• Garda Vetting
  1292. To ask the Minister for Health if volunteers carrying out duties for an organisation (details supplied) are required to be vetted for Garda clearance prior to taking up their volunteering...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1293. To ask the Minister for Health if socially distanced religious services will resume for Easter week. [15513/21]
• Disabilities Assessments
  1294. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on obtaining a suitable assessment for a person (details supplied) in order that an educational pathway can be formulated for their future...
• Misuse of Drugs
  1295. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to address the lacuna in the law with respect to the growth of industrial hemp; if he has or will initiate a...
• Legislative Reviews
  1296. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for and details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the way in which he plans to collect...
• Vaccination Programme
  1297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by SNAs in relation to their current position on the vaccine roll-out list (details supplied); and if he will make a...
• Eating Disorders
  1298. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to increasing funding to services that treat persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Hospital Staff
  1299. To ask the Minister for Health if South Tipperary General Hospital is to lose ten of its current 19 intern doctors; if he will consider reversing the decision; his views on the way the...
• Vaccination Programme
  1300. To ask the Minister for Health the position of persons with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease in the vaccine priority list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13879/21]
• Health Services Staff
  1302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the arrangement piloted in 2020 by which additional intern positions for newly qualified doctors were created in the public hospital system;...
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1304. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment date for a primary medical certificate will issue for a person (details supplied). [13887/21]
• Health Services Staff
  1305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13889/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1306. To ask the Minister for Health the steps persons should take in cases in which they have a body mass index, BMI, above 40 and are included in the new cohort 4 but are not registered with a...
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13910/21]
• Health Services Staff
  1308. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only a very limited number of intern jobs are available for medical students who have studied in Ireland; his...
• Eating Disorders
  1309. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for the treatment for eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13913/21]
• HSE Waiting Lists
  1311. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for treatment for an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13915/21]
• Health Services Staff
  1312. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he does not plan to ensure that all medical students in Ireland will receive an intern position upon graduation as was the case for the 2020...
• Defence Forces
  1314. To ask the Minister for Health if CHO8 sought the assistance of the Defence Forces in supporting nursing homes in the region at any point in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Freedom of Information
  1315. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE CHO8 will report on the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests in cases in which a charge of €200 or more was estimated for the...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1316. To ask the Minister for Health the reports on deaths and Covid-19 outbreaks HIQA requires from nursing home providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13921/21]
• Health Information and Quality Authority
  1322. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances that are required to be met when HIQA requests weekly and regular reporting from nursing home and care facilities on the state of residents,...
• Nursing Home Accommodation
  1323. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the call for independent, human rights focused inspections in nursing homes as suggested by organisations (details supplied); and if he will make...
• Vaccination Programme
  1324. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/21]
• Ambulance Service
  1327. To ask the Minister for Health the average and median ambulance waiting times in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county in tabular form. [13945/21]
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1328. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of the 2019 review on the governance structures in relation to the HSE drug reimbursement process by a company (details supplied); if he will...
• HSE Reviews
  1329. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the terms of reference for the HSE rare diseases technology review committee is scheduled; if it will consider moving its process to earlier in...
• Health Services Provision
  1330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the national screening advisory committee regarding its consideration of expanding the national newborn bloodspot screening...
• Psychological Assessments
  1331. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment with a psychologist will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13950/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1332. To ask the Minister for Health if the vaccination priority of a vulnerable group (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13956/21]
• Health Information and Quality Authority
  1333. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent report of the Health Information and Quality Authority which found that that the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic started on 22 November 2020...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1334. To ask the Minister for Health the additional steps that have been taken to help front-line drug services cope with the additional challenges that Covid-19 and Covid-19 lockdowns have had...
• HSE Donations
  1335. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will donate a small portion of land in its ownership (details supplied) to allow for the expansion of a school in County Kerry; and if he will make...
• Eating Disorders
  1336. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the full implementation of the HSE National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders; if his attention has been drawn to reports that three...
• Vaccination Programme
  1337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line healthcare workers in group two of the vaccine allocation programme; the number of healthcare workers in group six of the vaccine...
• Ministerial Meetings
  1338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss its ongoing issues of concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13982/21]
• Hospital Staff
  1339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the proposed cut from 28 to 12 intern doctors in University Hospital Kerry in July 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
• Eating Disorders
  1340. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provisions that have been made for eating disorder services in 2021; if promised funding for eating disorder services has been utilised to provide...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons working on genome sequencing of Covid-19 variations in the HSE to date; the way in which Ireland compares to other EU countries; if he...
• Education and Training Provision
  1342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns with respect to the education, training and retention of student radiographers (details supplied); if he will accede to a request...
• Victim Support Services
  1343. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide free psychological support for victims of institutional abuse following the court case being finalised (details supplied); and if he will...
• Hospital Car Parks
  1344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the recommendations made in the review of hospital car park charges which he received in November 2018; and if he will make a statement...
• Vaccination Programme
  1345. To ask the Minister for Health when those who fall into cohort 4 of the vaccine roll-out can expect to receive notification and administration of their Covid-19 vaccine from their general...
• Student Support Schemes
  1346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the development of standardised allowances, placement grants and payment for work carried out by radiography students; if he will meet with...
• Vaccination Programme
  1347. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine category a person (details supplied) falls into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14013/21]
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  1348. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019; the provision being made within the Bill for those receiving income support to access...
• Vaccination Programme
  1349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise pregnant women on the vaccine sequencing plan in view of a number of recent stillbirths which may have been related to Covid-19 and in...
• Abortion Services
  1350. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to protests outside a hospital; and if he will...
• Health Services Staff
  1351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to intern doctors; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Undefined
  1352. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter affecting a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1353. To ask the Minister for Health the point in the vaccination programme SNAs will receive their vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/21]
• National LGBTI+ Strategy
  1355. To ask the Minister for Health the details of engagements to date on work regarding the legislative ban on conversion therapy as committed to in the programme for Government; the timeline...
• Medical Internships
  1356. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the development of allowances to support radiography students through their placements; and if he will make a statement on...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1357. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or HIQA have examined the possibly introducing Ivermectin as a possible Covid-19 treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Medical Internships
  1358. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues in relation to students radiographers (details supplied); his plans to standardise allowances, placement grants and...
