Written answers
Thursday, 17 December 2020
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a repayment under the nursing home support scheme 2009 is being requested (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44212/20] - Health Services Staff
497. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to extend the pay restoration that has commenced for 50 section 39 organisations to the remaining 250 similar organisations; and if he will make... - Disability Support Services
498. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or the Department of Health has drawn up national guidelines for resuming the full range of supports for persons with disabilities and their... - Covid-19 Pandemic
499. To ask the Minister for Health the new protocols in place to guide best practice in the Covid-19 context in respect of home-based care, personal assistants, transport to disability day... - Disability Support Services
500. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports in place for persons with special needs and their families to help persons return to a structured day; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
501. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for persons with disabilities who live with their partners, spouses, parents and families in the HSE roadmap to reopening; the person they or a... - Disability Support Services
502. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for re-establishing respite supports for persons with disabilities, both emergency and planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44446/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
505. To ask the Minister for Health the process to apply for reassignment of pre-Covid-19 supports for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44449/20] - Disability Services Provision
506. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body being prioritised for home-based supports at the present time; the criteria being applied to determine priority; the way in which this is... - Speech and Language Therapy
508. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a... - HSE Staff
509. To ask the Minister for Health if all HSE disability services staff that were redeployed to other duties during the lockdown have now fully returned to their own team and are operational;... - Disability Services Provision
510. To ask the Minister for Health if support packages for persons with dementia, acquired brain injuries and or chronic mental health difficulties is included in the brief for HSE disability... - Disability Support Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to support a community (details supplied) in its work to secure the short-term accommodation of its residents and ensure the earliest... - Ambulance Service
513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the fire responder scheme (details supplied) as a secondary standby in the case of an ambulance not being available in the case of an echo.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
514. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE guidance on recovery for sufferers of long-term Covid-19 issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44150/20] - Ministerial Meetings
515. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to meet with a person (details supplied) to address a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/20] - Ophthalmology Services
516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by the dedicated cataract clinic in Nenagh, County Tipperary for patients living in west County Cork during 2019 and to date... - Hospital Services
517. To ask the Minister for Health the process that was involved in the considerations that were made in order to arrive at the decision to repurpose St. Brigid’s District Hospital,... - Vaccination Programme
520. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Down's syndrome will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccination due to their higher risk from the disease; and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic
521. To ask the Minister for Health if yoga studios will be allowed reopen with immediate effect in view that dance studios were allowed to reopen with pods of one, up to a maximum of 15 in a... - Disability Support Services
522. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions and or meetings and or correspondence he has had with an organisation (details supplied) with regards to its announcement that it... - Health Services
523. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to ensure that residents that were in a facility (details supplied) are housed appropriately after the closure of the facility on Merrion... - Health Services Staff
524. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a non-EU national junior doctor does not have the same access to training programmes as EU junior doctors; and if he will make a statement on the... - Gambling Sector
525. To ask the Minister for Health the funding streams available to support the work of a project (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the extraordinary work it does; and if he... - Health Services
527. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 8 December 2020, the position regarding the creation of multidisciplinary teams, MDTs, in community healthcare... - Mental Health Services
528. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient mental health supports will be put in place in advance of the publication of the report of the commission of inquiry to include all adoptees and... - Medical Aids and Appliances
529. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44240/20] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for appointments in CAMHS; the average waiting times by community healthcare organisation, CHO; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for appointments for mental health services; the average waiting times by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
536. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to reduce the three-year waiting list to see a paediatric rheumatologist; when the third paediatric rheumatologist will be employed;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
537. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of patients admitted to the Keltoi centre for isolation purposes, including the location they were referred from and the reason they could not... - Alcohol Treatment Services
538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a suitable location for a community alcohol treatment service has not be secured (details supplied); the way the allocated funding for the... - Voluntary Sector
540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase membership of the dialogue forum with voluntary bodies to include union representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
541. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a knee operation. [44263/20] - Hospital Data
542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from Tallaght and St. James’s hospitals that were prepped for surgery and then sent home as there were no recovery beds available... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
543. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to a charity (details supplied) in 2020; if the amount was an increase on 2019; the services for which the funding was to be used; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
544. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has been in contact with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the restrictions placed on indoor training due to Covid-19; and his... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult psychiatric services in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
549. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval of a medical card for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [44280/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
551. To ask the Minister for Health if clinics for those who have suffered from Covid-19 have been established in hospitals in order to manage patients with complications as a result of a... - Pharmaceutical Sector
