Written answers
Thursday, 6 May 2021
- Medical Aids and Appliances
156. To ask the Minister for Health if a submission for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need... - Palliative Care Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to palliative care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23307/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
158. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process of quality control and inspection for the hotels being used for mandatory quarantine; the steps or process for persons in quarantine to... - Hospital Facilities
159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of capital works planned for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23310/21] - Health Services
160. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for glasses by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23313/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the medical and scientific evidence available to him to justify the reason a hotel restaurant is safer than that of a regular restaurant or... - Health Services Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the increase in dementia adviser numbers nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23315/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
163. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Protection Surveillance Centre plans to resume its reporting on underlying conditions in confirmed cases of Covid-19. [23316/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
165. 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. [23323/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
166. To ask the Minister for Health if gyms can open earlier given that the number of cases in County Kerry is currently at zero (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Vaccination Programme
167. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can negotiate that all health workers working in vaccination centres should not pay parking fees which are very pricy in some areas for the full... - Covid-19 Tests
168. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which companies were selected by his Department and the HSE to carry out Covid-19 testing; if a public tendering process took place; if so, the... - International Protection
169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the finding in the Ombudsman for Children's report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision that Tusla, the HSE and IPAS have failed to... - Health Promotion
170. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide accessible information on contraception and family planning including information accessible to persons with intellectual... - Covid-19 Pandemic
173. To ask the Minister for Health if persons arriving into Ireland from a jurisdiction not on the mandatory quarantining list to attend a wedding is classified as essential travel; and if he... - Care of the Elderly
174. To ask the Minister for Health when works to refurbish Monasterevin day care centre will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23355/21] - Medical Cards
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an audit in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly on the availability of dentists for those with medical cards with a view to addressing the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an ENT outpatient appointment at Tullamore Hospital for 1,2,3,4 and more than 5 years; the expected wait for new entrants onto... - Care of the Elderly
178. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available to groups assisting older persons on a multi-annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23366/21] - Legislative Measures
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill which is listed in the Summer 2021 Legislative Programme as preparatory work underway; the... - Dental Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to advance a successor to the dental treatment services scheme considering the recent collapse in the number of dentists contracted on the scheme; if... - Vaccination Programme
183. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to adopt the WHO recommendation of 25 March 2021 on the prioritisation of Covid-19 vaccinations for seafarers and aircrew; and if he will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances
184. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults... - Vaccination Programme
190. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for housebound persons under 70 years of age to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. [23401/21] - Medicinal Products
191. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medicine toilex for young children with bowel issues is no longer being approved for use (details supplied); when a suitable replacement will be... - Vaccination Programme
192. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23404/21] - Medical Aids and Appliances
193. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults... - Addiction Treatment Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health if future tax increases on alcohol or cigarettes will be ring-fenced for addiction treatment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23415/21] - Health Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a transport scheme to assist older persons get to hospital and back home following treatment in cases in which they are too weak to use... - Vaccination Programme
202. To ask the Minister for Health when the pause on vaccinating healthcare workers will be lifted given that some staff in homeless services have not yet received their first vaccine; and if he... - Dental Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
204. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccinated tourists from the United States of America will be able to enter Ireland by 3 July 2021; if a decision has not been made, when a decision will be... - Alcohol Pricing
205. To ask the Minister for Health if further plans are being considered in regard to the introduction of minimum unit pricing of alcohol products in view of the announcement in Northern Ireland... - Covid-19 Pandemic
206. To ask the Minister for Health if persons travelling from the United Arab Emirates will be required to quarantine if their vaccine is not EMA approved. [23454/21] - Cancer Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health the level of cancer care being provided under current restrictions; and when normal cancer care services will resume. [23461/21] - Island Communities
209. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place specifically to provide mental health services to island communities including the availability of counselling services for... - Covid-19 Pandemic
212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the health services staff temporary accommodation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23489/21] - Vaccination Programme
214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the vaccine supply projection table for quarter two taking into account the revised version of the vaccine roll-out plan; and the changes to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
215. To ask the Minister for Health if outdoor hospitality patrons will be subject to a time limit from 7 June 2021 as was the case when restaurants were previously open; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 70 years of age who have yet to receive a vaccine; the timeline for completing this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who arrived here in each week from 12 April 2021 to date who had been in a designated state in the previous 14 days; the number from each... - Vaccination Programme
220. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for persons who received their first Covid-19 vaccination in another country and have since moved to live in Ireland; if they will be... - Health Services Staff
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of internship positions offered to medical graduates each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23502/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing provisions to allow persons over 60 years of age who are certified as having been vaccinated in Ireland to use swimming pools... - Covid-19 Tests
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff the HSE has employed to carry out Covid-19 test and tracing activity; the number of additional staff the HSE has subcontracted... - Maternity Services
226. To ask the Minister for Health when he will announce uniform access rights for birthing partners to maternity hospitals. [23519/21] - Hospital Equipment
228. To ask the Minister for Health the ECMO facilities that exist for the treatment of persons with respiratory illnesses. [23544/21] - Hospital Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health if a person being refused a blood test at the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar is reflective of a new wider practice in which hospitals are no longer... - Tobacco Control Measures
236. To ask the Minister for Health the position of his Department with regard to the use of selective and price comparison style price lists for tobacco products in retail stores; if his... - Vaccination Programme
237. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a Covid-19 vaccination centre (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if it is open and operating; if not, the reason; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
240. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that authorised the appointment of a company (details supplied) to run the contact tracing centres; the mandate the company was given; the... - Covid-19 Tests
241. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to using rapid antigen detection tests and their wider use in the community in particular in relation to at risk settings in the...
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