    791. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reviewing and updating the national carers' strategy and the implementation of an action plan for the period 2020-23; and if...
  • Maternity Services
    793. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a maternity care Covid-19 taskforce to deal with such care during the Covid-19 crisis; and if not, the reason therefor. [26415/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    796. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a policy of the HSE to categorise a person as a close contact requiring testing and possibly self-isolation if he or she is identified as such by the...
  • Mental Health Policy
    798. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by a group (details supplied) regarding the discrepancies in funding for different avenues of third-level...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    799. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 tracker application will be updated such that when a person is identified as a close contact and takes the necessary action, his or her close...
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    802. To ask the Minister for Health if standardised format price lists for display in shops are to be implemented for the sale of tobacco products to consumers under the Public Health (Tobacco)...
  • Ambulance Service
    803. To ask the Minister for Health when the €350,000 allocated to the ambulance base in County Carlow which was committed to by the previous Government will be provided; when he expects...
  • Medical Cards
    804. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card patients are being charged €20 for a flu vaccine, which is meant to be free in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Occupational Therapy
    805. To ask the Minister for Health when progress will be made on reducing waiting times in counties Carlow and Kilkenny for occupational therapy assessments, especially for those in routine and...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    806. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address increased demand for Covid-19 tests and facilitating those who do not have transportation; if the current demand on the...
  • Vaccination Programme
    807. To ask the Minister for Health if the flu vaccine is being added to the school vaccination programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    808. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is being allocated to a service (details supplied) to cover extra costs involved in the recruitment of cleaners to comply with Covid-19 public...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    810. To ask the Minister for Health when progress will be made on reducing waiting times in early intervention speech and language therapy in counties Carlow and Kilkenny for assessments; if a...
  • Meat Processing Plants
    813. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which and the centres at which testing has taking place since 1 June 2020 in respect of serial Covid-19 testing at food processing plants; the...
  • National Public Health Emergency Team
    814. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all NPHET recommendations conveyed to him and his Department in respect of meat processing plants and the food processing industry; the actions...
  • Protected Disclosures
    815. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 15 September 2020, the number of protected disclosures made by HIQA staff directly to HIQA management in each of...
  • Dental Services
    816. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the legal opinion obtained by his Department in 1996 regarding the reason dental technicians cannot register with the Dental Council; and if...
  • Primary Care Centres
    818. To ask the Minister for Health if his policy position and that of the HSE regarding the development of primary care centres will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    819. To ask the Minister for Health if a summary of the evidence that sporting participation among children, especially team sports, can be a factor in the spread of Covid-19 cases will be...
  • Medical Cards
    820. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE clinical advisory group report on medical cards will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    821. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being made available to a person (details supplied) with disabilities whodoes not have access to their usual outlets or day care as a result of...
  • Mental Health Guidelines
    822. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for giving sedatives to persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26503/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    823. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget between 2007 and 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26507/20]
  • Departmental Funding
    825. To ask the Minister for Health the financial support provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) since 2010, on an annual basis. [26513/20]
  • Dental Services
    826. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the waiting times being imposed on children and their parents when availing of State provided orthodontic care in counties Mayo and...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    828. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26557/20]
  • European Health Insurance Card
    829. To ask the Minister for Health if an Irish citizen with a European health insurance card, formerly known as an E111 card, will be covered in the UK post Brexit [26559/20]
  • Hospital Data
    830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient discharges from hospitals in which patients were discharged to no fixed address including bed and breakfasts, hostels, hotels and so on...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    832. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to provide dentists in private practice with PPE; and if he will consider short-term supports for the sector to meet the increased cost...
  • Mental Health Services
    833. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered developing an out-of-hours crisis service to give persons quick and easy access to mental health services in addition to investment in...
  • Paediatric Services
    834. To ask the Minister for Health when a diabetic nurse in the paediatric ward of the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath will be appointed (details supplied). [26596/20]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    835. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the extended waiting list for patients awaiting appointments for ear, nose and throat procedures. [26597/20]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    836. 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. [26599/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    837. To ask the Minister for Health the reason teachers are not automatically tested when a student tests positive in a class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    839. To ask the Minister for Health the number of close contacts contacted via the Covid-19 tracker application since it was launched. [26602/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    840. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out testing of antibodies in the population to see the percentage that may have had Covid-19 similar to a system in Germany. [26603/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    842. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 testing units have not been opened at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26607/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    843. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Irish-produced Covid-19 testing kits with a 99% accuracy rate and a result in ten minutes are not being used in place of the PCR test which is known...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    844. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 testers in the Ballymullen test centre, Tralee, County Kerry are not provided with the FFP2 face masks in view of their close contact with...