• Hospital Staff
  1359. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is prepared to take to rectify a matter in relation to non-consultant hospital doctors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• Covid-19 Tests
  1360. To ask the Minister for Health if he has taken steps to review and recommend antigen testing to screen test pupils in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Data
  1361. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare staff-to-patient ratio at Drogheda Hospital; the recommended healthcare staff-to-patient ratio for the hospital; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1362. To ask the Minister for Health if volunteers working with community programmes such as meals on wheels will be considered for prioritisation in the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out; and if he...
• Abortion Services
  1364. To ask the Minister for Health if third-party campaigning groups lobbied him or his Department to establish telemedicine abortions; if so, the organisations; and if he will make a statement...
• Departmental Contracts
  1366. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 3 March 2021, the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by bodies under the aegis...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1367. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will revise the guidelines on visits to nursing homes in view of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Ministerial Meetings
  1369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the outcome of his meeting with a person (details supplied) on 18 December 2020 in which the funding of medication was raised; and if he...
• Medicinal Products
  1370. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to allow patients using medication from a company (details supplied) the same security following his announcement that...
• Births Data
  1372. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of births that were by caesarean section in each hospital in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
• Abortion Services
  1374. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on structural, capital and administrative areas relating to the roll-out of termination of pregnancy services; and the breakdown for each...
• Cancer Services
  1378. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to work through the backlog of cancer diagnostics work that has been on hold due to Covid-19; the amount of additional resourcing...
• Vaccination Programme
  1379. To ask the Minister for Health when retail workers and supermarket workers will be vaccinated; if they will be considered as part of the key worker category; and if he will make a statement...
• Hospital Staff
  1380. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to cut in half the number of positions for newly qualified doctors in University of Limerick with the hospital set to lose 44 of its current...
• Health Services Provision
  1381. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being put in place for the healthcare of transgender young persons in Ireland with the exit of the UK-based Tavistock clinic from...
• Residential Institutions
  1389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for periods (details supplied) for access to residential rehabilitation or detoxification treatment from March 2019 to date....
• Health Services Provision
  1390. To ask the Minister for Health the planned reopening date for Southdoc Blackpool, County Cork. [14108/21]
• HSE Staff
  1392. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical lead appointed to the HSE dual diagnosis programme has commenced in the role. [14110/21]
• National Drugs Strategy
  1393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation by the Minister for State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy into the possibility of abolishing assessment...
• Vaccination Programme
  1394. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccinations will be completed in each cohort before moving on to the next excluding the cohort of over-75s given the clinical decision that such persons...
• Cannabis for Medicinal Use
  1395. To ask the Minister for Health if he has continued conversation with a person (details supplied); and the status of the inclusion of the products of a company in the medical cannabis access...
• Hospital Admissions
  1396. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tevere Day Hospital, County Limerick, is seeing no new patients except for emergencies and no review patients...
• Dental Services
  1397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Tipperary participating in the dental medical card scheme; and his plans to address the number of dentists leaving the...
• Vaccination Programme
  1400. To ask the Minister for Health if retail staff in health stores who provide health advice to customers on a personal basis and have remained open throughout the pandemic will be considered...
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  1403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on lasting service improvements particularly with regard to recruitment, retention and waiting lists resulting from the CAMHS...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1404. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered making NPHET meetings public given his views that it is imperative that there is a full and accurate account of each meeting; if so, when...
• HSE Waiting Lists
  1409. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for children for speech and language therapy by CHO in tabular form; and the length of time each age group is waiting. [14144/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists that have been vaccinated by CHO in tabular form. [14152/21]
• HSE Records
  1419. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which a person (detailed supplied) can obtain records. [14155/21]
• HSE Staff
  1420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed on the MyOptions helpline; the process by which persons were recruited; the qualifications needed to work on the helpline; and...
• Abortion Services
  1422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions that took place in 2019 after 20 weeks gestation under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [14165/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1423. To ask the Minister for Health the current position of the Irish Coast Guard with regard to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; when this cohort can expect to receive the vaccine; and if he will...
• General Practitioner Services
  1426. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements are in place for patients of a general practitioner that retires or is struck off (details supplied) to ensure continuity of care is provided;...
• Vaccination Programme
  1427. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions for the vaccine roll-out in relation to high risk persons with Down's syndrome that live at home with family members and are not accessing day...
• Hospital Staff
  1429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of student radiographers (details supplied) to allow same to put forward a request for the development of standardised...
• Vaccination Programme
  1430. To ask the Minister for Health when persons in their 70s with chronic diseases, for example diabetes or COPD, and those in that age group recovering from lymphoma will be vaccinated; when...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1432. To ask the Minister for Health if persons transiting through an airport in a category 2 country, for example, Dubai International Airport in the UAE, will be required to quarantine in a...
• Mental Health Services
  1433. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which he plans to utilise the €20 million additional funding for mental health services announced in February 2021; and if he will make a...
• Health Services Expenditure
  1434. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of treating hypertension and high blood pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14200/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1435. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the operation of the State’s agreement with private hospitals which ran from the beginning of April to the end of June 2020; and the amount...
• Vaccination Programme
  1436. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a supply of the Covid-19 vaccine is ring-fenced for those over 80 years of age with underlying conditions who are facing long-term...
• Health Services Allowances
  1437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their network first payment which has been abruptly ended; and if he will make...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1438. To ask the Minister for Health the pay entitlement for a HSE worker who is out of work as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case but whose work cannot be done remotely; and if he will...
• Treatment Abroad Scheme
  1439. To ask the Minister for Health if cataract procedures under the Cross-Border Directive can continue under level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. [14218/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1440. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of staff within each grade position within the Cavan and Monaghan hospital group that have received vaccinations for Covid-19 as of 9 March 2021;...
• Hospital Groups
  1441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative and management staff at each grade in the Cavan and Monaghan hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14226/21]
• Hospital Staff
  1442. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure each graduating doctor from the six Irish medical schools in 2021 is given the chance to stay and work in Ireland; the way in which he...
• Ministerial Meetings
  1443. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 18 February 2021, the number of in-person or virtual meetings he has had with persons who identified themselves...
