Written answers
Thursday, 19 November 2020
- Covid-19 Pandemic
293. To ask the Minister for Health if, arising from the recommendation on a co-ordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic arising from the... - Home Help Service
295. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home support services will be provided for a person (details supplied). [37418/20] - Health Services Provision
296. To ask the Minister for Health if child health and development checks have resumed; if so, the extent to which they have resumed; if they have not resumed, when they will; the plans for... - Dental Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that medical card holders in Birr, County Offaly are unable to access to dental treatment in the area; the interventions that can... - Health Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health the operation times of a service (details supplied) in counties Cavan Monaghan and Meath; the status of the service; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
300. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37460/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of a potential vaccine against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37469/20] - Social Welfare Payments Administration
303. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the requirement of a digital signature for collection of social welfare payments has been reintroduced; and if... - Health Screening Programmes
304. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women from across the country who are awaiting urgent breast ultrasounds and mammograms are arriving to... - Health Services Staff
305. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE per hour to section 39 agencies for personal assistants. [37487/20] - General Practitioner Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of the only general practitioner practice in Rathwire, County Westmeath; and if he plans to provide a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
307. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that his Department is considering in respect of tackling vaccine reticence in view of recent announcements regarding progress on the search for a... - Hospital Appointments Status
308. 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. [37510/20] - Health Services Provision
309. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen gay men's health services as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37506/20] - Medical Cards
310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/20] - Nursing Staff
311. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) on nurses pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37527/20] - Medical Cards
312. To ask the Minister for Health if the matter on charges being levied on medical card holders by dentists and opticians will be clarified; if these additional charges can be claimed back from... - Departmental Contracts
313. To ask the Minister for Health the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary organisations; the number of... - Cancer Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding to be allocated to cancer services in the HSE Winter Plan 2020-2021; the way in which the funding will be allocated within cancer services in... - Covid-19 Tests
315. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to his Department of carrying out Covid-19 tests; the breakdown of the constituent costs of each part of the tests; and if the prices are in... - Ministerial Correspondence
316. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all ministerial engagements; if he will publish his diaries from 27 June 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
317. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on communications specifically on Covid-19; the number of communication officers employed by the HSE specifically to deal with public health... - Respite Care Services
318. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that will be allocated to open a respite centre (details supplied) in 2021; when the respite centre will open; and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic
320. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations being given to the resumption of in person church services upon return to level 3 as part of the resilience and recovery document; and if he... - Vaccination Programme
321. To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity in the State to store vaccines below 80 degrees. [37610/20] - Health Services Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37612/20] - Vaccination Programme
323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1191 of 30 July 2020, the number of adult and child vaccines respectively that have been administered to date; his plans... - Proposed Legislation
324. To ask the Minister for Health when the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill will be published; the measures he plans to adopt on e-cigarettes in view of the Health... - Nursing Education
325. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rate of remuneration for nurses on internships has been reduced from €14 in 2019 to €9.48 in 2020 particularly as nurses going on... - Organ Transplant Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organ transplants in 2020 by type compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
327. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that the EU cross-border directive on health-care remains in place post-Brexit with particular reference to Northern Ireland... - Cancer Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being used to educate, advise and caution in promoting awareness of the symptoms of lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - HIV-AIDS Programmes
330. To ask the Minister for Health the details of locations at which persons may access a free HIV test; the details of waiting lists by location for HIV tests; and if delays in HIV testing... - Hospital Staff
331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession at each public or voluntary hospital as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he... - Health Services Staff
332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession in each CHO and LHO as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
333. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to eligibility for medical cards for those with a terminal diagnosis; if so, his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Provision
334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the delay in proving the results of tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37731/20] - Hospital Facilities
335. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed capital investment at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37735/20] - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
336. To ask the Minister for Health if a licence will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/20] - Hospital Waiting Lists
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of units similar to St. Louise’s unit at Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin that are outside of Dublin; the location of each; the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
340. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing measures on an all-island basis to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic following the signing of the memorandum of...
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