Written answers
Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Vaccination Programme
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the way and when Covid-19 vaccines will be provided for persons aged over 85 years in Ratoath, County Meath; and if he will make... - Disability Services Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13602/21] - General Practitioner Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure an adequate provision of general practitioner services for the expanding population of Lucan, County Dublin. [13603/21] - Dental Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been notified of specific locations in which medical card patients are being denied access to dental treatment; and the steps he plans to take in... - Vaccination Programme
191. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has refused to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine to the doctor's surgery of a 93 year old person with multiple serious health conditions (details... - Hospital Staff
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the position to cut posts for junior doctors in 2022 with particular reference to interns; his views on whether additional intern... - Parking Charges
194. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which consideration has or can be given to the possibility of the abolition of car parking charges for cancer patients while undergoing treatment... - Medical Cards
195. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to speed up the processing of applications for medical cards with particular reference to applications and renewals from persons... - Covid-19 Pandemic
196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the meaning of related services which are listed under essential level 5 restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing composition proposed for each of the mass vaccination centres; the targets for each; the numbers hired for each; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health the current longest waiting time by number of days across each waiting list by each speciality by each hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a woman is referred to the specialist perinatal health teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13651/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
202. To ask the Minister for Health the current restrictions on nursing home visits; the plans to ease these restrictions in view of the high level of vaccination amongst nursing home residents... - Health Services Access
203. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding access for medical card holders to chiropody services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13655/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on inpatient hospital waiting lists by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13657/21] - Vaccination Programme
206. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake rate of the HPV vaccine in the 2019-2020 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13659/21] - Dental Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have indicated they plan to leave the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13665/21] - Hospital Procedures
214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the general practitioner direct access scheme for ultrasound in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a radiographer for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13668/21] - Vaccination Programme
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line healthcare workers who have declined vaccination for medical reasons. [13675/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
218. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to outpatient appointments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health and Social Care Professionals
219. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 18 February 2021, if his Department has conducted a workforce census of the entire public and private health and... - Vaccination Programme
220. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that exist to enable the State to purchase Covid-19 vaccines in autumn 2021 in order to respond to any variants that may materialise; and if he will... - Mental Health Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of CHO7 funding by local team level for psychology services. [13701/21] - Disability Services Funding
224. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of CHO7 funding by local team level for disability services. [13703/21] - Health Services Staff
225. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will conduct anonymous exit surveys with staff to assess the reasons for staff leaving the health service and systems that could... - Hospital Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department has put in place to support non-consultant hospital doctors from outside Europe who are working or wish to work in Ireland and who... - Covid-19 Pandemic
227. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to address the mental health strain that Covid-19 is taking on health staff well-being; and if he will make a statement... - Vaccination Programme
229. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET has considered if all cohorts will receive a vaccine (details supplied) if approved by the EMA; if not, if the vaccine will be limited to certain... - Rare Diseases
231. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has assessed the value of genomics and the role it can play in diagnosing rare conditions and diseases; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
233. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review into the fair deal scheme; if his attention has been drawn to issues for farm families in cases in which land not transferred five... - Disability Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a continuation of long-term residential care for those whose carers pass away or are no longer able to provide this care; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Health if an essential worker (details supplied) will be required to quarantine in a hotel after returning from abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Vaccination Programme
236. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to delaying the roll-out of the second Covid-19 vaccine dose in order to increase the number of persons in the community who... - Health Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans which have advanced for a disused building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13777/21] - Vaccination Programme
239. To ask the Minister for Health if the order of priority for vaccinations as most recently published is being maintained; if the vaccination of healthcare workers in group 6 has not... - HSE Staff
240. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason a HSE employee (details supplied) who submitted a job evaluation application over two and a half years ago has not had the application... - Vaccination Programme
241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason optometrists have been left off the priority vaccination list despite engaging in patient facing work daily; and when they can expect to receive the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on concerns in relation to Covid-19-related stillbirths; and if there needs to be an elevated warning to pregnant women. [13810/21] - Hospital Staff
245. To ask the Minister for Health if the additional intern jobs created in 2020 which allowed every graduating doctor the chance to stay and work in Ireland are being discontinued in respect of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
246. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital is refusing patients such as a person (details supplied) an appointment until 14 days prior to receiving... - Hospital Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken a review of expectations for the number of NCHDs who will be working in the health service in 2022 and the coming years given... - Mental Health Services
248. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortcomings in the mental health services with particular reference to north County Kildare and the need to provide for those seeking... - Special Educational Needs
249. 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... - Health Services Reform
250. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the Sláintecare programme is being enacted; the progress to date in this regard; the targets achievable in the next 12 months; and if... - Vaccination Programme
251. To ask the Minister for Health when the contract will be signed for the vaccination centre in County Longford. [13855/21] - Nursing Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior nurses currently employed on a full-time permanent basis at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [13859/21] - Hospital Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of consultants to nurses at Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [13862/21]
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