• Cancer Services
  1444. To ask the Minister for Health if he spoke to or engaged in correspondence with either the HSE, CervicalCheck, the Taoiseach or the Department of the Taoiseach about a matter regarding...
• Health Screening Programmes
  1445. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national cervical screening laboratory which was due to commence construction in January 2021; if delays in construction have been...
• Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
  1446. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports being considered for implementation in respect of nursing home staff, surviving residents and relatives of residents who died from...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the contracts entered into for the purchase of PPE and medical equipment as part of the Covid-19 response in 2020; the...
• Vaccination Programme
  1448. To ask the Minister for Health when persons with bullous emphysema stage 3 can expect to be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14256/21]
• General Practitioner Services
  1452. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the adult population by county who are not registered with a general practitioner. [14276/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues in the roll-out of vaccines to dental practice staff as a matter of urgency; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
• National Drugs Strategy
  1454. To ask the Minister for Health the date for publication of the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy. [14280/21]
• Mental Health Services
  1459. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on CAMHS in 2020; and the proportion of the mental health budget that this represented. [14287/21]
• Community Care
  1460. To ask the Minister for Health if the status will be reviewed of day centres for older persons and persons living with dementia (details supplied) given the majority of staff and clients...
• Dental Services
  1461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); the position of the child on the orthodontist waiting list at Loughlinstown Hospital, County...
• Eating Disorders
  1462. To ask the Minister for Health the practical and financial supports provided by his Department to the organisations engaged in and promoting the Eating Disorders Awareness Week; and if he...
• Health Services
  1463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 16 specialist hubs nationwide which were to be opened between 2018 and 2023 that are fully operational with specialist multidisciplinary...
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme
  1464. To ask the Minister for Health the way the valuation of property is assessed in respect of the nursing home subvention scheme in cases in which the house in question was legally disposed of...
• Hospital Staff
  1465. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to renew the policy of offering all eligible Irish trained graduates newly qualified doctors an interim post in 2021 (details supplied); and if he...
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1466. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to add cariban, xonvea and navalem to the approved drugs list under the drugs payment scheme; and the treatments available under the drugs payment...
• Domestic Violence Services
  1468. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide general practitioners and community social workers with specialised training in responding to the survivors and victims of...
• Medicinal Products
  1469. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the high cost of long-acting contraception which is even more challenging to overcome economic uncertainty and limited...
• Disability Services Provision
  1470. To ask the Minister for Health if responsibilities and functions for disability services remain under his remit; if not, if these have been transferred to the Minister for Children,...
• Vaccination Programme
  1471. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccine will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14344/21]
• Occupational Therapy
  1473. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) is waiting so long for an occupational therapy appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14351/21]
• National Public Health Emergency Team
  1474. To ask the Minister for Health the date of the last meeting of the NPHET vulnerable people subgroup. [14352/21]
• Hospice Services
  1475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 10 February 2021, when a decision will be made by the Saolta University Health Care Group in relation to the...
• Counselling Services
  1476. To ask the Minister for Health if the various unplanned pregnancy counselling services recognised by the sexual health and crisis pregnancy programme and in receipt of State funding are...
• Vaccination Programme
  1477. To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 vaccination appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [14370/21]
• Health Services Provision
  1478. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for a person (details supplied). [14371/21]
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for reimbursing the cost of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system for children and young persons with type 1 diabetes while excluding...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1480. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an operation; the reason for the series of events since March 2021; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1481. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on purchases directly attributable to Covid-19 in 2019 and 2020; and the value of purchases found to be below standard. [14380/21]
• Public Procurement Contracts
  1482. To ask the Minister for Health the details of medical equipment valued above €25,000 plus VAT procured in 2019 and 2020 which was found to be below standard, disaggregated by...
• Eating Disorders
  1484. To ask the Minister for Health if he has taken steps to review access to services for persons with eating disorders, given the diversion of funding from that area; if not, if he has...
• Health Services Provision (1 comment)
  1485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to the level of testing in Ireland for Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1486. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting times for decisions on primary medical certificates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14389/21]
• Nursing Staff
  1487. To ask the Minister for Health when psychiatric nurses in CHO1 will receive the enhanced nurse pay grade, as was agreed following the nurses dispute in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1488. To ask the Minister for Health if all employees of a section 38 organisation (details supplied) are covered by the provision in HSE circular 073/2020 in the case that they have contracted...
• Vaccination Programme
  1489. To ask the Minister for Health if the criteria for upcoming vaccine administration positions will be revised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/21]
• Health Services Staff
  1493. To ask the Minister for Health the necessary steps for an association (details supplied) to take in order to establish creative arts therapists as designated professionals in the health...
• Vaccination Programme
  1494. To ask the Minister for Health when cystic fibrosis patients will receive the Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14409/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1495. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all Covid 19-related deaths in nursing homes in January and February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14412/21]
• Legislative Process
  1496. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the process through which his Department drafts and produces legislation; if his Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the...
• Vaccination Programme
  1497. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to using the IT system that Teagasc and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have that tracks and traces the...
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider putting in place additional supports for those with type 1 diabetes to afford the cost of a flash glucose meter, in view of the fact there...
• Dental Services
  1499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Wexford; the average waiting time for appointments; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who arrived into Ireland without proof of a negative Covid-19 PCR test in January, February and to date in March 2021; the number of...
• Health Services Staff
  1504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans by the HSE to cut the number of newly qualified doctors (details supplied) from July 2021; and if he will make a...
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been informed that the waiting list for speech and language therapy in their area has increased to 55 months; his...
• EU Bodies
  1507. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered preparing a bid to host the forthcoming European health emergency preparedness and response authority proposed by the European...
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1510. To ask the Minister for Health if speech and language and associated therapies will be provided for a child (details supplied). [14500/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1511. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacy staff (details supplied) in County Kerry will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14503/21]
• Mental Health Services
  1512. To ask the Minister for Health the improved provision planned for CAMHS services in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14505/21]
• Home Care Packages
  1513. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons allocated home help and home care packages by county and or allocated as per each local health office; the amount of funding drawn down...
• Health Services Provision
  1516. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home first pilot schemes; the location of each; if the schemes are operational; if not, when they will be operational; the nature and...
