Written answers

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    837. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the progress towards combatting the Covid-19 pandemic with particular reference to the need to ensure that...
  • Vaccination Programme
    838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in the HSE west, CHO2 area for child psychologists; the current situation regarding the filling of these vacancies; the number of...
  • Maternity Services
    839. To ask the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that partners can attend the 20-week scan given this is not being implemented in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    841. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue guidance to businesses relying on international students as a matter of priority in order that they can make provisions for the...
  • Health Services
    843. To ask the Minister for Health if further assistance will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21140/21]
  • Health Insurance
    844. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some insurance companies are refusing to provide health insurance to persons who become ill as a result of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine; if...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    845. To ask the Minister for Health if a person travelling to a country on the quarantine list for surgery can obtain an exemption from mandatory quarantine; if so, the way they apply for same;...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    847. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/21]
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    848. To ask the Minister for Health when community medical doctors will be in a position to recommence regular primary medical certificate assessments following legal clarification in relation to...
  • Vaccination Programme
    849. To ask the Minister for Health when and the way in which housebound persons will be vaccinated; when housebound persons in County Waterford will be vaccinated; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Staff
    852. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing compositions of each public health department; the number of approved posts by grade, filled and vacant, respectively; and if he will make a...
  • Ministerial Communications
    858. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on integrating public health on an all-island basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    859. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on developing all-island contingency planning to prepare for future island-wide epidemics; and if he...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    862. To ask the Minister for Health the reason student nurses have to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to take up employment given this does not apply to their senior colleagues; and if he...
  • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
    863. To ask the Minister for Health the prerequisites for adding products to the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; if products can only be added to the Programme if previously prescribed in...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    864. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an analysis of the overall spending on pharmaceuticals in the health service; if so, the conclusions of same; the...
  • Vaccination Programme
    866. To ask the Minister for Health if certain essential personnel working in pharmaceutical companies will be prioritised for vaccination (details supplied). [21190/21]
  • Motorised Transport Grant
    868. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that the motorised transport grant and similar supports towards the purchase of an automatic or adapted vehicle will be restored; and if...
  • Health Services
    869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding applications for acceptance to residential institution settings by CHO area, broken down in internal areas within each CHO and the...
  • Pension Provisions
    870. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a pension increase for a person (details supplied) who worked for the HSE. [21226/21]
  • Health Services Access
    871. To ask the Minister for Health when chiropody services will be made available in Tuam primary care centre, Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21233/21]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    872. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) on Covid-19 rapid testing in respect of the graduated return of...
  • Vaccination Programme
    876. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a difference in payment for persons administering Covid-19 vaccinations depending on if they are nurses or doctors. [21242/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    877. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 and the associated regulations in order that those who already have had Covid-19 can be exempt from mandatory...
  • Pharmaceutical Sector
    878. 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. [21246/21]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    879. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the upcoming legislation on the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21250/21]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    880. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21252/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    881. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the chair did not invite the members to endorse the minutes of 25 February 2021 NPHET meeting at the meeting on 18 March 2021; the reason the...
  • Pharmacy Services
    882. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the FEMPI cuts in the pharmacy sector. [21263/21]
  • Maternity Services
    884. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the distress current restrictions at maternity hospitals are causing expectant mothers and their partners; the basis for...
  • Vaccination Programme
    885. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be vaccinated soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    886. To ask the Minister for Health if travelling to attend a wedding is classified as essential travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21284/21]
  • Mental Health Services
    887. To ask the Minister for Health the reason supports are not being provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21289/21]
  • HSE Staff
    888. To ask the Minister for Health when the outcome of the job evaluation for homecare support assistants which was promised in September 2020 will be published; if the recommendations of the...
  • Vaccination Programme
    889. To ask the Minister for Health if those aged between 60-69 years of age will be offered an alternative vaccine to a vaccine (details supplied) in cases in which they have a significant...
