Written answers
Thursday, 29 April 2021
- Health Services Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move from a psychiatric model of transgender healthcare to a model more in line with international best practice as outlined by the World Health... - Product Labelling
102. To ask the Minister for Health the contact there has been between his Department and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on the issue of bilingual labelling... - Vaccination Programme
103. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider giving persons in the 60 to 69 age group that are currently being given the Covid-19 vaccine a greater choice regarding the vaccine that... - Healthcare Policy
104. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the review and revision of Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland: the HSE Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 – 2021; if a new plan will be... - Hospital Staff
105. To ask the Minister for Health if clinical midwife and nurse specialist lactation consultants have been appointed within all Irish maternity and paediatric hospitals, according to a... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
107. To ask the Minister for Health if an application has been received to add the PCBD110 product to the medical cannabis access programme; if so, when he expects a decision to be made on the... - Vaccination Programme
113. To ask the Minister for Health when those under 16 years of age with complex medical needs including their in-home caregivers will receive the vaccine in circumstances in which it has been... - Covid-19 Pandemic
114. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation whereby under S.I. No. 183 of 2021 a person entering the State who is fully vaccinated but has not completed the... - Vaccination Programme
116. To ask the Minister for Health if NIAC recommendations overrule general practitioner recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22384/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
117. To ask the Minister for Health his views on easing visiting restrictions in hospitals for patients with dementia; if the guidance will be reviewed to allow at least one family member to... - Health Services
119. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22402/21] - Mental Health Policy
120. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to mental health reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
121. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [22423/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
122. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the increasing waitlists across all departments within the HSE; his plans to resolve the issue of backlogs; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
123. To ask the Minister for Health if persons working in the Covid-19 testing centres as volunteers or paid have access to high-quality masks of a similar grade to that used in a clinical... - Vaccination Programme
125. To ask the Minister for Health the location where healthcare workers who are returning from maternity leave and who have not yet been vaccinated such as a person (details supplied) will... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
126. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure a person (details supplied) will receive funding from the HSE to secure an extension to their treatment. [22445/21] - Drugs Payment Scheme
127. To ask the Minister for Health if drugs for the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum will be included in the drugs payment scheme or medical card; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
128. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland will send emergency oxygen and PPE to the health service in India as a matter of urgency in response to the crisis there. [22470/21] - Hospital Facilities
130. To ask the Minister for Health the indicative timeframe for the delivery of a new community nursing unit at St. Columba's Hospital, Thomastown, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS teams operating in north County Tipperary; if one team is carrying out work in two areas in the area; the distribution of CAMHS teams... - Dental Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private dentists in each county and in each CHO area who accepted public patients under the DTSS on 1 January in each of the years 2016 to 2020... - Covid-19 Pandemic
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the date for the reopening of weddings and hotels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
135. To ask the Minister for Health the reason life-long required mental health medications are only free of charge for those under 18 years of age on the life-long illness scheme; and if he will... - Covid-19 Tests
136. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a walk in Covid-19 test centre in the Ballymun, Finglas local electoral area given it has the third highest incidence rate in the... - Home Help Service
139. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which home support can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be urgently examined having particular regard... - Hospital Staff
140. To ask the Minister for Health the basis and policy reason on which some international non-consultant hospital doctors who are permanent residents of Ireland and stamp 4 visa holders are... - Covid-19 Pandemic
144. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Working Time Directive figures reported by the HSE are accurate and represent the experience of non-consultant hospital doctors working on the... - Vaccination Programme
145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waits being experienced at mass vaccination centres; the steps he is taking to combat these waits; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
146. 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. [22520/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
147. To ask the Minister for Health if persons working in the Covid-19 testing centres as volunteers or paid workers have access to high quality face masks of a similar grade to that used in a... - Product Labelling
148. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 2 February 2021, the progress that has been made further to finalisation of the revised language scheme; and if he... - Hospital Facilities
150. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the installation of a public MRI facility at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22525/21] - Speech and Language Therapy
151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age waiting for speech and language therapy in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22526/21] - Dental Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the breakdown of the number of persons waiting 24, 36... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for child psychologist services in CAMHS in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/21] - Medicinal Products
154. To ask the Minister for Health his views on media reports in relation to the adverse effects of epilim on some women; if he will meet with the women and their representatives; if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the rise in the number of persons visiting seaside resorts in County Clare; his plans to deter those traveling from outside their county... - Hospital Waiting Lists
156. To ask the Minister for Health if additional capacity will be provided without further delay at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh in view of delays in persons being assessed and... - Health Services Reports
158. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 25 March 2021, when the disability social care demand and capacity requirements up to 2032 will be published and... - Healthcare Policy
159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border directive and Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme beyond 2021 for the Defence Forces. [22559/21] - Vaccination Programme
160. To ask the Minister for Health when frontline staff at a facility (details supplied) will receive their vaccine given they are an outlier in not receiving the vaccine by comparison to their...
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