  • HSE Staff
    845. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1031 of 8 September 2020, if the HSE plans to employ more psychology staff; if it has attempted to employ additional...
  • Hospital Staff
    846. To ask the Minister for Health when up to 500 unfilled consultant posts will be filled; and when the pay inequity in which persons employed after 2012 get paid less will end. [26616/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    847. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are attending for testing at Covid-19 test centres are recording the testing process and staff...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    848. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation that took place in a school (details supplied) on 16 September 2020; and if he will provide a clear explanation in relation to...
  • Protected Disclosures
    849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made to his Department by nursing home staff in relation to Covid-19 in 2020 [26640/20]
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public submissions made to the expert panel on nursing homes established by his predecessor earlier in 2020; the progress of the panel to date;...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    851. To ask the Minister for Health the process for Covid-19 testing specifically for routine testing in nursing homes; the location swabs are sent; the average wait time; and the longest wait...
  • Medical Cards
    857. To ask the Minister for Health the changes made to the criteria of medical card applications; when the change will be commenced and introduced for new applications; and if he will make a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    858. To ask the Minister for Health if drug and alcohol support groups will be exempt from the ban on indoor gatherings under level 3 of restrictions as an essential service which can operate in...
  • Health Services Charges
    859. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26690/20]
  • Medicinal Products
    860. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of teduglutide for children with short bowel syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26691/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    861. To ask the Minister for Health if the flu vaccine for children aged two to twelve will be made available for free for the 2021 winter period and beyond; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    862. To ask the Minister for Health when the construction of a new acute mental health unit at Sligo University Hospital will be completed; the estimated cost of the project; and if he will make...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    863. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the actions of an employer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26694/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff from mental health services that have been seconded to work in the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; and the number of community mental...
  • General Practitioner Services
    866. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot access a family general practitioner in their locality [26743/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    870. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons in County Clare are being forced to travel to Limerick city to access testing for Covid-19 when there is a testing centre in Cusack Park,...
  • Medicinal Products
    872. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the only treatment for persons with dry age-related macular degeneration disease, MacuShield, is not covered by the medical card reimbursement...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    873. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available for type 1 through the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [26755/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    874. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funding streams available for persons who contract Covid-19 abroad and incur medical expenses in their treatment. [26767/20]
  • HSE Functions
    875. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the national psychology placement office within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26780/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    876. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to see if a person who has tested positive for Covid-19 has not observed the isolation period, potentially infecting others by using the...
  • Mental Health Services
    878. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent local psychology services will be made available to the population of Maynooth, County Kildare in view of the urgent need to provide such services...
  • Medical Cards
    879. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied). [26816/20]
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    880. To ask the Minister for Health if calls for an increase in core funding for the drug and alcohol task forces (details supplied) will be supported with regard to budget 2021; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    881. To ask the Minister for Health when the day care services in counties Laois and Offaly will reopen, in particular the day care centre in Mountmellick; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Research and Training
    882. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions are in place for medical students studying abroad who are returning home due to Covid-19 to complete their practical training within the medical...
  • Health Services
    884. To ask the Minister for Health the medical assessment units, urgent care centres and minor injuries clinics that have extended hours of opening to weekends since 2017, in tabular form. [26826/20]
  • Hospital Facilities
    885. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the expansion and upgrade of the intensive care unit at Tallaght University Hospital; when works will commence; and the...
  • Disability Services Provision
    886. To ask the Minister for Health when early intervention services, including consultations, and the intake of new clients will resume in view of the fact the waiting list is over a year; and...
