Written answers
Thursday, 21 January 2021
- Covid-19 Pandemic
306. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for students on placements in the healthcare system to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/21] - Hospital Charges
308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on measures to scrap an €80 charge for venesection clinics that was introduced for haemochromatosis patients who do not... - Covid-19 Pandemic
309. To ask the Minister for Health if he has explored the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines outside the standard EU collective agreements in the way Germany is doing; and if he will... - Medicinal Products
310. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the reimbursement of the cost of the gene therapy treatment Luxturna for persons suffering with inherited retinal diseases... - Health Services Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new appointments made arising from the winter initiative, by county; the speciality and location of these appointments, by county; and the number... - Primary Medical Certificates
315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 3 November 2020, the number of applicants for the primary medical certificate programme in 2020 to date as the... - Registration of Nurses
316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise regarding correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2994/21] - Vaccination Programme
317. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out IT records system will be fully operational; the official title of same; if he will commit that all paper records will be... - Disability Services Data
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each local health office area as of 1 January 2021 or the latest date available, in... - Physiotherapy Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list as of 1 January 2021 or the latest date available; the number waiting for less than four months, from... - Vaccination Programme
330. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the vaccination strategy for healthcare workers; the priority for management levels, front-line healthcare workers and ancillary staff in... - Health Services Provision
331. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer endocrinology services at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3021/21] - Podiatry Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO, area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date... - Ophthalmology Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date available; and the... - Audiology Services
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date available; and the... - Primary Care Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date available; and the numbers... - Mental Health Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date available; and the... - Counselling Services
340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date available; and the... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment in primary care as of 31 December 2020 or the... - Home Help Service
343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date available; the way that this compares with the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 31 December 2020 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the numbers... - Hospital Data
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients who have been removed from outpatient lists in 2020 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an... - Medical Cards
346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 3 December 2020; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a... - Hospital Data
347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of December 2020; and the total number in 2020 for each public or voluntary... - Ambulance Service
349. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; the percentage of clinical status 1... - Emergency Departments
350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during December 2020; the total number in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four, four to eight and more than eight months, respectively in Our Lady’s... - Hospital Appointments Status
355. 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. [3080/21] - Vaccination Programme
357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a person (details supplied) in receiving a HPV vaccine without incurring the €500 fee. [3082/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
358. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that will be made to ensure nursing home residents will receive the Covid-19 vaccine before 24 January 2021 in circumstances in which there is an... - Autism Support Services
364. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that autism services will not be provided to a child (details supplied) until 2025; his plans to address the... - Drugs Payment Scheme
365. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to have Dupilumab added to the HSE's reimbursement list for the treatment of severe eczema. [3128/21] - HSE Staff
366. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE staffing levels in each month since February 2020; the breakdown of those attending the workplace or on paid or unpaid leave in tabular form; and if he... - Nursing Staff
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will repeat the short-term review undertaken in December 2020 on the allowances paid to student nurses in first to third year, given the surge in... - Vaccination Programme
368. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the communication of the vaccination roll-out, in particular the number of persons vaccinated per week and area. [3137/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
370. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a vulnerable incapacitated recipient of home care (details supplied) in County Dublin was not listed as a close contact to the HSE following the... - Hospital Data
371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address based in County Tipperary who have been admitted to the department of psychiatry, St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, per... - Hospital Facilities
372. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an estimated cost of works recommended to be carried out at the department of psychiatry, St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, following the... - Hospital Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Minister of State, Deputy Butler's statement when she met local mental health groups in Clonmel, County Tipperary in August 2020, that... - State Claims Agency
374. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out by the State Claims Agency in damages in medical negligence cases in 2020; the top five amounts paid out; and the nature of such cases.... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border healthcare directive memorandum of understanding with the UK and Northern Ireland; the progress relating to same; the issues... - Dental Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE-funded fissure seal treatments are offered to all children through the school dental programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3176/21] - Vaccination Programme
382. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure proper organisation of times for vaccinations and checks being carried out in locations providing vaccinations (details... - Covid-19 Pandemic
386. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to ensure that a way forward is secured on data sharing between public authorities here and in Northern Ireland in the context of... - Vaccination Programme
387. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding family carers now considered as likely to be categorised as front-line workers in relation to the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
388. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 contact tracers are conducting a positive patient assessment with healthcare professionals, the breakdown of transmission sources; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
392. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering lengthening the time between the administration of first and second doses of a vaccine (details supplied) or other Covid-19 vaccines; the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
393. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) diagnosed with motor neurone disease, MND, and the person's need for vaccination... - Health Services
394. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3241/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
395. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delayed provision of an MRI scan and delayed autism assessments and treatments for a person (details supplied). [3245/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Covid-19 vaccination schedule to be operating seven days per week and outside standard office hours, given the exponential growth of the... - Eating Disorders
397. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocation for the treatment of eating disorders and by comparison the amount expended on actual treatment of eating disorders and in which an... - Assisted Human Reproduction
