Written answers
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
- Medical Cards
463. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner visit card can be considered for family carers who provide full-time care to family members but are not in receipt of carer’s... - Vaccination Programme
464. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can supply an at home delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to a person (details supplied). [29292/21] - Health Services Staff
465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for the doctorate in counselling psychologists in training. [29293/21] - Data Protection
466. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29319/21] - Medicinal Products
467. To ask the Minister for Health when kaftrio for CF patients who are 12 years of age and older will be approved for use here (details supplied). [29361/21] - Medical Cards
468. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders are liable to pay for blood tests carried out at their general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29362/21] - Vaccination Programme
469. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [29363/21] - Health Services
470. To ask the Minister for Health if optometrists will be issued a new contract with the HSE in order to provide enhanced public eye-care and cut excessive waiting times for patients; and if he... - Departmental Data
471. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s IT systems have been the subject of ransomware or any other variation of cyber-attack from 1 January 2020 to date; if so, the number... - Ombudsman for Children
472. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the important work on the issue of period poverty carried out by the youth advisory panel with the ombudsman for children;... - Vaccination Programme
473. To ask the Minister for Health the reason (detail supplies) has been waiting three months for a vaccination at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29611/21] - A Vision for Change
474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposal for a 24/7 community café for an area (details supplied) proposed under the Vision for Change Plan; and if he will make a... - Local Drugs Task Forces
476. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious increase in the use of nitrous oxide in a location (details supplied); the actions he will take to combat the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
477. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Crohn’s disease who are on immunosuppressant drugs are considered to be vulnerable to Covid-19; the position of such persons in the... - Hospital Appointments Status
479. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for a person (details supplied); the reason the referral has been withdrawn; and the plan in place for services going forward;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for outpatient eye care treatment and inpatient eye care treatment by county; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes
481. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are in place to extend the temporary assistance scheme for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29621/21] - Health Services
482. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for a service (details supplied) in County Louth; the engagement there has been between stakeholders and families of service users;... - Vaccination Programme
484. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Irish citizens returning home after residing abroad who are fully vaccinated using a non EMA approved Covid-19 vaccine (details... - Health Services
485. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29660/21] - Hospital Services
487. To ask the Minister for Health the current healthcare services provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [29662/21] - Protected Disclosures
491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and the nature of the disclosures and or the... - Mental Health Services
493. To ask the Minister for Health if a letter of offer has been issued to either of the two applicants for the child psychologist post for CAMHS Wexford south; and if he will make a statement... - Home Help Service
494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29688/21] - Health Services
495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied). [29689/21] - Health Service Executive
496. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys returned unspent to the Exchequer from the HSE ophthalmic health budget per year between 2017-2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services
497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimated costing for the expansion of psychology teams by ten full-time psychologists specialising in adult services, ten full-time... - Health Services Staff
498. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay restoration for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29692/21] - Health Service Executive
499. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys returned unspent to the Exchequer from the HSE CAMHS budget per year between 2017-2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of day care centres; and when a centre (details supplied) will reopen. [29694/21] - Health Services Staff
501. To ask the Minister for Health when the six epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited as committed to in 2018 as part of the Pregnancy Prevention Programme in relation to the risk... - Medicinal Products
502. To ask the Minister for Health when an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate also known as epilim will take place given the commitment made to hold such... - Health Services
503. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 29 April 2021, if an error (details supplied) in relation to the case will be examined as a matter of urgency; and... - Vaccination Programme
504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with a documented anaphylaxis to trometamol or to GBCAs should not receive a vaccine (details... - Covid-19 Pandemic
506. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements regarding mandatory hotel quarantine for Irish citizens returning to Ireland from Bahrain in summer 2021 who have been working and have been... - Vaccination Programme
509. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects 80% of the adult population to have had a first dose of vaccines (details supplied); the proportion of persons who receive the different... - Covid-19 Pandemic
510. To ask the Minister for Health if those Irish citizens who have received their vaccines in Northern Ireland or in the UK will be in a position to avail of the green cert vaccine passport for... - Medical Cards
511. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in processing medical card renewals in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29736/21] - Medicinal Products
514. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to establish a stakeholder group to review safety and risk measures regarding the prescribing and distribution sodium valproate; and if he will... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
516. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make medical cannabis accessible through the medical cannabis access programme to persons with epilepsy and their clinicians; and if he will... - Hospital Equipment
517. To ask the Minister for Health the current position on the installation of a permanent public MRI machine in Wexford General Hospital as committed to by the HSE in 2019; and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
519. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for an MRI scan in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29744/21] - Hospital Services
520. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns will be addressed in relation to the removal of audiology services at Portlaoise Hospital which will cause considerable difficulties for existing... - Health Promotion
521. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by a company (details supplied) targeting Irish mothers with email marketing weeks after they give birth; and if... - Disability Services
522. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe of the publication of the disability capacity review; his views on the causation of the publication being delayed over such a protracted period;... - Health Services Staff
526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed to work in a centre (details supplied); the number available for appointments for those on the waiting list at... - Mental Health Services
527. To ask the Minister for Health if a CAMHS Cherry Orchard appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29791/21] - Medical Cards
528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently intervene and apply extensions to any lapsed or expired medical cards that were due for renewal recently until such time that the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider waiving current dining restriction for persons who are vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29867/21] - Vaccination Programme
532. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccine will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29869/21] - Health Service Executive
534. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding HSE pest control and calls and emails to the agency going unanswered; if he has engaged with the agency on... - Home Help Service
535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29872/21] - Vaccination Programme
536. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the vaccine roll-out for school-age students some of whom are scheduled to participate in the international Erasmus programme in August and... - Assisted Human Reproduction
537. To ask the Minister for Health the financial and non-financial supports that are provided to couples receiving IVF treatment from the State outside of the medical card or drugs payment... - Health Services
539. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer gene cell therapy for patients with certain conditions via the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29908/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
541. To ask the Minister for Health if the restrictions for weddings will be relaxed in August 2021; and the number of guests who will be allowed to attend a wedding in August. [29918/21] - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
542. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a product which meets his Department’s clinical guidelines on the use of medical cannabis in epilepsy can be added to the medical... - Vaccination Programme
543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the vaccination strategy team to consider offering a choice of an alternative secondary or primary dose of vaccination to those... - Covid-19 Pandemic
544. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to applying the vaccine bonus whereby a person is considered fully vaccinated four weeks after their first dose of a vaccine... - Nursing Homes
545. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid out in TAPS funding to nursing homes since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic by county. [29931/21] - Vaccination Programme
548. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the 16-week delay for those aged between 60 and 69 in getting their second dose of a vaccine (details supplied); and if he... - Medicinal Products
549. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme for mental illness medications is extended only to persons under 16 years of age; and the supports available to persons... - Departmental Expenditure
551. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department spends each year using the storage facilities operated by a company (details supplied) [29985/21] - Health Service Executive
552. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals here that have a contract with a company (details supplied). [29986/21] - Hospital Procedures
553. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures provided to patients who are covered under the general medical scheme for the treatment of heart valve disease; the proportion of such patients... - Narcolepsy Issues
556. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that those who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the pandemrix vaccine will receive appropriate compensation without taking court... - General Practitioner Services
557. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a general practitioner service is provided in Fettercairn, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [28317/21]
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