• Vaccination Programme
  1518. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with multiple sclerosis on Tysabri, natalizumab, having a severely compromised immune system due to having MS who were previously considered to be...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1519. To ask the Minister for Health if travelling to visit a spouse in another country is considered essential travel and exempt from possible Garda fines. [14532/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1520. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmaceutical companies and or agencies contracted to deliver Covid-19 vaccines have been indemnified with respect to penalties arising from non-delivery...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1522. To ask the Minister for Health if a person residing in the UK can travel to Ireland to visit their partner and children; if such visits are deemed essential under level 5 restrictions; and...
• Ophthalmology Services
  1523. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the recruitment challenges that the health service is facing in trying to find suitably qualified staff for the ophthalmic...
• Departmental Reviews
  1524. To ask the Minister for Health if he has completed his review of the support therapies from early intervention and school age teams; the key conclusions in terms of timely access; if new...
• Health Services Provision
  1526. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for adults living with an ADHD diagnosis in CHO6; the improvements planned; when will they be rolled out; and if he will make a...
• Disability Services Provision
  1527. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the progressing disability services for children and young people project; if it is suitable for persons with severe and profound intellectual...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1533. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to announce changes to the number that can be permitted at weddings given these events require considerable advance planning (details supplied);...
• Mental Health Services
  1535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 18 February 2021, the number of patients discharged home with general practitioner follow up; the number of...
• Vaccination Programme
  1536. To ask the Minister for Health if vulnerable persons who are unable to attend a general practitioner or vaccination centre will receive their Covid-19 vaccine at home; if further...
• Health Services
  1537. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14591/21]
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1539. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE regarding the inclusion of the FreeStyleLibre flash glucose monitoring system on the HSE reimbursement list; the...
• Treatment Abroad Scheme
  1541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter relating to refunds under and access to a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14602/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1542. To ask the Minister for Health if the European health insurance card can be used in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out if a person resident here does not have a PPS number; and if he...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1543. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of wait time in each hospital for amniocentesis results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14606/21]
• Abortion Services
  1544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of terminations carried out in 2020 or the most recent full year for which such data exists in cases in which a fatal foetal abnormality was...
• Hospital Procedures
  1545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases in 2020 or the most recent full year for which such data exists in which pregnant women were referred by a hospital to an Irish hospital...
• Health Services Funding
  1546. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding made available to Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH, to help women in the aftermath of a traumatic pregnancy; if the hospital...
• Hospital Procedures
  1547. To ask the Minister for Health the best practice procedures in hospitals when dealing with a fatal foetal abnormality or in circumstances in which a referral is made to an overseas...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1548. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resources available for persons with ongoing symptoms of long Covid given that many with this condition are suffering from fatigue; if he...
• Hospital Staff
  1553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action to reverse the decision to cut 300 intern doctor posts at a time when the greatest ever need exists for increased resources...
• Dental Services
  1554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Tipperary registered as participating in the dental medical card scheme over the past five years in tabular form. [14637/21]
• Cannabis for Medicinal Use
  1556. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a prescription for medical cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14639/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of approving a vaccine (details supplied) for the over 70s; if new data is available to warrant same; and if he will make a...
• Mental Health Services
  1558. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 961 of 24 February 2021, the number of persons on waiting lists for mental health supports through the HSE in County...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1560. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence to his office from a person (details supplied) with a suggestion regarding the return to school procedure;...
• Hospital Staff
  1561. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 400 student radiographers on clinical placements currently working up to 40 weeks or 200 days per...
• General Practitioner Services
  1564. To ask the Minister for Health if the status will be examined of a permanent general practitioner appointment for Kilkee, County Clare, which has been served by locum doctors for an...
• Paediatric Services
  1565. To ask the Minister for Health the date the paediatric diabetic service at the Regional Hospital Mullingar will resume; when the full team requirement of two nurses, a psychologist and a...
• Ambulance Service
  1566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times it has taken an ambulance more than 20, 40, 60, 90 and 120 minutes from time of call to reach patients who made emergency calls in...
• Abortion Services
  1571. To ask the Minister for Health the training general practitioners and other healthcare workers receive for providing termination of pregnancy services; and if doctors including general...
• Medical Cards
  1572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the inclusion of the cost for PPE equipment for medical card holders seeking appointments at dentist clinics; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccines issued to each general practitioner in counties Kildare and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14710/21]
• Health Services Funding
  1575. 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...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1576. To ask the Minister for Health if both patients of private and public hospitals who fall into group 4 of the Covid-19 vaccination group will receive their vaccine as part of this cohort;...
• Health Services Staff
  1577. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to qualify persons in the area of mental health given that the availability of skilled staff is a significant issue; the reason for...
• Legislative Measures
  1578. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to present the fair deal legislation before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14727/21]
• Hospital Staff
  1579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding student radiographers; if he will meet with representatives of student...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of checks that have occurred on a weekly basis from 6 February 2021 to date on persons quarantining at home after arriving here; the number in each...
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here that were reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine in 2018, 2019...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1586. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration will be given to the vaccine roll-out schedule and greater priority given to retail staff who are at an increased level of risk...
• Mental Health Services
  1588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for Jigsaw; the average waiting time in each of the years 2017 to 2020, by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will...
• Capital Expenditure Programme
  1590. To ask the Minister for Health the five most recent significant capital projects in the major functional responsibilities of his Department which have required his sanction; the time which...
• Health Services Access
  1591. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment in a pain relief clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14790/21]
• Paediatric Services
  1592. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have a diabetic pump procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14791/21]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the outpatient neurology waiting list in Sligo University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, for both...
• Medical Records
  1594. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical records request will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14793/21]
• Disability Services Provision
  1595. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the move from providing therapeutic services on site to delivering them in a community setting under the progressing disabilities programme;...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1597. To ask the Minister for Health the position of postal workers on the vaccination allocation sequencing as part of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme; if they are identified under...
• Dental Services
  1598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists paid a minimum of €5,000 per month by the HSE for each of the past 12 months by county associated with the provision of dental...