  • Hospital Facilities
    887. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of doubling the number of beds in the national burns unit at St. James's Hospital. [26847/20]
  • Hospital Staff
    889. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of a full-time craniofacial surgeon for paediatrics at Children’s Health Ireland, Temple Street. [26849/20]
  • Ambulance Service
    890. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing, equipping and staffing 18 additional ambulances. [26850/20]
  • Medical Cards
    891. To ask the Minister for Health when the adjusted income limits for over 70s medical cards will come into force (details supplied). [26872/20]
  • Home Help Service
    892. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in County Wexford; the number of clients who received home help; the number of hours provided by the HSE; the number of...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    894. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in drug or alcohol abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic; if his Department has received representations from...
  • Suicide Incidence
    895. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the suicide rate here during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if his Department has received representations from...
  • Ministerial Appointments
    896. To ask the Minister for Health if vetting was conducted of the experts appointed by the previous Minister for Health to the expert panel on nursing homes established in 2020. [26888/20]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    897. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 15 October 2019, the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by...
  • Autism Support Services
    898. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no diagnostic pathway for adults with query diagnosis of autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26901/20]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    900. To ask the Minister for Health when cancer treatment in Galway University Hospital will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    901. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to introduce the Dexcom G5 CGM transmitter for patients with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26904/20]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    902. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Temple Street hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26905/20]
  • Disability Services Funding
    904. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will financially support Milltown House, Carndonagh, County Donegal to reopen its hydrotherapy pool; if his attention has been drawn to the serious...
  • Hospital Facilities
    905. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the upgrade works to Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal. [26914/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    908. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 9 September 2020, the National Immunisation Office policy on the availability of the HPV vaccine for an adult who...
  • Counselling Services
    909. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation in 2020 for the counselling in primary care service for each of the nine community healthcare organisations; the amount in each CHO...
  • Primary Care Centres
    910. To ask the Minister for Health when the commencement of the building of the primary healthcare centre in Finglas on the site of the Church of the Annunciation will take place; and if he will...
  • National Children's Hospital
    912. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the delay to the construction of the new children’s hospital due to Covid-19; the amount this delay and halting in construction added to...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    913. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought or will be seeking for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to extend the Covid-19-related pension abatement waiver for HSE rehires...
  • Health Services Provision
    914. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Monasterevin, County Kildare in the courier service for blood samples to Naas Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • General Practitioner Services
    915. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for general practitioners to refer patients directly for MRI scans in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26970/20]
  • Primary Care Centres
    916. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make provision for a primary care centre in Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26971/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    917. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of the flu vaccine is delayed until 29 September 2020 and that due to quantity issues the number of flu vaccines that can be ordered by general...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    918. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a Covid-19 testing centre in the south County Kildare that is convenient to persons of north Laois and south Kildare; and if he will make...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    919. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring legislative changes in respect of the nursing home support scheme before Dáil Éireann that will cap contributions based on...
  • Dental Services
    921. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to deal with the under-resourcing of the HSE community dental service compounded by the redeployment of dentists from the service to...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    922. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move to saliva-based testing for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26989/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    923. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a programme to support nursing and other residential homes which are being impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic to improve ICT facilities...
  • Diabetes Strategy
    924. To ask the Minister for Health when the resumption of normal diabetes reviews in hospitals and primary care will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26994/20]
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    926. To ask the Minister for Health if officials from the drugs policy unit of his Department have met with which addiction recovery support meeting event organisers and stakeholders regarding...
  • Disability Services Provision
    932. To ask the Minister for Health when early intervention services for children with Downs syndrome will resume (details supplied). [27023/20]
  • General Practitioner Services
    933. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a general practitioner service in Milltown, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27033/20]
  • Hospital Data
    935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that saw a consultant, by type, in the first eight months of 2020; the number and breakdown for same in 2019; and if he will make a...
  • Vaccination Programme
    936. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost in 2021 of a total population vaccination campaign, assuming near 100% uptake with reasonable exceptions for those that cannot be...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    937. To ask the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure incurred by his Department to date; and if this will be counted a pre-committed expenditure for Budget 2021. [27042/20]
  • Ministerial Advisers
    939. To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities...
  • Dental Services
    940. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing early years dental screening of younger children (details supplied) for orofacial myofunction disorders; and if...