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    890. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the sale and use of vaping and e cigarettes by children and young adults; the regulations in relation to same; if he plans to amend...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    892. To ask the Minister for Health if contact tracing calls are recorded; if so, the reasoning for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21307/21]
  • Maternity Services
    895. To ask the Minister for Health when the restrictions will be eased at Limerick Maternity Hospital given that the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin has lifted the restrictions on partners; and if he...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    897. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients with significantly reduced lung capacity are not receiving early vaccinations given the dangers that Covid-19 poses to their health; and if...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    899. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21339/21]
  • Alcohol Pricing
    900. To ask the Minister for Health when minimum unit pricing will be implemented as prescribed in the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018. [21340/21]
  • Health Research Board
    901. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board drugs and alcohol behavioural study will be published. [21341/21]
  • National Drugs Strategy
    902. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy. [21342/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    904. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification regarding mandatory hotel quarantine for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/21]
  • Abortion Services
    905. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce measures to ensure care for women who initiate legal abortions in Ireland but whose abortion fails beyond the 12-week timeline and...
  • Mental Health Services
    906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cross border directive mental health referrals that have been sent to Northern Ireland in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    909. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 9 September 2020, the status of the promised alcohol addiction treatment service in Galway city; if a building has...
  • Cross-Border Co-operation
    910. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have availed of the cross border directive for each service (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    912. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the pop-up walk-in Covid-19 test centres by test centre; the locations they are or have been in operation; the way in which the locations are...
  • Health Services
    915. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements of persons with endometriosis to medical treatment here and abroad; the extent to which this is covered by the public system; the extent to...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    916. To ask the Minister for Health the speed with which the legislative changes to exempt vaccinated persons from a mandatory hotel quarantine upon arrival in Ireland will take effect; and if an...
  • Maternity Services
    917. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that an ad hoc approach is not being taken by different hospitals to allowing partners to access antenatal appointments and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    919. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding children travelling with applicable travellers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21401/21]
  • Vaccination Programme
    920. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their Covid-19 vaccine; when they will receive same; and if this can be arranged as a matter of...
  • Child Protection
    921. To ask the Minister for Health the training regarding child protection provided to staff supervising the hotels in which mandatory hotel quarantine is carried out; and if he will make a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    922. To ask the Minister for Health the number of those reported to Deputies as having died with Covid-19 at a HSE mid-west briefing on 26 March 2021, that had Covid-19 recorded as the disease or...
  • Vaccination Programme
    923. To ask the Minister for Health the acute hospitals that have been contacted for lists of heart failure patients with regard to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement...
  • Crisis Pregnancy Services
    924. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to regulate rogue crisis pregnancy agencies that seek to delay and misinform those seeking information on abortion services; and if he...
  • Mental Health Services
    925. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/21]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    926. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an urgent general practitioner referral x-ray in each acute hospital; the waiting time for such an x-ray in each acute hospital;...
  • Maternity Services
    927. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity and an update in relation to partners of pregnant person’s attendance at prenatal appointments, labour and delivery (details...
  • Hospital Admissions
    928. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an admission date to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. [21413/21]
  • Hospital Facilities
    929. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the seven additional isolation rooms in the bone marrow unit at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; when this project will commence;...
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
    930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of STI clinics nationally; the staffing numbers at each; the vacancy numbers at each; and the length of time the vacancies have existed. [21418/21]
  • Hospital Facilities
    931. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cryotherapy machines in each public and voluntary hospital; and the number of persons waiting for appointments to use these machines in each...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    933. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant paediatric vascular surgeon at CHI Crumlin. [21421/21]
  • Hospital Facilities
    934. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres and operational theatres respectively at Tallaght University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21422/21]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    935. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant paediatric urologist at CHI Temple Street. [21423/21]
  • Vaccination Programme
    936. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccine against Covid-19; the reason for the delay in this vaccination; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    937. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the lack of access to an assessment of social care support needs for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...
