Written answers
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
- Covid-19 Pandemic
190. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 restrictions for weddings will remain constant in relation to specifics, for example, music and dancing at the various levels (details supplied).... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
191. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the restoration of salary cuts made in 2008 to section 39 workers in the remaining 250 organisations that have been affected; and if he... - Disability Services Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a personal assistance service for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42406/20] - Medicinal Products
195. To ask the Minister for Health if medication (details supplied) will be made available for patients through the HSE as this treatment has been available for some years in Northern Ireland... - Covid-19 Pandemic
196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include community first responders' volunteers as with frontline workers as a priority for the Covid-19 vaccine when it rolls out. [42225/20] - Health Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sligo scheme for cataract treatment will be rolled out to the rest of the country; the time-frame for same given that it was committed to in the... - Pharmaceutical Sector
198. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to a pharmacy becoming a supplier for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42251/20] - General Practitioner Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which social prescribing is delivered for those presenting to general practitioners with no acute mental health problems such as anxiety and... - Eating Disorders
200. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for adults with anorexia to receive inpatient treatment; and the way in which they avail of same. [42271/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
201. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 restrictions will be reduced for couples who are expecting a baby as at present the partners may be allowed to attend for an hour during the... - Hospital Appointments Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied) who is waiting for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - General Practitioner Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that were registered in Cork in 2015; and the number currently registered. [42283/20] - Sports Organisations
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number or sports organisations that have received mental health training by sport, club and gender by year to date 2020, in tabular form; and if he will... - Hospital Facilities
206. To ask the Minister for Health when the next phase of a unit (details supplied) is opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42291/20] - Hospital Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Health the overall number of consultancy posts currently vacant or unfilled at the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disabilities Assessments
209. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time of children for full assessment in the nine CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42316/20] - Ophthalmology Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants and amount of funding provided to the community ophthalmic services scheme in 2019; the same details to date in 2020; and the average... - Vaccination Programme
212. To ask the Minister for Health if specific plans for a vaccination database have been made; and if so, if the database will be centralised and easily updated by general practitioners,... - Medical Cards
213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders must pay for access to MRI scans; if he will address concerns that this disproportionately impacts persons on low incomes who... - Health Services Staff
214. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the eight different public health regions across the country; the number of staff in each region; the grades of these staff; the details of... - HSE Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Health if a lead public health clinician is employed by the HSE; if not, if the position will be filled; the reason for not filling same; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
216. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a vaccination database in Ireland; if so, the vaccines it covers; the department of the HSE responsible for this database; if this database will be... - Covid-19 Pandemic
217. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Limerick contact tracing centre is run; the persons in charge of the centre; the credentials of the persons; if they are employees of the... - HSE Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Health the person that is the clinical lead for the Health Protection Surveillance Centre; the responsibilities of the body; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the failure to publish a report on orthodontics by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42388/20] - Autism Support Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the last occasion by date and medium by which the HSE was in contact with each school in County Tipperary with ASD units in tabular form. [42397/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
223. To ask the Minister for Health if cystic fibrosis patients will be given priority access to a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/20] - Health Services Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant psychiatric posts by speciality; the number filled on a temporary basis; the number filled by doctors not on the specialist... - Vaccination Programme
228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42409/20] - Disability Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to reverse its decision to discontinue full reimbursements for the cost of eye tests and glasses for children with Down's syndrome;... - Ophthalmology Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) of eight years of age with Down's syndrome has been on a waiting list to see an ophthalmologist since before their first... - Covid-19 Pandemic
231. To ask the Minister for Health the spatial criteria for the separation of Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 in paediatric emergency departments; and the recommendations regarding meeting the... - Patient Transport
234. To ask the Minister for Health the support and resources that will be provided regarding patient transport to and from each setting in circumstances in which a public hospital is considering... - Hospital Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health the contract length for temporary circumstances in which a public hospital is considering moving an outpatient department to a private hospital facility on a... - Health Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding issues regarding St. Mary's health campus, Mullingar, County Westmeath obtaining a fire certification; and the expected timeline for the... - Hospital Facilities
238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public hospitals currently considering moving a department to a private hospital facility. [42456/20] - Medical Cards
239. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which the HSE can continually reassign a medical card holder to different general practitioners after a period of six months. [42457/20] - Health Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health when the Mullingar resource centre will be reopening in its original location. [42461/20] - Departmental Bodies Data
242. To ask the Minister for Health the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public... - Vaccination Programme
243. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to engaging retired healthcare professionals in the vaccine rollout programme. [42491/20] - Hospital Appointments Status
245. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for an appointment. [42503/20]
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