• Legislative Measures
  1601. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to publish legislation amending or replacing the Dentists’ Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14813/21]
• Dental Services
  1602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have had dental treatments provided by the HSE public dental service between March 2020 and March 2021; and the way in which this...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1603. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a body of evidence on the use of ivermectin to reduce the incidence of Covid-19 transmission, severe disease development or in vitro replication;...
• Medical Cards
  1604. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing discretionary medical cards to all cancer patients at the time of their diagnosis until their treatment has finished;...
• Hospital Charges
  1606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the practice of hospitals using debt collection agencies; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients currently undergoing...
• Hospital Staff
  1607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the reduction of intern positions for newly qualified doctors and maintain the 2020 number of intern positions to retain non-EU newly...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1608. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is refusing to reimburse the antigen costs for nursing homes (details supplied); if so, the reason for the decision; if he is considering reversing...
• Home Help Service
  1611. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had home help hours removed from them; the reason the HSE has not yet had other carers in to replace the last...
• Paediatric Services
  1612. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of main lead paediatric pain consultant specialist roles by Children’s Health Ireland; the number of paediatric pain...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1616. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to produce vaccine certificates as part of implementation planning for a Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Audiology Services
  1618. To ask the Minister for Health if audiology services (details supplied) will be immediately reopened in County Kerry given the hardship it is causing patients; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to HSE coronavirus community assessment hubs since they began operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14849/21]
• Health Services Provision
  1622. To ask the Minister for Health the general practice diagnostic services that are in place and have been provided as part of the HSE Winter Plan 2020-2021; and if he will make a statement on...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1623. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of community assessment hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14853/21]
• Health Services Funding
  1627. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to expedite funding and approval for patisiran Onpattro or an equivalent drug used to manage the condition hereditary transthyretin...
• Dental Services
  1628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider outsourcing public dental services to private practices in order to lessen waiting times of over seven years for youth orthodontic...
• Mental Health Policy
  1629. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Implementation and Monitoring Committee Steering Committee has met since 15 January 2021; if so, when the minutes of the most recent meeting...
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical assessments for primary medical certificate applications that have taken place to date in 2021; the number that have taken place by...
• Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements
  1631. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the prospective reimbursement of a drug (details supplied) following the finalisation of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics assessment...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1632. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14871/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1633. To ask the Minister for Health if persons on combined therapies and at very high risk are within group 4 on the vaccination schedule; and if not, when they will receive the vaccine. [14879/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14886/21]
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1636. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward plans to ensure that the backlog of assessments for primary medical certificates is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Drug Treatment Programmes
  1637. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a needle exchange service. [14897/21]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1639. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1366 of 8 September 2020, when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a surgery appointment; and if he...
• Primary Care Centres
  1640. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a primary care centre in Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14901/21]
• HSE Staff
  1641. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a pay and conditions employment package was agreed for a person (details supplied); when this decision was made; and if he will make a statement on...
• Paediatric Services
  1642. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to employ a full-time pain consultant for children with chronic pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/21]
• Health Services Provision
  1643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by multidisciplinary teams over the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14943/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1644. To ask the Minister for Health if statistics on the level of community transmission continue to be published and publicly available; the latest community transmission rate; and if he will...
• Vaccination Programme
  1645. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pension of a person who has retired from the HSE will be reduced should they commence work on the vaccination programme given that they can...
• Abortion Services
  1646. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 1021 of 3 March 2021, if the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill outlined in the legislation programme spring...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1647. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14969/21]
• Medical Qualifications
  1648. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for first time Medical Council applications for general registration by non-EU applicants in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to...
• Health Services Provision
  1649. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the clinical care pathway for treatment of endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14973/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1650. To ask the Minister for Health if charges apply to patients who require post-Covid-19 medical assessment reviews and are transferred from public hospitals to private hospitals for this...
• Nursing Home Accommodation
  1651. To ask the Minister for Health the latest projected timetable for the delivery of the new St. Conlon’s nursing home, Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Home Help Service
  1652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the responsibilities of home help staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14977/21]
• Disability Services Provision
  1653. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding access to services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14979/21]
• Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements
  1654. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the reimbursement of costs by the HSE of the electronic blood glucose monitoring system FreeStyle Libre to all persons with type 1...
• HSE Data
  1655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of premature births to date in 2021; the number in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14984/21]
• Hospital Staff
  1656. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to pay student nurses and midwives; when the second review of the first report on pandemic pay will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait so long to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14989/21]
• Health Services Provision
  1658. To ask the Minister for Health when sleep apnoea clinics will reopen for screenings and assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1659. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to expedite the vaccination of special educational staff who work and teach some of the most vulnerable children in the special...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the circumstances regarding the assessment of needs in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• Health Services Staff
  1663. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding section 56 and section 59 workers; if they will receive pay restoration in line with their section 39 colleagues; and if he will make a...
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  1667. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing PrEP users attending the gay men's health service from November 2019, in 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, in tabular form; and...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for pain management treatment at the paediatric chronic pain clinic in CHI, Dublin; the average waiting time for...
• Hospital Staff
  1670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members that have been recruited to the multidisciplinary pain teams in CHI, Dublin in the past three months; the number of patients that...
• Vaccination Programme
  1671. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available for a person (details supplied) to access the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15092/21]
• Cancer Services
  1672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims lodged with the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15095/21]
• Covid-19 Tests
  1675. To ask the Minister for Health if antigen testing was included as a cost which could be reimbursed under the Covid-19 temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes; if these costs...
• Occupational Therapy
  1676. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the way children that are receiving CAMHS services in north County Tipperary but are unable to access occupational therapy services due to a lack...
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for speech and language therapy by county in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and his views on the...
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  1678. To ask the Minister for Health his views on families having to access private autism spectrum disorder, ASD, assessments for children before they will be considered for treatment at CAMHS...
• Vaccination Programme
  1679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a formal audit of nursing home mortality since the beginning of the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in both private and public nursing...
• Hospital Staff
  1682. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 3 June 2020, the status of recruitment for the CHI paediatric complex pain management service; the current...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1683. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the use of ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15109/21]
• Departmental Transport
  1684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by his Department and agencies and semi-State companies under his remit, broken down by the number of ICE...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1685. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of waiting times on surgery waiting lists in Ennis General Hospital, County Clare, for elective and non-elective surgeries; his plans to help...