  • Vaccination Programme
    938. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if this practice of requiring training in the absence of a job offer is in line with...
  • Health Promotion
    939. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the actions and targets of the Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021; if the subsequent action plan will be clarified; if he will consider the...
  • Medical Cards
    940. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21476/21]
  • Vaccination Programme
    942. To ask the Minister for Health if priority will be given to parents of children and adults with intellectual disabilities in terms of the vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Stroke Care
    943. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to services for a person over 65 years of age; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Provision
    944. To ask the Minister for Health when the oculist service for the provision of prosthetic eyes for young persons will be available again particularly in relation to persons (details supplied);...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    946. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department and the timelines with respect to the reopening of day care centres and such facilities for older persons who have been fully...
  • Health Services Provision
    949. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a significant community effort to secure funding for a life-saving treatment for a person (details supplied); if his...
  • Vaccination Programme
    950. To ask the Minister for Health the position of persons aged 60 to 64 years of age who are in group 4 on the vaccine schedule; and his plans to resolve a lacuna in the vaccine roll-out as it...
  • Disability Services Data
    951. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff with disabilities and those without disabilities employed by State-funded disability service providers; if State-funded disability service...
  • Hospice Services
    952. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the siting issue for a new hospice in Tullamore, County Offaly. [21524/21]
  • Vaccination Programme
    953. To ask the Minister for Health when the vaccination of pharmacy staff will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21532/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    956. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of a dispensation to the travel restrictions for those travelling to disability sports training based outside of their own...
  • Vaccination Programme
    957. To ask the Minister for Health the list of conditions which details were requested on in relation to each of the acute hospitals which have been contacted for lists of patients with regard...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    959. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the accompanying passenger who has to travel with the patient does not have their Covid-19 test which is mandatory covered by the treatment abroad...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    960. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of fees that are covered for airline tickets and those that are not covered under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Vaccination Programme
    961. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the quarter 1 prioritisation exercise carried out by HIQA; if an evaluation of the varicella chickenpox vaccine has been included in this work;...
  • Health Services Staff
    962. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provide on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the practice of requiring training in the absence of a job offer is in...
  • HSE Data
    964. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1028, 1029 and 1030 of 24 February 2021, the details and all documentation related to donations over €100,000 for...
  • HSE Donations
    966. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit has been conducted to assess compliance with the HSE national financial regulation No. 17. [21602/21]
  • Vaccination Programme
    971. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve and to use a vaccine (details supplied) in the current Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    974. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21613/21]
  • Health Services Staff
    975. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resolution of the public health doctors and consultant deal in particular the terms for roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that died with Covid-19 from 1 February 2020 to 15 of April 2021, by county; the number that died in private nursing homes, HSE nursing...
  • Mental Health Services
    977. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases in which patients of mental health services were prescribed excessive amounts of medication in the previous five years, by county; the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    978. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred for HSE nursing homes in the management of Covid-19 to date; the geographical distribution of the funding; and the number of HSE...
  • Vaccination Programme
    985. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a Covid-19 vaccine. [21683/21]
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    986. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was refused under the treatment abroad scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) given a previous application was approved on 20...
  • HSE Staff
    987. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff based in speech and language therapy that are currently redeployed to other duties by each CHO; the corresponding figures for each month...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    989. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the acquisition of gloves for carers for essential caring purposes given that carers are currently acquiring these without assistance and...
  • Medical Cards
    990. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of general practitioners and charging patients with medical cards for individual blood tests; if his attention has been drawn to...
  • Health Services Funding
    991. To ask the Minister for Health the original budget allocation for primary care in 2020 in each CHO; the outturn for same in 2020; and the budget allocation for 2021, in tabular form. [21699/21]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    992. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a wheelchair in CHO5, by area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21704/21]
  • Medical Cards
    994. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have a medical card in New Ross, County Wexford. [21706/21]
  • Primary Care Centres
    995. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a primary care centre in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21708/21]
  • Health Services Provision
    997. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a service (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21710/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    998. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to allow for a process for persons to apply for an exemption from the mandatory hotel quarantine as provided under the relevant...
