Written answers
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
- Hospital Services
210. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity available for HSE patients in private mental healthcare facilities; the process to avail of same; the breakdown of bed capacity in each... - Hospital Staff
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies across the health service by CHO, hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27360/20] - Dental Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the status of representations he has had with representatives of dentists [27371/20] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
213. To ask the Minister for Health when proposed changes to the fair deal scheme to cap the charge to family farms and assets at three years will be implemented; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Policy
214. To ask the Minister for Health if a model of care has been drafted in respect of the national clinical programme for dual diagnosis; if it has been published; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational and regional breakdowns and associated costs of the 2,760 staff for 2020 and the 7,500 recruitment target for quarter 1 of 2021 outlined in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 22 September 2020, if other countries such as Denmark are using an app to record the number of close contacts a... - Medical Cards
217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the medical card threshold for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 advertisements do not feature hard-hitting messages on the impact of the virus similar to road safety and anti-smoking advertisements; his... - Health Promotion
219. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence that demonstrates the impact of anti-smoker advertisements; if the evidence shows that hard-hitting messages are more effective; and if he will... - Hospital Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting at emergency departments with suicide attempts, self-harm injuries and overdose by location in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020,... - Covid-19 Tests
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to employing swabbers and tracer teams; and if he will make a statement on... - Prescriptions Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to concerns (details supplied) in relation prescription dispensing changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27453/20] - Information and Communications Technology
223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not have a single integrated finance and procurement information technology system; his plans for ensuring a system will be put in... - Hospital Appointments Status
224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
225. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being considered to allow birthing partners to be present for the full labour and delivery of a child given that we will be living with Covid-19 for... - Hospital Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the €600 million announced as part of the winter plan that will be allocated to University Hospital Limerick; if a crisis response to... - Hospital Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency capacity protocols at University Hospital Limerick for winter 2020 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for removing the treatment abroad scheme funding for mesh-injured persons; the reason for removing funding for travel abroad for translabial scans;... - Health Services Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health the rehabilitative supports being made available to mesh-injured patients; if expedited pain management physio and counselling treatment will be delivered in... - Speech and Language Therapy
233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the fact that 75% of the available speech and language therapists in HSE community healthcare west are redeployed to either testing or... - Disability Support Services
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for services within the child development team for a considerable... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
235. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that patients who require medicinal cannabis will be in a position to secure it safely here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
236. To ask the Minister for Health when a urology consultation appointment will be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27546/20] - Departmental Expenditure
237. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house services; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
238. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the HSE or an agency (details supplied) that is recruiting for community swabbers and-or contact tracing; the body that will employ persons recruited... - Hospital Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health if a breakdown of the acute beds pledged under the HSE winter plan will be provided; the hospitals in which the 409 beds already in place are located; the date... - HSE Data
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 4.76 million additional home support hours that will be provided in each LHO area over the course of the HSE winter plan; and the number of... - Hospital Data
245. To ask the Minister for Health the available inpatient beds for each public and voluntary hospital; and the number of beds that are categorised as sub-acute by each hospital in tabular form.... - Covid-19 Tests
247. To ask the Minister for Health if testing for Covid-19 at designated centres such as meat factories and direct provision centres is compulsory for all personnel; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
248. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27592/20] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
249. To ask the Minister for Health when the nursing home support scheme will be progressed further; when the measures will take effect in legislation; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
250. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27621/20] - Legislative Reviews
251. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the persons, Departments or organisations that will be... - Legislative Measures
252. To ask the Minister for Health the status of commitments to introduce exclusion zones; if he has had further consultation with the Garda Commissioner on the matter; and if he will make a... - Palliative Care Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department for the provision of adult and paediatric palliative care in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the... - Assisted Suicide
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider directing the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics to investigate the ethical implications of assisted suicide, assisted dying and... - National Children's Hospital
255. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board from 1 January to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied access to primary care psychology services, which they have been referred to purely on the basis of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
257. To ask the Minister for Health the position of personal trainers working in gyms in Dublin during the current level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; the actions personal trainers can and cannot take... - Departmental Expenditure
258. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy subscriptions,... - Departmental Contracts
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports on media... - Hospital Staff
260. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no exit interview when a person leaves his or her employment in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is proper for a general practitioner to charge a medical card holder a fee of €60 to carry out a medical exam for a new driver... - Maternity Services
262. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a review of restrictions on maternity services in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/20]
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