Written answers
Thursday, 1 April 2021
- Traveller Community
292. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and efforts to date to tackle heightened incidence rates of Covid-19 among the Traveller community (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Court Orders
293. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take following the refusal by the Central Mental Hospital to comply with a court order by refusing entry to a patient on 19 March 2021; and... - Vaccination Programme
294. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which Ireland and other European Union member states can rely on the delivery of adequate supplies of Covid-19 vaccines to meet their urgent... - Covid-19 Pandemic
295. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the company that supplied the paper and the company that did the printing for Covid-19 brochures; if these services were put out... - Medical Aids and Appliances
296. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he will review the decision to refuse the request; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
297. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 3,054 women are waiting for gynaecological care at Tallaght Hospital and 1,452 women are waiting over 18 months; and the steps he plans to take to... - Hospital Appointments Status
298. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for surgery in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin given several appointments have been cancelled and their... - Covid-19 Pandemic
299. To ask the Minister for Health if a comparison will be provided of Covid-19 incidence rates between the general settled population and the Traveller community (details supplied); and if he... - Vaccination Programme
301. To ask the Minister for Health when members of the Traveller community with underlying conditions will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/21] - HSE Staff
302. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE occupational health policy will be amended to allow the occupational health team to accept recommendations from medical consultant doctors regarding the... - Covid-19 Paindéim
303. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1363 and 1451 of 24 March 2021, if the questions can be addressed with regard to the position of approved driving... - Proposed Legislation
304. To ask the Minister for Health the preparatory work under way in his Department on a public health (obesity) Bill as per the programme for Government; the stakeholders that have been and are... - Departmental Funding
305. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for Healthy Ireland in each year since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/21] - Tobacco Control Measures
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the national register of tobacco retailers in 2020 to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement... - Community Welfare Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for motorised wheelchairs in community healthcare organisation area 5 for the latest available date by area in tabular form; and... - Vaccination Programme
311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line workers eligible for Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17724/21] - Child Protection
313. To ask the Minister for Health the cost associated with the practice of his Department of collating and maintaining dossiers of sensitive information on children with autism who were... - Hospital Car Parks
315. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in parking charges at all State hospitals; and the breakdown by location and annual amount in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date... - Hospital Staff
318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1429 of 24 March 2021, if a guarantee will be provided that student radiographers will be treated the same as student... - Health Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant upfront cost for women who use a long-acting reversible contraceptive (details supplied) to control their... - Mental Health Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity at the Central Mental Hospital in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17742/21] - Care of the Elderly
321. To ask the Minister for Health when Monasterevin day care centre will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17750/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
322. To ask the Minister for Health if cases of a double mutant variant of the novel coronavirus similar to that found recently in the Indian state of Maharashtra have been detected in Ireland;... - Vaccination Programme
324. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE is advising students who are currently in their final semester of college and on placement within a... - Autism Support Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive therapy services. [17772/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
327. To ask the Minister for Health when the €100 weekly payment to student nurses will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17774/21] - Hospital Facilities
328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include a palliative care unit in the new 50-bed care of the elderly unit in St. Anthony’s in South Tipperary General Hospital which is... - Addiction Treatment Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to address increased drug and alcohol misuse among young persons in an area (details supplied) particularly in the home; if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
330. To ask the Minister for Health if a proportionality assessment has been carried out on all the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/21] - Health Services
331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate steps to reopen the gay men’s health service based at the Meath primary care centre which has been closed for over a year; if... - Protected Disclosures
332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a protected disclosure by a person (details supplied). [17801/21] - Vaccination Programme
333. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure vaccinations carried out by private hospitals are in keeping with HSE protocols. [17802/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce regulations to back up the existing guidance in respect of nursing home visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17819/21] - Public Procurement Contracts
336. To ask the Minister for Health when the available spaces on the panel for the provision of hand sanitiser to her Department and the HSE will go out to tender; and if he will make a statement... - Paediatric Services
337. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made to the paediatric diabetic clinic in Mullingar Hospital to allow services to continue; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Health if the business case submitted by a person (details supplied) regarding the funding required to provide long-term residential care will be approved; and if the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
339. To ask the Minister for Health the list of states from which arrivals at ports and airports in the State are required to quarantine clarifying in each case whether the quarantine is required... - Proposed Legislation
340. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to publish the nursing home support scheme (amendment) Bill; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17854/21] - Home Care Packages
341. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions and representations to the HSE if weekend home care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if a... - Vaccination Programme
342. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered to the remaining islanders under 70 years of age who are permanently resident on offshore islands, on the islands... - Departmental Records
345. To ask the Minister for Health if dossiers similar to that exposed in a programme (details supplied) have been compiled and held by his Department or its agents including the State Claims... - Departmental Data
346. To ask the Minister for Health if dossiers similar to that exposed in a programme have been compiled and held by his Department or its agents including the State Claims Agency on persons... - Emergency Departments
347. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date to provide a new emergency department for Galway University Hospital; when the new emergency department will be operational in the... - Vaccination Programme
348. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a report from NIAC on the prioritisation of cohorts of persons on the vaccine priority list including family carers and cardiac patients; and... - Departmental Staff
349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the higher executive officers, administration officers, assistant principal officers, principal officers and assistant... - Maternity Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that pregnant women can be joined by their partner for maternity appointments and childbirth; the current policy in each... - HSE Waiting Lists
351. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in reducing waiting lists for assessment of need; if additional resources have been provided towards the provision of appropriate... - Vaccination Programme
352. To ask the Minister for Health the category branch bank staff fall under in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [17938/21] - Health Services Provision
353. To ask the Minister for Health when a building project will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation at a healthcare facility (details... - Vaccination Programme
354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that cross-Border workers will be prioritised in receiving surplus UK vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/21] - Departmental Records
355. To ask the Minister for Health if a risk assessment of families on the grounds of the families' likelihood to pursue legal action against the State was a determinant in the management of... - HSE Records
357. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol and or procedure he has in place for retrieving patient files, data and information from the HSE for use by his officials. [17983/21] - General Data Protection Regulation
358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in... - Eating Disorders
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dieticians and specially trained staff for eating disorders allocated to the CAMHS aftercare services in County Clare; the aftercare services... - Dental Services
362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Clare who received payments from the dental treatment services scheme in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and in the first quarter of 2021,... - General Practitioner Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a scheme to address the problem with replacing general practitioners in County Clare in which some general practitioners are retiring... - Covid-19 Tests
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tests for Covid-19 undertaken daily in each of the walk-in testing centres since they opened; the positivity rate in each centre; if the positive... - Vaccination Programme
365. To ask the Minister for Health the total population of agency nurses and healthcare assistants; the number of these who are vaccinated; the way in which the remainder will be identified for... - Covid-19 Pandemic
366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that arrived here in each week from 8 March 2021 to date and declared on the passenger locator form that they had been in one of the 33... - Departmental Reports
371. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to comply with the request from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health that he make the senior counsel report on the allegations of a whistleblower... - Covid-19 Tests
372. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to opening a mobile test centre in north County Dublin given the high levels of Covid-19 in the Skerries and Balbriggan... - Covid-19 Pandemic
373. To ask the Minister for Health if mandatory hotel quarantine or home quarantine concessions will be available for incoming travellers who have received a vaccine approved by the European... - Hospital Waiting Lists
374. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for cataract treatment, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18068/21] - Health Services Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the nationwide roll-out of the shared care cataract treatment model, which is already in operation in the Sligo region, known as the Sligo... - Covid-19 Pandemic
376. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the issuing of vaccines to a school (details supplied); the actions being taken to make sure this does not happen again; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
378. To ask the Minister for Health if a student who did not avail of the free human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine in their first year of secondary school can avail of the vaccine at a later date...
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