  • Vaccination Programme
    999. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their Covid-19 vaccine. [21726/21]
  • HSE Staff
    1000. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit advanced nurse practitioners dedicated solely to children with Down syndrome in 2021 and or in 2022. [21732/21]
  • Obesity Strategy
    1001. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the short-term five-year targets for overweight and obesity as outlined in A Healthy Weight for Ireland (details supplied); if the targets for...
  • HSE Data
    1006. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals and attendance numbers for symptomatic breast disease and prostate rapid access clinics in each of the past five...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1007. To ask the Minister for Health when persons diagnosed with cystic fibrosis will receive their vaccination for Covid-19 particularly those aged 18 to 21 years; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1010. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions within CAMHS Wexford south and CAMHS in Wexford north. [21854/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1013. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in which a Covid-19 case has been reported among staff or residents of nursing homes since vaccination; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    1016. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a general review of the use and overuse of psychiatric medication in children across all CAMHS and primary care health services and in...
  • Health Screening Programmes
    1017. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the breast screening process to those under and over 50 to 69 years of age profile (details supplied); and the reason they have been...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1020. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not including the HPV vaccine on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21865/21]
  • HSE Data
    1022. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE senior trainees that are undergoing international training in the dilation and evacuation procedure (details supplied); the location such...
  • Irish Language
    1023. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language; and if he...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    1025. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccine will be made available under the drugs payment scheme to allow teenagers that wish to get the vaccine while the school administration...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    1026. To ask the Minister for Health if an exemption from the requirement to have a PCR test entering the country at present could be provided for children with a disability that are over six...
  • Third Level Education
    1027. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of six national foundation education programmes for nurses in critical care, surgical pre-assessment, acute medicine, unscheduled...
  • Health Services Staff
    1028. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant ophthalmic and oculoplastic surgeons at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin in each of the past three years in...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1031. To ask the Minister for Health if an outbreak of Covid-19 in the workplace is a criterion that is applied in respect of applications by healthcare workers to avail of the temporary...
  • Health Services Staff
    1032. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to applications submitted by healthcare workers for the temporary accommodation scheme to be administered by the HSE directly...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1037. To ask the Minister for Health if evidence from other jurisdictions has been examined in cases in which outdoor hospitality has remained open throughout tight restrictions; and if he will...
  • Health Services Provision
    1039. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that the HSE paid for to receive eating disorder care in the United Kingdom; the cost of this care annually in each of the years 2014...
  • Health Services Funding
    1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore funding to the community based non-profit counselling services to 2011 levels with adjustments for inflation; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Properties
    1042. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to the plans to sell off facilities for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities (details supplied); and if he...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1043. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a Cork school that provides in-school support for students with a facility for deaf children retains a speech and language therapist;...
  • Special Educational Needs
    1045. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE budget allocated per child diagnosed with needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1046. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with a psychiatric illness will be vaccinated according to groups 4 and 7 or by age; if some patients have already been vaccinated under group 4;...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1048. To ask the Minister for Health when a new general practitioner will be assigned following a request to change general practitioner in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • HSE Reports
    1049. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of each of the recommendations outlined in a 2017 HSE report (details supplied); the number of these recommendations that have been implemented...
  • Departmental Properties
    1050. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 11 March 2021, the status of talks in relation to a building (details supplied) and specifically talks between...
  • Health Services Provision
    1051. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1803 of 24 March 2021, if a service (details supplied) is being provided; the services in place and running; if patients...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1052. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22053/21]
  • Health Services Staff
    1055. To ask the Minister for Health the reason given by clinicians leaving CHO7 in their exit interviews in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22062/21]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    1056. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the inclusion of fixapost on the drugs payment scheme given that it treats a condition more serious to the patient in respect of potential...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1057. To ask the Minister for Health when a vaccination centre (details supplied) will open. [22065/21]
  • Victim Support Services
    1058. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make free psychological supports available to all victims once their court case ends in view of the fact that a range of supports are provided to...
