Written answers
Thursday, 25 March 2021
- HSE Properties
160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to sell the lands at a site (details supplied); the timeframe for the sale; if a review will be carried out on plans to sell the land; and if he will... - Hospital Car Parks
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the 2018 HSE review of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15974/21] - Disability Services Funding
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business plans received by the HSE seeking funding for persons with disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, in each of the years 2017... - Respite Care Services
164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 18 years of age on waiting lists for respite by county; and the average length of time these children have been waiting for... - Health Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the reconfiguring of services in CHO2; the additional resources that will be put in place in each county to support this reconfiguration; the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for treatment or procedures at Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin; the number of children on these waiting lists with... - Vaccination Programme
167. To ask the Minister for Health if dance and stage school teachers are due to be vaccinated in the same cohort as mainstream educational teachers; and, if so, the cohort in which they are... - Home Help Service
168. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an extra 1.3 million home support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15985/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for both inpatient and outpatient appointments at University Hospital Waterford in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will... - Departmental Communications
170. To ask the Minister for Health the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under its aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016.... - Speech and Language Therapy
171. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 964 of 3 March 2021, the number of speech and language therapists who have been working on speech and language duties by... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to recruit staff, in particular psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and nursing staff (details supplied), to CAMHS in... - Vaccination Programme
173. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been included in the group 4 listing of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; the location at which the vaccine will be... - Protected Disclosures
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number that were accepted as a... - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications (details supplied) approved in County Mayo from 1 January 2021 to 19 March 2021 weekly in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service
177. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the ambulance service in the Dublin area; the effect of the improvements to date on the waiting times for ambulances; his... - Vaccination Programme
179. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the prioritisation of heart failure patients for access to the Covid-19 vaccine in view of information (details supplied);... - Covid-19 Pandemic
180. To ask the Minister for Health if seafarers will be exempt from the mandatory hotel quarantine for passengers arriving here from high-risk countries which is due to be implemented; and if he... - Disability Services Data
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for children's disability services; the number on the waiting list for less than three, three to six, six... - Disability Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the staffing numbers in children’s disability services in order to reduce the time spent by children on the waiting list... - Covid-19 Tests
185. To ask the Minister for Health if seafarers are exempt from having to provide evidence of a negative or not detected result from a Covid-19 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction... - Hospital Staff
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) relating to the plan to cut six of 30 newly qualified doctors at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
187. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to disallow a fair deal appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the review letter will be examined by HSE; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
188. To ask the Minister for Health the data recording systems operated by the State in order to record all relevant personal data arising from the Covid-19 vaccination programme. [16104/21] - Departmental Funding
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order to extend its services to those over the age of 65 years; and if he will make a... - Departmental Reviews
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 24 February 2021, if he will furnish a reply. [16110/21] - Vaccination Programme
192. To ask the Minister for Health if those who have particular underlying conditions which make them more vulnerable to the potential side effects of certain Covid vaccines, for example those... - Covid-19 Pandemic
194. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the zero Covid strategy of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16118/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list for the asthma drug Xolair at Tallaght Hospital; the number of persons waiting for same; the length of time they have been... - Care Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults living in HSE-run or HSE-funded facilities in CHO7 requiring safeguarding in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the... - Hospital Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure the retention of newly qualified junior doctors in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital with reference to interns; and if he will make... - Health Services Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for speech and language therapy, SLT, occupational therapy and psychological services in CHO7 for the Dublin 12 area. [16127/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [16129/21] - Primary Care Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult primary care posts in CHO8 for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; and if he will make a... - Departmental Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a condition that charitable voluntary groups must first be in compliance with the company law requirement to file annual audited accounts before they... - Health Services Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychological services in CHO7, Dublin 12. [16144/21] - Covid-19 Tests
206. To ask the Minister for Health if therapists are still redeployed for swapping; and the number from CHO7. [16145/21] - Health Services Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Health where the 300 new therapists will be located. [16146/21] - Vaccination Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to prioritise cardiac patients between 18 and 65 years of age under priority 4 in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a... - Nursing Staff
212. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had on pay for student nurses. [16163/21] - Departmental Policy Functions
213. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had on the policy of progressing disability services; and if he has contacted other Ministers regarding the policy. [16173/21] - Medical Aids and Appliances
214. To ask the Minister for Health if a new automated special chair will be provided for a person (details supplied). [16183/21] - Health Services Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for access to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychological services in the Dublin CHO7 area; and if he will make a... - Speech and Language Therapy
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists who remain redeployed to other areas as a result of the Covid-19 emergency; and the number of same who are from... - Health Services Staff
217. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed recruitment of new therapists will take place; the health areas to which they will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
218. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds for selection in respect of the 33 category 2 countries for travel purposes; the supporting data in each case; and if he will make a statement on... - Vaccination Programme
221. To ask the Minister for Health the expected average daily vaccination numbers in respect of the vaccination system roll-out capability under unconstrained supply, 75% supply and 50% supply,... - Covid-19 Tests
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons being tested for Covid-19 at a location (details supplied) and elsewhere who do not have PPS numbers; if those persons are from within or... - Disability Services Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the capacity review of disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16212/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
225. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 mandatory travel quarantine system will be operational; if it is planned to designate additional countries as high risk; and if he will make... - Nursing Home Accommodation
226. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for approved applicants for the nursing home subvention scheme before they go into payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ophthalmology Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health when an ophthalmologist will be appointed to an area (details supplied) in County Mayo following the transfer of the previous ophthalmologist to another area.... - Home School Community Liaison Scheme
229. To ask the Minister for Health when home school community liaison officers will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/21] - Primary Medical Certificates
230. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16231/21] - Vaccination Programme
231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the lack of Covid-19 vaccination prioritisation for family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16232/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Health if patients admitted to hospital for non-Covid-19-related illnesses or treatment but who are later found to be Covid-19-positive while in hospital are being... - National Public Health Emergency Team
236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recommendation NPHET made in its letter of 18 February 2021 to expand mandatory hotel quarantine to all inbound passengers was not implemented;... - Vaccination Programme
237. To ask the Minister for Health the cohorts being vaccinated at the Helix, DCU; the average number each day who are being vaccinated on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
238. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing homes will implement the new visitation guidelines to allow for a second weekly visit; if not, the nursing homes which will or will not... - Cancer Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health the steps Ireland will take to support the implementation of the Beating Cancer Plan; if he plans to leverage EU funds or other supports available under the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
240. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was involved in the development of Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19; if Ireland’s application to the... - Covid-19 Tests
242. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of antigen testing as part of reopening society out of lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16252/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
243. To ask the Minister for Health if the definition of a Covid-19 death will be amended or updated as more persons are vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16254/21] - Hospital Facilities
244. To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeline for the opening of the new national forensic mental health service hospital, Portrane; if recruitment has been successfully completed to... - Dental Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of a cosmetic dentistry grant and the criteria for same or the financial assistance for urgent orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the vaccine roll-out for non-registered carers and parents of vulnerable children with additional needs, especially if the parents have roles...
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