  • Disability Services Provision
    941. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child development clinics and associated services which took place in the first eight months of 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Consultant Contracts
    942. To ask the Minister for Health when a second consultant endocrinologist will be appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27078/20]
  • Health Services
    943. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27084/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    944. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of each Covid-19 testing centre or testing facility in the State by county. [27103/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    945. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines for persons when a member of their household displays symptoms of Covid-19; if they should self-isolate until a negative test is returned; if...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    947. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a Covid-19 test in County Wicklow from the initial referral to receiving the test results; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Consultant Contracts
    949. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant obstetrician posts within the public health service; the estimated full yearly cost of filling the vacancies in tabular form....
  • Health Services Staff
    950. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant child psychiatrist posts within CHO8. [27136/20]
  • Organ Transplant Services
    951. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart transplants that were carried out in the Mater Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [27137/20]
  • Disabilities Assessments
    952. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to an assessment of needs on compassionate grounds for a child (details supplied). [27147/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    953. To ask the Minister for Health if the restrictions will be reviewed and amended with regard to chosen partners being allowed accompany and offer support to women in labour in maternity...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    954. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27165/20]
  • Medical Cards
    956. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 10 September 2020, when the relevant section will be commenced of the Health (General Practitioner Service and...
  • Hospital Services
    957. To ask the Minister for Health if the complete full removal of vaginal mesh is carried out in Ireland; and if so, the number of such procedures carried successfully in 2020. [27170/20]
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    960. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme has been withdrawn to women that have transvaginal mesh; and if so, when the scheme was withdrawn; and the reason therefor....
  • Hospital Services
    961. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a hip replacement operation at the Adelaide and Meath hospitals. [27175/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    962. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 testing centres in north County Cork will be reinstated. [27189/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    963. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to pay student nurses on placement during the Covid-19 pandemic. [27191/20]
  • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
    965. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of oversight in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27216/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    966. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult and child flu vaccine doses respectively received by the HSE to date in September 2020; the number that have been distributed to doctors...
  • Disability Support Services
    967. To ask the Minister for Health the date when each adult disability training centre in CHO2 will be reopened to all users post the Covid-19 closure; the reason for the delay in reopening...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    968. 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. [27221/20]
  • Physiotherapy Services
    969. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE early intervention physiotherapist services which has been impacted by Covid-19 will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27222/20]
  • Hospital Equipment
    970. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy as a treatment option to all eligible adults with type 1 diabetes; the...
  • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
    971. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medicinal cannabis; the position regarding the delivery of medicinal cannabis by the HSE nationwide originating from another EU state;...
  • Hospital Equipment
    972. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy as a treatment option to all eligible adults with type 1 diabetes;...
  • Medical Waste Disposal
    973. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinical waste yellow bin will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27241/20]
  • Hospital Staff
    974. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a scoliosis surgeon in Cork University Hospital; if not, the reason for this; and if there are plans to recruit one. [27243/20]
  • Hospital Services
    975. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding bed capacity at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a...
  • General Practitioner Services
    977. To ask the Minister for Health when ShannonDoc will reopen in Roscrea, County Tipperary. [27281/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    979. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum distance persons have to travel to get a Covid-19 test; his views on whether it is suitable that some persons have to travel 100 km for a test; and...
  • Medical Cards
    981. To ask the Minister for Health when the income eligibility levels for qualification for a medical card for those over 70 years of age will be increased as was provided for in the health...
  • Autism Support Services
    982. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed. [27287/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    983. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the flu vaccine has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27288/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    985. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time from being tested for Covid-19 to the patient receiving their results in CHO9. [27293/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    986. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds available in crisis mental health services by CHO in tabular form. [27297/20]
  • Hospital Admissions
    987. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an instance in which a frontline worker who had a broken bone had to wait a number of days to be treated; his views on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    988. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding contract tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27300/20]
  • Mental Health Services
    989. To ask the Minister for Health if he will exempt psychologists working within the mental health services in north Dublin for redeployment to test centres in view of the fact that many mental...
  • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
    990. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements have been made whilst Covid-19 restrictions on travel are in place to accommodate persons using medicinal cannabis preparations under licence;...
  • Palliative Care Services
    992. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of establishing an inpatient palliative care hospice for the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27334/20]
  • Vaccination Programme
    993. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for persons in County Clare getting access to their yearly flu vaccination; when the vaccine will be rolled out; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Cards
    994. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with stage four cancer are being refused access to a medical card; his plans to rectify the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Staff
    995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests on hand from his Department and from State agencies under the aegis of his Department for approval to increase staff levels; the number...

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