• Hospital Equipment
  1686. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which health screening and outpatient clinics prepare for appointments with disabled patients (details supplied); the protocol in place; the type...
• Vaccination Programme
  1687. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an 80-year-old patient who is in hospital must attend an appointment with the general practitioner for vaccination; the reason patients over 80...
• National Public Health Emergency Team
  1688. To ask the Minister for Health if the Minister of State with responsibility for disability has made representations to the NPHET committee in terms of her role; if the Minister of State has...
• Mobility Allowance
  1689. To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement scheme for the mobility allowance will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15149/21]
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1690. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the backlog in primary medical certificate applications; if he will be working on changes to scheme to adapt the criteria for...
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for the leasing of a CPAP machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 contacts to date that were passed to and received from the health protection teams in Northern Ireland, respectively; and if he will...
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  1697. To ask the Minister for Health the exchange visits since 2017 between mesh removal surgeons here and colleagues in other jurisdictions; the itinerary followed; the hosts and participants;...
• Vaccination Programme
  1708. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements are in place to ensure that cross-Border workers who are resident here who require the Covid-19 vaccination to maintain employment in Northern...
• Cancer Services
  1710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); the CervicalCheck screening process in this context; if HPV negative patients are...
• Medicinal Products
  1711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the cost of a treatment (details supplied) [15191/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1712. To ask the Minister for Health when timelines will be available in relation to the vaccination of the clinically vulnerable and in particular cancer patients; and if he will make a...
• Medical Aids and Appliances
  1714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the dexcom continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the long term Illness scheme and the primary...
• Hospital Staff
  1716. To ask the Minister for Health the situation in CHI in relation to the recruitment of the main lead paediatric pain consultant roles; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1719. To ask the Minister for Health the situation in relation to waiting list reporting for children waiting for chronic pain treatment at CHI; if the waiting list for new referrals to CHI for...
• Home Help Service
  1720. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15220/21]
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1721. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a primary medical certificate. [15224/21]
• Hospital Staff
  1723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing standard allowance, placement grants and payment for work carried out by student radiographers; and if he will make a statement...
• Vaccination Programme
  1725. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised in relation to some Covid-19 vaccinators not being vaccinated themselves before administering the vaccine...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1727. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the contact tracing database was constructed; the way in which it operates; the number of individual entries on same; the information that is...
• Hospital Staff
  1729. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE for newly qualified doctors at each hospital; and if they will be retained. [15250/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1734. To ask the Minister for Health the status of vaccinations for pharmacy staff. [15261/21]
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1735. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary medical certificate processes. [15263/21]
• Hospital Data
  1736. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 17 February 2021, the breakdown of capital submissions received, approved, under evaluation and not approved from...
• Medicinal Products
  1737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting to receive omalizumab in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15276/21]
• Medical Negligence Cases
  1739. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding medical negligence; and if he will make a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1740. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [15280/21]
• Cancer Services
  1741. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE national screening service will update its BreastCheck screening standard operating procedure guidelines to notify women regarding personal breast...
• Hospital Staff
  1742. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to let go 15 newly qualified doctors from University Hospital Galway will be reversed given the doctors are needed; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Tests
  1743. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Covid-19 testing centre in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow was closed for Covid-19 testing on 13 and 14 March 2021; and if he will make a...
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Sligo and Leitrim that are currently awaiting initial assessment, initial treatment or further therapy in speech and...
• Disabilities Assessments
  1746. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of need will be completed and the statutory obligations of the HSE met in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
• Vaccination Programme
  1748. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received approaches from the Minister for Justice in relation to moving members of An Garda Síochána forward on the Covid-19 vaccine...
• Disability Services Provision
  1749. To ask the Minister for Health when the day services at a facility will be reopened for all attendees that have disabilities such as a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
• Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
  1751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of CORU registration for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1753. To ask the Minister for Health the contact he and NPHET have had with a group (details supplied) to discuss the issue of vitamin D supplementation during Covid-19; if he will meet with the...
• Vaccination Programme
  1754. To ask the Minister for Health the online training courses which are required for recently retired nurses to complete in order to come back and work as a vaccinator for the Covid-19...
• Medicinal Products
  1755. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take for patients under the individual licensing system to provide a pathway to funding at source as they continue to suffer a...
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  1756. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen by CAMHS in view of the fact they have been waiting a number of years. [15327/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1757. To ask the Minister for Health if family reunification of persons that have permission to reside in Ireland is deemed essential travel under Covid-19 level 5 restrictions. [15328/21]
• Medicinal Products
  1758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction access to the drug dupilvmob to a person (details supplied) on compassionate grounds. [15329/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1761. To ask the Minister for Health the position of special needs assistants on the vaccination allocation sequencing as part of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme; if they are...
• Dental Services
  1762. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment for a child (details supplied); when they will be seen by an orthodontist; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Autism Support Services
  1763. To ask the Minister for Health if an issue in relation to waiting times for a public autism assessment will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1764. To ask the Minister for Health the reason families of children with additional needs were left with no support during Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  1765. To ask the Minister for Health the reason families in County Kerry referred to services (details supplied) are waiting over a year with no contact or support with crisis level situations in...
• National Children's Hospital
  1766. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacancies on the board of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board will be fully filled. [15364/21]
• HSE Staff
  1767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to retain the over 300 positions for newly-qualified intern doctors which are proposed to be cut in 2021; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1768. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with hereditary spherocytosis and who have received both doses of their Covid-19 vaccine can return to work; when the policy on same will be...
• Vaccination Programme
  1769. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no orders have been placed for the booster doses of the vaccines under development to deal with Covid-19 virus variants; and if he will make a...
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1771. To ask the Minister for Health if a rationalisation of services under the new progressing disabilities model will result in the loss of in-school speech and language therapy services for a...
• Disability Support Services
  1773. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure multidisciplinary services for a school (details supplied), particularly speech and language therapy services remain in place during a...
• Medical Cards
  1774. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Down syndrome are entitled to a medical card; the reason some holders of a medical card who have Down syndrome are having their medical cards...
• Vaccination Programme
  1775. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out for group 4 is prioritised by condition, severity and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• HSE Staff
  1776. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to renew the policy of offering all eligible Irish-trained graduates an intern post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15420/21]
• Medicinal Products
  1777. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts to approve dupilumab, commonly known as Dupixent, used to treat eczema and asthma among other conditions; and if he will make a...