  • Health Services Provision
    1059. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund an extension in treatment for a person (details supplied). [22082/21]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1060. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons are waiting for an otolaryngology department appointment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Local Authority Services
    1061. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the use and availability of public toilets run by both the local authorities and businesses; if businesses are allowed to operate...
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    1062. To ask the Minister for Health if the generation of interspecies chimeric, hybrid embryos are subject to regulation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22099/21]
  • Vaccination Programme
    1063. To ask the Minister for Health if the scheduling of the second HPV vaccine in schools has been delayed; and when it will be administered. [22105/21]
  • Home Help Service
    1064. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly currently on waiting lists for home help hours, homecare packages and respite by category; and if he will...
  • Psychological Assessments
    1065. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate access to a psychologist will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22108/21]
  • Primary Care Centres
    1066. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the long-awaited and urgently needed primary care centre for north Clondalkin, Dublin 22; the reason for the current hold up on the centre; the...
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    1070. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the commitment in the Programme for Government to examine the way to support local drugs and alcohol taskforces in...
  • Court Judgments
    1071. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an analysis to determine if the recent Zalewski judgment by the Supreme Court has any implications for those regulatory...
  • Departmental Contracts
    1072. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the name of the...
  • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
    1073. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant will be able to prescribe under the medical cannabis access programme and have it covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will...
  • Medicinal Products
    1074. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the treatment lanadelumab for hereditary angioedema; when he expects a final decision to be made on its funding; and if he will make a statement...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1076. To ask the Minister for Health the public Covid-19 guidelines with respect to outdoor holiday campsites that cater for self-contained vehicles only; and if clear information will be...
  • Medical Research and Training
    1079. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work and research his Department has been conducting into long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22203/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1080. To ask the Minister for Health if travel to a different country for a medical appointment or medical reasons is reasonable grounds for travel; if such action is allowed in law; if a person...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    1081. To ask the Minister for Health the policies in his Department regarding the correspondence carried out by the Minister of the Department in the conduct of Department businesses or in...
  • Medicinal Products
    1082. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign led by an organisation (details supplied) regarding access for all persons with type 1 diabetes to the...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1084. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time at each vaccination centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/21]
  • Medicinal Products
    1085. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the review conducted on the cost effectiveness of flash glucose monitoring technology for those with type 1 diabetes; if he will consider...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1088. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22241/21]
  • Mental Health Services
    1089. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken in response to the Mental Health Commission December 2020 Report Mental Health Services for Older People; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1090. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for admission to Beaumont Hospital for spinal surgery; and if he will make a statement...
  • Information and Communications Technology
    1093. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline and expected completion date for the move of over 200 legacy financial systems in the health service to a single integrated financial and...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1094. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for this advice...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1096. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to discretionary or new temporary rules that can be applied to persons suffering from long-Covid such as a person (details...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1098. To ask the Minister for Health if those aged over 60 years of age have a choice in relation to the vaccine which will be administered to them particularly persons that have been prone to...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    1099. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all National Treatment Purchase Fund offers made to University Hospital Kerry in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the details of offers which...
  • Dental Services
    1100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford participating in the dental medical card scheme; his plans to address the number of dentists leaving the scheme which...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1101. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which general practitioners, pharmacists and other authorised personnel are progressing the Covid-19 inoculation programme; if all of the...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    1104. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that were taken to retrieve information and correspondence that was shared by the then Minister for Health regarding the GMS general practitioner...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22361/21]
  • Departmental Transport
    1106. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of replacing State vehicles which are owned by his Department or agencies under his remit with hybrid or electric models; and if he will...

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