557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Plenadren has not been licensed for use in Ireland despite being licensed by the European Medicines Agency nearly ten years ago; and his... - Medical Conditions
559. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the rare and often forgotten medical condition craniopharyngioma; the number of children with the condition; the number of... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
563. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to awarding a consultant contract to existing specialists in public health medicine as per the recommendations of the Crowe... - Medical Research and Training
565. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the number of basic and higher postgraduate specialist training posts in order to meet the demand with the number... - General Practitioner Services
567. To ask the Minister for Health if investment of targeted incentives for general practice and the development of infrastructure, including premises, medical equipment, diagnostic equipment... - Hospital Funding
570. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a multi-annual programme of investment in 5,000 additional public acute bed capacity, including investment in... - Hospital Services
571. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding access to diagnostic, radiology and laboratory services to allow timely access to investigations and results of... - Health Services
573. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 8 December 2020, the position regarding the creation of MDTs in CHOs 6, 7 and 9; the position regarding... - Disability Services Provision
575. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate long-term placement will be provided for a person (details supplied); the action to be taken by him to accommodate the person and other... - Disability Services Funding
576. To ask the Minister for Health when a grant application by an organisation (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44350/20] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local community health infrastructure projects currently under way by CHO; if they are in primary care, social care or mental health; the cost of... - Covid-19 Tests
581. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons who receive a negative PCR test will be picked up by the tracing service further to advice to persons travelling into Ireland that, if... - Ambulance Service
583. To ask the Minister for Health the resources to be made available for the development of the ambulatory care hubs; the location of the first phase of hubs; the reason level 2 hospital sites... - Maternity Leave
585. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to pregnant women from 28 weeks going on health and safety leave will be addressed; and if he will... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
586. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant paediatric with a special interest in children's palliative medicine for... - Primary Care Centres
587. To ask the Minister for Health when the Edenmore primary care centre will open; and the services the centre will provide. [44427/20] - Health Services Provision
588. To ask the Minister for Health when equipment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/20] - Public Procurement Contracts
589. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the HSE on personal protective equipment, PPE, ventilators, related hardware and medicines directly related to the... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44437/20] - Mental Health Services
591. To ask the Minister for Health if a community out-of-hours mental health nursing facility is available in north County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied). [44438/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
592. To ask the Minister for Health the name and location of rehabilitation detoxification services that have been closed and used as isolation facilities due to Covid-19. [44439/20] - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
593. To ask the Minister for Health if increased funding will be made available in 2021 to the drug task forces in view of the increased demand for services in this area; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
594. To ask the Minister for Health if the business practice of cold-calling in person to persons' homes is permitted during Covid-19 restrictions; if it is provided for within the levels for the... - Food Safety Authority of Ireland
597. To ask the Minister for Health if the membership of the public health nutrition sub-committee convened to generate the Food Safety Authority of Ireland report "Vitamin D – Scientific... - Covid-19 Pandemic
598. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent expert group will be convened to examine the evidence linking vitamin D levels and susceptibility to Covid-19; and if he will make a... - Departmental Reports
599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 916 of 24 November 2020, if officials in his Department have concluded their examination of the matter; and the reason... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
600. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the needs and difficulties of persons living with limb damage caused by the drug thalidomide (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
601. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place in terms of beds and staffing to meet a possible Covid-19 surge at Naas General Hospital post Christmas 2020; and if he will make a... - Health Services Data
602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and teenagers being treated for alcohol-related injury and illness in each of the past three years; the number in north County Kildare in... - HSE Waiting Lists
603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children awaiting both psychological assessment and therapy nationally; the number in north County Kildare in each of the past three... - Primary Care Services
605. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44514/20] - Abortion Services Provision
606. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure any woman who initiated a legal abortion in this country and is forced to travel if the abortion fails will receive the care they need; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
608. To ask the Minister for Health if a workplace which chooses to close due to concerns due to the risk of Covid-19 due to a 10% positivity rate should be forced to remain open; his views on... - Health Services Provision
609. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide MRI services for children who are waiting in excess of two years for an MRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44553/20] - Primary Care Services
610. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been secured to complete works at Monasterevin day care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44568/20] - Health Services Provision
611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to expedite funding for gene-silencing treatment for amyloidosis such as patisiran and equivalent drugs; and if he will make a statement... - HSE Waiting Lists
612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis treatment and surgery; the wait time for same; his plans to ensure no child is waiting while their health... - Dental Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have withdrawn from the dental treatment services scheme; the number of dentists remaining in the scheme by county; and if he will... - HSE Waiting Lists
614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on lists as both inpatients and outpatients for Mayo University Hospital; the average wait time; the number waiting more than... - Medical Cards
622. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is proposed to augment and provide improved youth mental health services throughout the country, with particular reference to assessment... - Speech and Language Therapy
629. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the restoration of speech and language and other therapies for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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