400. To ask the Minister for Health when the assisted human reproduction Bill will be published; the steps he is taking to create a legislative framework to govern surrogacy in Ireland; and if he... - Vaccination Programme
401. To ask the Minister for Health the cohort of vaccine recipients to which student teachers belong; if they will be classed alongside others in the education sector; and if not, the reason... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
403. To ask the Minister for Health the total additional funding paid to date to nursing homes under temporary assistance payment schemes related to Covid-19; the length of time this will... - Home Help Service
404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of home help delivered in November and December 2020 and January 2021 relative to 2019-2020 levels; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to HSE staff in the first two weeks of January 2021 by staff category, group and grade for each hospital; and... - Hospital Transfers
412. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision has been made to change the surgical transfer policy from Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan from five hospitals to one, in the middle of... - Hospital Data
414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address in County Tipperary that have been admitted to the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny in each of the years since 2012;... - Hospital Facilities
416. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of works recommended to be carried out at the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny following the recommendations made by the European... - Covid-19 Pandemic
417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the funeral undertaking industry to cease selling gravestones at a time when its counterparts in the headstone and monumental works sector... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
418. To ask the Minister for Health the average and the longest waiting time for a child to see a child psychologist in each county in the past three years; and the number of children on waiting... - Health Services Data
422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for optometrists and ophthalmologists in each county in each of the past three years; and the average waiting times and... - Dental Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on dental waiting lists in each county in each of the past three years; and the average waiting times and the longest times for a dental... - Vaccination Programme
424. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be offered the Covid-19 vaccination, given the nature of their work, which involves high levels of face-to-face contact with the public.... - Hospital Car Parks
425. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to implementing a uniform system for parking charges across hospitals for patients; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Charges
426. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to lowering or waiving the inpatient charge of €80 per visit at a maximum of €800 per annum for those with... - Health Services Charges
427. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the HSE's use of private debt collectors to collect outstanding funds from patients still undergoing treatment; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic
428. To ask the Minister for Health the current uses for a hotel and a centre (details supplied); and the statistics detailing the number of persons who have used the facilities for... - HSE National Service Plan
429. To ask the Minister for Health if he has signed off on the HSE 2021 national service plan; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3310/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
430. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Government and the HSE since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic on facilities procured for Covid-19-related purposes; the size,... - Vaccination Programme
434. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out prioritises staff who have direct patient contact over administrative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Maternity Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the traumatic and tragic incident discussed; if the current policies... - Hospital Car Parks
438. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to issue guidelines to hospitals to provide free parking services for those undergoing cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
439. To ask the Minister for Health the position of persons with Alzheimer’s disease on the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy priority list of groups for vaccination. [3346/21] - Primary Care Centres
443. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of financial support provided to facilitate the construction of the primary care centre in Ballina, County Mayo; the amount of rent paid annually by... - Health Services Provision
445. To ask the Minister for Health if oncology blood services in the community will continue and if there are no plans to require patients to travel into hospitals in order to provide a blood... - Health Services Expenditure
446. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on public nursing home care in Ireland in each of the years 2010 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/21] - Nursing Home Accommodation
447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in public nursing homes by county from 2011 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3367/21] - Nursing Home Fees
448. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home patients will not be charged for items outside of their original assessments of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/21] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
449. To ask the Minister for Health if the NTPF has internal written procedures or a guidance manual for its negotiators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3369/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
450. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to combat isolation and loneliness during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/21] - Medical Cards
452. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of rates offered to dentists delivering free care to medical card holders from 2011 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3373/21] - Health Services Provision
454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of operations at a facility (details supplied). [3395/21] - Obesity Strategy
455. To ask the Minister for Health when the minutes of the meeting of the obesity policy implementation oversight group, OPIOG, held on 24 September 2020 will be approved and published; if the... - Vaccination Programme
456. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in relation to vaccination of nursing home residents in cases where there is currently an outbreak of Covid-19 among residents and-or staff; the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outbreaks of Covid-19 in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities since 1 January 2021 by county and the ownership and management of... - Vaccination Programme
458. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the vaccination of all adults aged 65 and over who are residents of long-term care facilities were not vaccinated in the very first instance and as... - Tribunals of Inquiry
459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the CervicalCheck tribunal; if there has been further engagement with a group (details supplied); the actions taken to address the concerns of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
460. To ask the Minister for Health if UK residents will be allowed to travel home once they have been fully vaccinated; if there will be guidelines on travel for such persons who have been... - Vaccination Programme
461. To ask the Minister for Health the policy followed by his Department and the HSE in relation to the allocation of vaccines to cover all front-line staff in each hospital; the reason all... - Nursing Education
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the request from the HSE regarding the suspension of student nurse placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3464/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue new and clear instructions to the public on exercise etiquette to include mandatory mask-wearing outdoors and express reminders on how 2 m... - Covid-19 Tests
470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce antigen Covid-19 testing and screening for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3471/21] - Vaccination Programme
475. To ask the Minister for Health when undertakers will receive Covid-19 vaccinations. [3496/21] - Mental Health Services
476. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the improvement of mental health facilities and supports in respect of both adults and children; if the provision of the necessary number of... - Disability Support Services
477. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to improve the supports for children with special needs while requiring therapeutic or residential short-term or long-term... - Vaccination Programme
478. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 15 December 2020, if a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3530/21]
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