• Health Services Provision
  1778. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to provide for the healthcare of transgender young persons in Ireland given the exit of a UK-based clinic (details supplied)...
• Gender Recognition
  1779. To ask the Minister for Health when the multidisciplinary team will be in place as per the final report of the steering committee on the development of HSE transgender identity services of...
• Gender Equality
  1780. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that have been made available to ensure the HSE service development model of care is implemented and accessible to support transgender young...
• HSE Staff
  1784. To ask the Minister for Health the additional specialised staff who have been recruited in line with action 19.1 of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2018-2020, including...
• Gender Equality
  1785. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to develop transgender health services for children and adults with a clear transition pathway from child to adult services in...
• Paediatric Services
  1788. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for children seeking new appointments and repeat appointments at a paediatric chronic pain clinic; if the waiting list is open or closed to...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1789. To ask the Minister for Health if family carers will be added as a priority group on the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
  1792. To ask the Minister for Health the financial and other supports given to pharmacies that have provided a service throughout the pandemic; if the staff providing the service will be...
• Respite Care Services
  1793. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of €5 million funding for nine additional respite houses announced on 23 February 2021; the location of each respite house;...
• Hospice Services
  1794. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the recurring funding for each hospice (details supplied) announced on 17 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15456/21]
• Paediatric Services
  1795. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays facing children awaiting pain management assessment and treatment as raised by a group (details supplied); and...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1796. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to having cardiac patients recategorised to level 7 of the national roll-out plan for Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make...
• Hospital Data
  1797. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that have repair clinics for prosthetic limbs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15464/21]
• Nursing Staff
  1798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved psychiatric nursing posts, by speciality, as per A Vision for Change recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Disabilities Assessments
  1799. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assessment of needs waiting times (details supplied). [15474/21]
• Cross-Border Co-operation
  1800. To ask the Minister for Health if he is reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding with his colleague in the Northern Ireland Executive; the status of the performance of same; the extent to...
• Paediatric Services
  1801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with complex medical conditions availing of paediatric homecare following discharge from hospital in the past six months. [15480/21]
• Health Services
  1802. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure adequate step down and rehabilitation services for persons who suffer from stroke upon discharge from inpatient hospital care....
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  1803. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in CAMHS in County Roscommon; the number of vacancies waiting to be filled. [15482/21]
• Disabilities Assessments
  1804. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen for an assessment of need. [15504/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1805. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to further prioritising cardiac patients within the vaccine allocation groupings in view of the recognition of recent...
• Cross-Border Co-operation
  1809. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of formal cross-Border healthcare provision, cooperation and integration; the services and locations in which this occurs, such as the paediatric...
• Primary Care Centres
  1810. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for Grange, County Sligo; and the opening date for same. [15543/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15544/21]
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme
  1812. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow an extended timeframe for the sale of a home under the fair deal scheme before interest is charged given that currently homes must be sold...
• Mental Health Services
  1814. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take on the recent unfavourable report relating to a facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Departmental Appointments
  1815. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a chief pharmacist in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15550/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1816. To ask the Minister for Health if he will utilise local media to ensure the Covid-19 message is disseminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15554/21]
• Health Services Staff
  1817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at each regional public health department in tabular form; and his plans to increase staff numbers. [15585/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1818. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of mandatory hotel quarantine in the south of the country. [15586/21]
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  1821. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of operations and procedures for University Hospital Kerry referred to private hospitals under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the...
• Hospital Data
  1822. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of each of hip replacement and knee replacement surgeries, respectively referred from University Hospital Kerry to private hospitals in...
• Disability Services Provision
  1823. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to and impact on the provision of on-site therapeutic services to the children and young people attending services (details supplied) generally...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1827. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 rules in hospitals will be relaxed to allow a partner to attend with a woman experiencing a miscarriage given that support is necessary for women...
• Hospital Services
  1828. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of ultrasound scans at weekends in acute hospitals; if there is a discrepancy in availability across the country; if his...
• Maternity Services
  1829. To ask the Minister for Health if improvements are planned across the health system for women experiencing miscarriages including awareness campaigns for all medical personnel, including...
• Paediatric Services
  1830. To ask the Minister for Health when the main and lead pain consultant specialists for children’s pain management will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Departmental Funding
  1831. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to each cross-Border health and social care service for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Departmental Correspondence
  1832. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15622/21]
• HSE Staff
  1833. To ask the Minister for Health if external recruitment agencies used by the HSE are required to follow the same codes of practice as the HSE during direct recruitment; the name of the codes...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1834. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) is involved in the recruitment of contact tracers or in the running of contact tracing centres; the role it plays in same; and...
• Maternity Services
  1839. To ask the Minister for Health the number of International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners certified lactation consultants holding specialist posts in each maternity unit. [15635/21]
• Hospital Staff
  1842. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical interns offered a post in 2020; the number accepted; the number of medical graduates that year; if every medical graduate had an intern...
• Cannabis for Medicinal Use
  1843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the qualifying conditions under the medical cannabis access programme; if there is evidence to include chronic pain as a qualifying...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1844. To ask the Minister for Health the current information for surgeons on the vaccination of patients awaiting surgery; if Ireland is following the same model as the UK (details supplied); if...
• Nursing Home Fees
  1845. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the new payment system put in place for long-stay charges in residential homes run by an organisation (details supplied) in 2017; the reason...
• Hospice Services
  1847. To ask the Minister for Health the geographical location of the two new inpatient unit hospices being considered for palliative care in CHO8. [15670/21]
• Palliative Care Services
  1848. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop two new palliative units in the CHO8 region in terms of timescale, location, capacity and funding; and if he will make a...
• Health Services Access
  1849. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15672/21]
• Eating Disorders
  1850. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for services that provide support for eating disorders by the end of 2021; if so, the amount of additional funding that will be...
