Written answers

Thursday, 1 October 2020

  • Prescriptions Charges
    257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the reduction in prescription charges in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Staff
    258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the roadmap for returning staff redeployed to Covid-19 duties back to their previous positions; and if he will make a statement...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    259. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for recruiting persons to perform swabbing duties in testing centres. [27710/20]
  • Home Care Packages
    262. To ask the Minister for Health the average duration spent on the waiting list in counties Longford and Westmeath from when a client or his or her representative or family submits an...
  • Abortion Services Provision
    265. To ask the Minister for Health if the three-day waiting period with respect to termination of pregnancy services remains in place; if there are no plans to amend or abolish same; and if he...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    267. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a regional breakdown of testing timelines by county from a request by a general practitioner to receipt of results by the patient [27762/20]
  • Medical Cards
    268. To ask the Minister for Health when the threshold for over-70s medical card applications will increase from €500 to €550 for a single person and from €900 to...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    269. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for allowing couples from County Donegal to have weddings outside the county but not to allow couples from outside the county to have their wedding...
  • Disability Services Data
    271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who were entitled to day services in 2019; the number of persons who availed of day services in 2019; the number of...
  • Respite Care Services
    272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were entitled to respite services in 2019; the number of persons who availed of respite services in 2019; the number of persons who...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    273. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he plans to lift Covid-19 restrictions for trade fairs and exhibitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27793/20]
  • Respite Care Services
    274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability who have been provided with respite care by county and by month to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    275. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which and the correspondence in which NPHET advised him that the lack of sick pay in some organisations and work settings was a concern with regard...
  • Hospital Data
    276. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of permanently increasing and staffing fully and on a permanent basis the number of acute beds to obtain 85% occupancy in the...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    278. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the current levels of nursing home care provided through the public health system. [27800/20]
  • Hospital Data
    281. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of subsidies paid to the private hospital network. [27803/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    282. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of conducting 200,000 Covid-19 tests per week through the existing network of State-owned and operated medical laboratories. [27805/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    284. To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which the Covid-19 pen-and-paper tracking and tracing system is currently configured; the estimated full-year cost of operating the system; if...
  • Health Services Staff
    285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health consultants in the employ of the public health service; and the estimated full-year cost of employing them. [27808/20]
  • Carer's Allowance
    286. To ask the Minister for Health the reason carer's allowance is taken into account as income in assessing the means for medical card applicants over 70 years of age; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services
    287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for additional investment in mental health services in budget 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
    288. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that were made while Covid-19 restrictions on travel were in place to accommodate persons using medicinal cannabis preparations under licence;...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    289. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has paid to a company (details supplied) in 2020; and the projects the spend was for in tabular form. [27853/20]
  • Health Screening Programmes
    290. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the clearing of the CervicalCheck backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27854/20]
  • HSE Staff
    291. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that will be made to staffing recruitment under the winter plan 2020-21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27855/20]
  • Emergency Departments
    292. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time in Beaumont Hospital emergency department during the period September 2019 to February 2020; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Provision
    352. To ask the Minister for Health the modular units due to open under the HSE winter plan 2020-21, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27920/20]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    353. To ask the Minister for Health the amount drawn down from the National Treatment Purchase Fund by month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    355. To ask the Minister for Health if more pedestrian access Covid-19 testing facilities will be made available in Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Galway and Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    356. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on PPE in each the months of January to September 2020; the amount his Department is expected to spend until year end 2020;...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of engagements, either in person or by virtual platform, he has had with a union (details supplied) since taking office; and if he will make a...
  • HSE Staff
    363. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decentralisation of staffing recruitment within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27931/20]
  • Nursing Staff
    364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing staff recruited on full-time contracts in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Consultancy Contracts
    367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants recruited on full-time contracts in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff
    368. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in each HSE hospital from January to September 2020, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27936/20]
  • Disability Services Provision
    371. To ask the Minister for Health the supports his Department has made available for persons with dementia or Alzheimer’s since the start of March 2020; and the supports planned for the...
  • General Practitioner Services
    373. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the practice of general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests, routine and otherwise, with some charges as high...
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    376. To ask the Minister for Health if a plan will be put forward to regulate the intracytoplasmic sperm medical sector taking into account the high cost and the high differential charges that...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary school children who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school...
  • Medical Cards
    382. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27994/20]
  • Maternity Services
    383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure partners can attend appointments and births with women who are expecting babies to provide them with support at this very important time...
  • Medical Cards
    384. To ask the Minister for Health the quantity of MSUD covered under the medical card for persons who have been diagnosed with maple syrup disorder (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Vaccination Programme
    385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the availability of adequate supplies of flu vaccine for the coming months. [28008/20]
  • Health Services Staff
    386. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the HSE using a recruitment firm (details supplied) to hire additional staff for the health service since the onset of...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    388. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28032/20]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dexcom G6 glucose monitoring systems are only available for those of certain ages through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Dental Services
    390. To ask the Minister for Health when the dental clinic will resume at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28034/20]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    391. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the free use of FreeStyle Libre diabetes technology to those above 21 years of age who are on the long-term illness scheme. [28041/20]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will activate all necessary means of attention and support for a person (details supplied); if the case will be immediately examined with a view to...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    393. To ask the Minister for Health when applications for the fair deal scheme will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28065/20]

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