Written answers
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- Disability Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health his priorities relating to disability services for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/20] - Disability Services Funding
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the counties needing investment in disability services in tabular form; the way in which the needs are being prioritised; and if he will... - Mental Health Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of total national budgetary spend allocated to mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38975/20] - National Children's Hospital
188. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the drawdown of approved spending to date by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; the estimated scheduling of outstanding moneys... - Covid-19 Pandemic
189. To ask the Minister for Health if women who are 28 weeks pregnant are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill should they contract Covid-19; the information the HSE has on the issue;... - Eating Disorders
192. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient services available for under 18s presenting with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38933/20] - General Practitioner Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE to issue an instruction to all general practitioners to cease charging the holders of general practitioner cards or medical cards for... - Counselling Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider offering psychological supports and counselling to women who have had abortions and to doctors and medics who have performed abortions,... - Abortion Services Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ministerial notifications he has received under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if all ministerial... - Home Help Service
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively, who have been approved for home help services but are still on the waiting list; and the... - Dental Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists employed by the HSE to provide a service to medical card holders and to schoolchildren in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively; and... - National Educational Psychological Service
206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of preschool and school-going age children between four and 18 year years of age waiting to be seen by a psychologist in counties Laois and Offaly,... - Health Services
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively on waiting lists for occupational therapy services; the number waiting in excess of six, 12,... - Mental Health Services
210. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health funding announced in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38976/20] - National Public Health Emergency Team
219. To ask the Minister for Health the members of NPHET representing the views of the mental health services; the mental health expertise within NPHET; and if he will make a statement on the... - Substance Misuse
220. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an increase in the request for substance abuse support services since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products
222. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a multi-stakeholder group to examine the efficacy of mandated risk minimisation methods in respect of... - Hospital Appointments Status
225. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been referred to the orthopaedic public waiting list will secure an appointment. [39021/20] - Hospital Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time physiotherapists working in University Hospital Limerick in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if the number will be increased in... - Health Services Staff
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time dental nurses working in CHO 3 in 2018, 2019 and to-date in 2020, in tabular form; and the number of vacant dental nurse posts... - Health Screening Programmes
228. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that trials and pilot programmes in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands... - Electronic Cigarettes
229. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the findings (details supplied) of a recent Health Research Board report, published on 12 October 2020; and his plans to... - Public Procurement Contracts
232. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his... - Abortion Services Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Health the process for a woman to report a medical complication after an at-home abortion; if such reports are recorded by general practitioners, sexual health or... - Covid-19 Pandemic
246. To ask the Minister for Health if wedding numbers will be increased to 50 in the event of an easing of restrictions to level 3. [39084/20] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report regarding meetings he or his officials have held with the board or management of a facility (details supplied) to seek to alleviate... - Covid-19 Pandemic
248. To ask the Minister for Health the investigations that have been carried out regarding outbreaks of Covid-19 in meat processing plants since August 2020; if he will provide all documentation... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
250. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been instances whereby meat processing plants have not alerted public health if they are informed of or suspect cases of Covid-19 among the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
251. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational health and translation services have been contracted by all meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39102/20] - Veterinary Inspection Service
252. To ask the Minister for Health the role Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine veterinary officials play in meat processing plants with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
253. To ask the Minister for Health if updates requested by the National Outbreak Control Team, NOCT, from the Netherlands and Germany regarding their Covid-19 outbreak investigations have been... - Health Information and Quality Authority
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unannounced HIQA inspections carried out in meat processing plants since July 2020; the locations and dates of these inspections; and if he will... - Industrial Disputes
257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding industrial action in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39125/20] - Covid-19 Tests
258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the PCR testing for Covid-19 runs for between 40 and 45 amplification cycles when the general international consensus is 35; and if he will make a... - Patient Transport
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) was charged by a private ambulance company to be taken to hospital to attend appointments; the... - Hospital Data
260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol-related cases, including blood alcohol poisoning and liver disease, that have presented to hospital in each of the past 12 months, in... - Medical Cards
261. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date to provide terminally ill medical cards; the outstanding elements of this process that need to be addressed to bring... - National Children's Hospital
262. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the approved level of legal fees contained within the figure of €1.433 billion approved for the National Paediatric Hospital Development... - Hospital Facilities
264. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that patients requiring mental health treatment in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, are being asked... - Emergency Departments
265. To ask the Minister for Health when a project (details supplied) at a healthcare facility will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39177/20] - General Practitioner Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a cost-saving issue (details supplied) implemented by the HSE. [39178/20] - Nursing Homes Regulation
267. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that have to be met for HIQA to become concerned about the welfare of residents in a nursing home; and in cases in which HIQA has concerns, the... - Nursing Home Inspections
269. To ask the Minister for Health if a HIQA inspector informed a nursing home (details supplied) on 8 May 2020 that an independent inquiry was not appropriate, as it would be inspected as...
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