• General Practitioner Services
  1851. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the HSE secures a permanent general practitioner for Kilrush, County Clare, as a matter of urgency (details supplied). [15676/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1852. To ask the Minister for Health if those with chronic cardiac conditions will be included in cohort 4 for Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15679/21]
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1855. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delay in processing applications for the primary medical certificate; when he expects the backlog of applications to be processed;...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1856. To ask the Minister for Health when members of An Garda Síochána working on the front line can expect to receive the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15695/21]
• Hospital Services
  1857. To ask the Minister for Health when members of multidisciplinary pain team recruited over the past three months will begin seeing patients. [15696/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1858. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish guidance in relation to workers that have been out due to health issues and have since been vaccinated which would...
• Hospital Staff
  1859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intern doctors working in Roscommon University Hospital and in University Hospital Galway; his plans to reduce these numbers; if so, the reason;...
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1861. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a primary certificate application for a person (details supplied) will be assessed; the date on which a certificate will be issued; and if...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1862. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding vaccination of persons resident in hospices; the visiting restrictions imposed on such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Paediatric Services
  1864. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a recruitment campaign for paediatric rheumatologists; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are two paediatric...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1865. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; if they will be called via their general practitioner or the hospital; and if he will make...
• Hospital Data
  1866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 patients at University Hospital Galway transferred to other hospitals for oxygen treatment during the period 1 February 2020 to 1...
• Primary Medical Certificates
  1868. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter on a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15737/21]
• Ophthalmology Services
  1869. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15738/21]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1870. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify details on the pain relief outpatients waiting list report as listed on the NTPF website; his views on whether the numbers listed cannot be...
• Hospital Data
  1873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeries cancelled in Cork University Hospital by the hospital due to capacity issues by quarter in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021,...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1874. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for orthopaedic surgery in Cork University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [15748/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1875. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include pharmacy staff in the next wave of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine. [15749/21]
• Cancer Services
  1876. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with lung cancer at stages 1 to 4, respectively in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [15751/21]
• Hospital Data
  1877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended a rapid access lung clinic for a diagnostic test in each month from January 2020 to January 2021; the percentage of these...
• Paediatric Services
  1879. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in providing better and more efficient access to paediatric rheumatology for children with special needs; the progress to date in...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1880. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the various Covid-19-related public information campaigns run by his Department to date; and the number that relate specifically on the way...
• Health Services
  1881. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider on grounds of equity allowing provision for medical card holders to access specialist women’s healthcare treatments (details...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line healthcare workers in an organisation (details supplied) in Cork who have been vaccinated. [15778/21]
• Paediatric Services
  1884. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE paediatric pain specialists nationally; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15788/21]
• Maternity Services
  1885. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on the HSE breastfeeding action plan for 2019 and 2020; and the way in which this compares to that which had been budgeted for this area. [15789/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1886. To ask the Minister for Health when a written policy will be in place allowing occupational health to clear for immediate return to work critical healthcare workers deemed highly vulnerable...
• Paediatric Services
  1887. To ask the Minister for Health when the paediatric rheumatologist will start work and see patients; when the information leaflet prepared for general practitioners by parents of children...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1889. To ask the Minister for Health if elderly persons having to travel distances to receive their vaccine will be eligible for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Health Services Staff
  1890. To ask the Minister for Health the positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo and Leitrim in respect of speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational...
• Dental Services
  1891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices that signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1893. To ask the Minister for Health the cost involved in mandatory quarantining for those entering Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15826/21]
• Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
  1894. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person with a brain injury who is over 65 years of age and who could gain significantly from rehabilitation is unable to access community...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1895. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers in each category that have received the Covid-19 vaccine to date; the number of persons between 70-74, 75-79, 80-84 over 85...
• Cannabis for Medicinal Use
  1899. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to take measures providing equal treatment to patients taking products manufactured by a company (details supplied) and to allow the type of...
• Vaccination Programme
  1900. To ask the Minister for Health if an updated vaccine supply forecast will be provided for quarters 1, 2 and 3 (details supplied). [15837/21]
• Covid-19 Tests
  1902. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on Covid-19 testing and tracing in 2020; the amount budgeted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15843/21]
• Departmental Expenditure
  1904. To ask the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15845/21]
• Departmental Staff
  1905. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent funded, filled and vacant positions in testing and tracing; the basis on which they are filled as a percentage of...
• HSE Waiting Lists
  1906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for assessment for speech and language services in CHO7. [15857/21]
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1907. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have received assessments for speech and language services and are currently waiting for intervention in CHO7. [15858/21]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  1909. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to publish the modal age with regard to Covid-19 cases as part of the daily figures to enable further insights into Covid-19...
• Health Services
  1911. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure immunocompromised persons and persons with chronic lung diseases are not refused regular treatments until they receive the...
• Vaccination Programme
  1912. To ask the Minister for Health if childcare workers (details supplied) will be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15869/21]
• Respite Care Services
  1913. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15870/21]
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme
  1914. To ask the Minister for Health the date to which his Department is working towards to introduce the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Vaccination Programme
  1916. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the waiving of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 products during the pandemic, in particular vaccines, as recommended...
• Cancer Services
  1917. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to highlight the importance of cervical screening for persons under 25 years of age who are not yet screened but need to be aware of...
• Health Services Staff
  1920. To ask the Minister for Health the details of HSE psychologist posts since January 2014 in CHO4 that were competed for via local interview as opposed to the relevant national recruitment...
• Cancer Services
  1921. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the liaison officers appointed to work with the persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Patient Safety
  1924. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to involve persons and groups affected by failures of the State to provide proper healthcare such as a group (details supplied) in the...
• Medical Qualifications
  1925. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the HSE decision to reduce the number of intern places being offered for the 2021 cohort of medical graduates (details...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1926. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting lists for persons with endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15917/21]
• Alcohol Pricing
  1928. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the beneficial effects accruing from the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland; and when section 11 of the Public...
• Covid-19 Tests
  1930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests which have been administered by private providers and analysed by public laboratories in each week since 1 January 2021. [15957/21]
• Vaccination Programme
  1933. To ask the Minister for Health the processes and facilities in place to properly dispose of syringes and other medical and biohazardous waste arising from the national Covid-19 vaccination...
• Departmental Administrative Arrangements
  1934. To ask the Minister for Health the payment options available for persons to pay fines, charges or bills issued by his Department; and if there are plans to provide further online payment...

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