Written answers
Thursday, 13 May 2021
- Legislative Measures
381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland enforces such a strict level of tolerance on TAC in hemp in comparison with other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
382. To ask the Minister for Health when prison officers will receive their Covid-19 vaccination given that all establishments across the prison estate are operating quarantine areas to deal with... - Health Service Executive
383. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing four heart failure clinical nurse specialists per 150,000 population; the number of heart failure clinical nurse specialists... - Dental Services
388. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that routine dental services are kept going and not stopped or delayed due to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and... - Health Service Executive
389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/21] - Dental Services
390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter of dentists no longer seeing patients with medical cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25188/21] - Health Service Executive
391. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation and placing of a recent advertisement for the recruitment of unpaid assistant psychologists to HSE services;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification regarding the return of park runs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25191/21] - Home Help Service
393. To ask the Minister for Health when home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25198/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
394. To ask the Minister for Health the status of betting shops (details supplied) under the reopening plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25200/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
395. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital bed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25201/21] - Health Services
396. 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. [25202/21] - Vaccination Programme
397. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccinations against Covid-19 are available to approved driving instructors without underlying health conditions around Ireland; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding essential travel for overseas work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25210/21] - Departmental Data
400. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to home help and homecare packages in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the funding allocated to direct HSE services, voluntary and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
401. To ask the Minister for Health if persons that are fully vaccinated but have not completed a seven day wait after their last dose will be expected to quarantine for the full 14 days in a... - Departmental Data
402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in his Department dedicated to the mandatory Covid-19 detention system from persons arriving in the State; the number of staff at... - Departmental Legal Services
403. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal fees in relation to defending the mandatory Covid-19 detention system for persons arriving in the State; and if he will make a... - Equality Issues
404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enable a legal parental relationship to be established to both parents of LGBTQ+ families using surrogacy and other forms of assisted human... - Covid-19 Pandemic
405. To ask the Minister for Health when communities can hold drive-through bingo activities given that the country is opening up again; and when he expects this to happen. [25221/21] - Work Permits
406. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding critical skills employment permits for non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
408. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will subsidise counselling psychologists in training in Ireland in a way similar to clinical psychologists in training are, that is, salary... - Vaccination Programme
409. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not vaccinating members of An Garda Síochána as front-line workers. [25245/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
412. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the attendance of expectant fathers at maternity services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25252/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
413. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2125 of 21 April 2021, the options available to a family (details supplied) given the service recommended has a year long... - Health Services Staff
416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses, consultants, doctors, administrators and HCAs respectively employed in Cork University Hospital from January 2020 to date by month in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
417. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any changes to the rules not allowing music or dancing at weddings as the economy reopens and as more persons are vaccinated. [25267/21] - Nursing Homes
420. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if a place in a long-term nursing home will be provided for them in Listowel or Tralee, County... - Health Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health the source of a recent HSE statement that there are 150 palliative care support beds in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/21] - Hospital Facilities
430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the replacement of the second operating theatre in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway which has been unavailable since September... - Cross-Border Co-operation
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cross-border directive orthopaedic surgery referrals made in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the details of the countries to... - Hospital Facilities
433. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 1 April 2021, if construction work has started to date on the temporary emergency department in Galway University... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
436. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for new elective ambulatory facilities in Galway; if a site has been selected to date for same; if planning permission has been sought or... - Legislative Measures
438. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the human tissue Bill. [25303/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
442. To ask the Minister for Health when he will consider phasing out mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/21] - Vaccination Programme
446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow the Covid-19 vaccination when administered to be documented on the World Health Organisation Recognised International Certificate of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
448. To ask the Minister for Health if strong guidelines will be issued which will allow pregnant and labouring women to have a birth partner during scans, appointments and during the early... - Ambulance Service
449. To ask the Minister for Health when the report promised by the National Ambulance Service at a virtual meeting with public representatives recently into the optimum location for a further... - Covid-19 Pandemic
450. To ask the Minister for Health if an indicative date will be provided for the approved opening of amusement parks nationwide; and the reason amusement parks remain closed while other outdoor... - Health Services Staff
451. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to differences in funding support for clinical psychologists doctoral training compared to educational psychologists and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outbreaks of Covid-19 that have been recorded in early childhood education and care facilities each month to date in 2021. [25400/21] - Maternity Services
455. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which each of the recommendations of the National Maternity Strategy have been implemented in full, in part or yet to be implemented; the date by... - Covid-19 Pandemic
457. To ask the Minister for Health if guidance will be provided in relation to the number of guests entitled to attend a wedding service that is scheduled to take place in a hotel setting on 3... - Medicinal Products
458. To ask the Minister for Health when the terms of reference will be published for the inquiry into the prescribing of sodium valproate during pregnancy which he committed to in November 2020;... - Health Services Staff
460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of epilepsy specialist nurse posts; the number of these which are unfilled; the location of each post; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the recommendations included in the report of the sub-group community operations, which is part of the HSE’s... - Departmental Reports
463. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the information his Department collates as per circular 20/2019 (details supplied); the date this report was issued; the location on his... - Covid-19 Pandemic
464. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department or the HSE have examined the use of air purification units in buildings or vehicles in line with the lifting of Covid-19... - Medicinal Products
465. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pharmaceutical trial at the Rotunda Hospital involving a drug called dilipan-S that is being contested as unethical by... - Vaccination Programme
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a matter in relation to the second Covid-19 vaccine for certain groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
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