Written answers
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Vaccination Programme
510. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to address the situation in which persons who suffered a severe adverse reaction to the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine... - Covid-19 Pandemic
511. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in progress in his Department through his engagement with NPHET, the HSE and the Department of Education to reduce the number of days that... - Housing Policy
512. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which the various changes to the fair deal scheme announced in the Housing for All document are due to commence; and if he will make a statement... - Work Permits
513. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the exclusion of home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system; the way he plans to ensure the service... - Hospital Appointments Status
514. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting in excess of five months for an MRI scan at University Hospital Limerick; and if he... - Community Care
515. To ask the Minister for Health the community health organisations within the State which offer electricity subsidies to patients who suffer from COPD or similar illnesses which result in... - Hospital Services
516. To ask the Minister for Health the reason unit 1 in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway is not open for patients for overnight care; when it is anticipated that unit 1 will reopen; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
517. To ask the Minister for Health when a corrected EU Digital COVID Certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) considering that they had already received eight certificates which... - Health Services
518. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to introduce a programme (details supplied) at Waterford Institute of Technology free of charge for those patients who cannot... - Disability Services
519. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children... - Hospital Facilities
520. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that enter into agreements to rent or lease parking space to outside companies; the revenue raised in each location; the duration of the... - Community Care
521. To ask the Minister for Health when day centres will be permitted to reopen for older persons who are fully vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44468/21] - Disability Services
522. To ask the Minister for Health when disability day services will fully reopen for those who are fully vaccinated; if he is satisfied that some service users are only receiving a 20% service... - Health Services
523. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a non-urgent paediatric dietician appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Appointments Status
525. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a paediatric video fluoroscopy procedure at Galway University Hospital; the reason for the delay; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
526. To ask the Minister for Health the current numbers and waiting times in each acute hospital for paediatric video fluoroscopy procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44473/21] - Medicinal Products
527. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a decision on the approval of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44474/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
528. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their surgical procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
529. To ask the Minister for Health if a service will be reinstated (details supplied); the reason funding was withdrawn; if there are plans for an alternative service; and if he will make a... - Health Strategies
531. To ask the Minister for Health the additional capital and capacity measures provided for in the HSE winter plan 2020-2021 to address the additional demands placed on the acute hospital... - Hospital Appointments Status
532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44479/21] - Medicinal Products
533. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 840 and 847 of 3 February 2021; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44480/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting hip replacement surgery at University Hospital Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; the average waiting time... - Hospital Appointments Status
535. To ask the Minister for Health when a child will receive a date for surgery (details supplied); if they have been deemed as urgent; the waiting time for this surgery; and if he will make a... - Health Services
536. To ask the Minister for Health if behavioural optometry assessments are available publicly for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44483/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
537. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44484/21] - Health Services Staff
538. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the appointment of locum staff at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44486/21] - Hospital Staff
539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line vacancies currently at Naas General Hospital; the type of vacancies that are available; the measures that are in place to fill those... - Covid-19 Pandemic
540. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes for schools with a Covid-19 case to be sent the relevant excel spreadsheet forms by the central admissions team to collect contact... - Health Services
541. To ask the Minister for Health when the Keltoi HSE drug rehab unit will return to operating as a drug rehab unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44497/21] - Mental Health Services
542. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of person (details supplied) will be carried out following the failure by child and... - Vaccination Programme
543. To ask the Minister for Health if a second chance can be provided to avail of the HPV vaccine for children who did not have parental consent when it was initially offered but the child... - Medical Aids and Appliances
544. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a scheme under which a patient who has been prescribed a device (details supplied) can be reimbursed for the cost of the rental of the machine; if... - National Maternity Hospital
545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans to relocate the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street; if alternative sites are being considered; the reason the board of the... - Health Services Staff
546. To ask the Minister for Health the location where a copy of the rules and regulations applicable to higher specialist training in public health medicine in the Royal College of Physicians of... - Child Protection
547. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to legislate in the area of assisted human reproduction; and if he will be doing so in line with the recently published report of the... - Primary Care Centres
548. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary health care centre in Finglas, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44556/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
549. To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for a MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services
550. To ask the Minister for Health if pre-employment checks have been completed and if a start date has been agreed for a vacant dentist position for the school dentistry service based in Tuam,... - Mental Health Services
551. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding in budget 2022 to voluntary mental health and suicide prevention charities not already in receipt of funding from his Department... - Hospital Admissions
552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults currently attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Procedures
553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes using insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; the number who... - Hospital Procedures
555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that required in-hospital treatment for diabetes related foot complications and lower limb loss in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to... - Child Protection
556. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure a child (details supplied) is assigned to a liaison officer and gets the services they urgently need; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
557. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an EU digital Covid certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/21] - Vaccination Programme
558. To ask the Minister for Health if it is permitted for general practitioners to decline to see a patient in person on the basis that they have not been vaccinated for Covid-19; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [44603/21] - Health Service Executive
560. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost savings from the HSE medicines management programme’s recent restructuring of the preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type... - Health Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for BERGER, the type 1 diabetes education programme for adults which is run in certain diabetes centres has been suspended or discontinued; if... - Health Service Executive
564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dose adjustment for normal eating training courses that were run by the HSE in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in-person or virtually, for persons with type... - Health Services Staff
565. To ask the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing required to initiate the dose adjustment for normal eating... - Hospital Services
567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University Limerick Hospitals Groups' adult diabetes service that are using insulin pump... - Hospital Appointments Status
568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes that are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in University of Limerick Hospitals group; and... - Health Services
569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funding applications that were received for the long-term illness scheme and the primary care reimbursement service for the FreeStyle Libre... - Ambulance Service
570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available to each county from the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [44621/21] - Health Services Staff
571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the lack of rheumatology consultants for the west of Ireland given that there are only two consultants for the region which is having... - Hospital Appointments Status
572. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; if there are steps that can be taken to expedite the treatment for this person;... - Vaccination Programme
573. To ask the Minister for Health the body tasked with organising vaccinations for homeless persons; if there is coordination in place to facilitate persons without stable abode to access... - Hospital Staff
574. To ask the Minister for Health if the vacancy for the psychiatrist position in the day hospital in Kilrush, County Clare has been advertised; when it is expected to be filled; and if he will... - Dental Services
575. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentists in Birr and Ferbane, County Offaly are refusing to take on persons in receipt of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the... - General Practitioner Services
576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations in the reference guide Asthma-Diagnosis, Assessment and Management in General Practice published by the... - Special Educational Needs
577. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist report will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/21] - General Practitioner Services
578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44639/21] - Nursing Homes
579. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nursing home (details supplied) has received three poor inspection reports in a row; the reason the Chief... - Covid-19 Pandemic
580. To ask the Minister for Health the current capacity of the Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system; the number of contact tracers currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Tests
583. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to resume walk-in testing at centres nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/21] - Health Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cancer patients are being turned away for scheduled inpatient chemotherapy treatment in Galway University... - Hospital Facilities
587. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of the HSE Keltoi rehabilitation unit in St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Strategies
588. To ask the Minister for Health when the mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy will be published; and if he will seek prior approval from the National Oversight Committee. [44701/21] - Covid-19 Tests
590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the use of antigen testing as Ireland continues with the gradual reopening of society. [44711/21] - Vaccination Programme
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a vaccine for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44712/21] - Health Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding requests for services for children under the age of 18 from each CHO for each month from January 2021 to September 2021, in tabular form;... - Health Services Staff
593. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a fully staffed early intervention team, occupational therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker and speech and... - Mental Health Services
594. To ask the Minister for Health the annual revenue cost of a mental health bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44728/21] - Vaccination Programme
595. To ask the Minister for Health if a system has been put in place to record side-effects of Covid-19 vaccinations in the State; if such data will be published; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Centre by county of residence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health the network teams that are in planning stage under the progressing disability services; and the network teams that are in implementation stage in tabular form.... - Nursing Homes
598. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation will be in place to enact the changes to the nursing home support scheme for farm families; if these changes can be applied in the case of... - Dental Services
599. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to address shortages in the provision of dental services under the medical card scheme in particular as it relates to dental... - Vaccination Programme
600. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects EU digital Covid certificates will be available to Irish citizens who were vaccinated in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Homes
601. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the detail of measures to ease restrictions on visits for nursing home residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44760/21] - Food Waste
602. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of food that is wasted and or thrown out by hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [44773/21] - Hospital Services
603. To ask the Minister for Health if dieticians and or nutritionists are involved in the menus for food provided to patients; if emergent health and nutrition guidelines are taken into... - Food Waste
604. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a system in place to redistribute food waste; if food produce or products in any of the hospitals is donated in order to avoid waste; and if he... - Health Services
605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020, by county in tabular form. [44776/21] - Health Services Staff
607. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 39 workers have not had pay restoration (details supplied); if the issue will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - General Practitioner Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the prices being charged in a medical practice are fair and appropriate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
609. 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. [44836/21] - Primary Medical Certificates
610. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a projected timeframe in which the backlog of primary medical certificates will be cleared and applications from 2021 will start to be assessed;... - Hospital Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health when ocular prosthesis services provided though Temple Street Children’s University Hospital will be available in Ireland again; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
612. To ask the Minister for Health the direction he has given general practitioners and pharmacists regarding booster Covid-19 vaccinations. [44902/21] - Departmental Properties
613. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit which are... - Mental Health Services
614. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for mental health services for 2021 and the value of this as a percentage of the total health budget. [44934/21] - General Practitioner Services
615. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all. [44935/21] - Primary Care Services
616. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of providing free universal primary care to all. [44936/21] - Ambulance Service
617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in Cork city and county by hospital or area; and the number considered a full cohort by year for the past five years in tabular form.... - Healthcare Policy
619. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44954/21] - Ambulance Service
621. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the current wait times for ambulances in the Dublin area as patients have reported hour-long waits for emergency ambulances.... - Abortion Services
622. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44968/21] - Sexually Transmitted Infections
624. To ask the Minister for Health if all STI testing, including non-emergency cases and those without a general practitioner referral, has fully recommenced; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Bodies
625. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Women's Health Taskforce; the members of the taskforce; the number of times it has met since it was established; and if he will... - Covid-19 Tests
626. To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 testing facility could be provided in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44988/21] - Dental Services
628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have left the dental treatment services scheme in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45000/21] - Disability Services
629. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department in line with the HSE will provide transport for adults with disabilities to attend adult day services (details supplied); and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
630. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will introduce specific and discrete vaccination certification for the small but important number of vaccinees whose severe adverse reaction... - General Practitioner Services
634. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to improve access to general practitioner care in Lucan, County Dublin, as the population of areas such as Adamstown continue to grow... - Departmental Communications
635. To ask the Minister for Health if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he... - Abortion Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health if the unplanned pregnancy support and abortion care study commissioned by the HSE and carried out by a person (details supplied) is part of the three-year... - Hospital Equipment
637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators ordered from China by the HSE or others on behalf of the HSE in 2020; the cost of the ventilators ordered; the number of ventilators... - Disability Services
638. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation with respect to respite care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45066/21] - General Practitioner Services
639. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if a solution to the issue will be found; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes
640. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People will address concerns raised with their respective offices by care champions pertaining... - Medical Cards
641. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application can be completed online; and the amount spent on the online medical card application form by the HSE. [45106/21] - Medicinal Products
642. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry will be established to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to pregnant women without them being... - Health Services
646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-person newborn and infant developmental checks carried out by public health nurses by CHO region in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of... - Health Services Staff
647. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which public health nurses will resume in-person checks; and the number of days public health nurses have been not in regular active service since... - Health Services
648. To ask the Minister for Health when child and family psychology services will recommence in Galway city west, Oughterard and Moycullen, County Galway; the reason for the significant delay in... - Hospital Facilities
649. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further reduce the size of the chapel at University Hospital Galway which had already been reduced in size previously; and if he will make a... - Health Services
651. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to provide the necessary capital and revenue resources arising from public health guidelines to facilitating the full... - Primary Medical Certificates
652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) is being delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45141/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
654. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered marking a national day of commemoration to those lost to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45149/21] - Dental Services
655. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reported refusal by some dental practices to accept appointment requests from medical card holders; if he will clarify the... - Health Services Staff
656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives removed from the register of nurses and midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland as a result of... - Health Services
657. To ask the Minister for Health if, with SouthDoc in Blackpool reopening, consideration will be given to the reopening of the Kinsale SouthDoc centre; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
658. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact some community hospitals are utilising day care facilities for use as Covid-19 units and such units have day care... - Hospital Procedures
659. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a cataract appointment. [45204/21] - Health Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to take action on the exclusion of addiction treatment facilities from HIQA remit. [45219/21] - Nursing Education
670. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45236/21] - Regulatory Bodies
671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay within CORU in relation to the registration for professional counselling and psychotherapy services; and the timeline to complete this... - Mental Health Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults awaiting counselling services in all HSE operational areas in tabular form. [45238/21] - Legislative Measures
673. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to seek an extension of the provisions of Part 2 of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 due to expire on 9 October 2021. [45245/21] - Covid-19 Tests
675. To ask the Minister for Health if SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing is available nationally; if proof of the presence of antibodies will be accepted as proof of immunity; the reason the proof of... - Legislative Measures
676. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the full implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [45278/21] - Environmental Impact Assessments
678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details involved in preparing an EIA further to circular 5 of 2021; the minimum anticipated cost of preparing an EIA for such... - Forestry Sector
679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which files (details supplied) were received by the Forest Service of his Department in tabular form; the reason the... - Agriculture Schemes
680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a beef data and genomics programme appeal by a person (details supplied) will conclude. [44558/21] - Renewable Energy Generation
684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with farmers or farming organisations with regard the potential of anaerobic digestion; and if he will... - Departmental Bodies
685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 29 April 2021, the progress made in establishing an interdepartmental group with regard... - Animal Slaughtering
686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from controlled finishing units in July and August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the... - Animal Diseases
687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has introduced since December 2020 to protect against the potential of African swine flu outbreaks in Ireland; and if... - Forestry Sector
688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of planting and felling licences received and approved by his Department over the past 12 months in tabular form. [44782/21] - Departmental Properties
691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under... - Food Industry
692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding Food Vision 2030; if it has been formally adopted as policy; if it is a policy that a planning... - Departmental Communications
693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January... - Third Level Costs
694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports which might be available to a student who is studying for an agricultural green certificate at a college... - Agriculture Schemes
695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting the introduction of a new retirement scheme for farmers; the details of this scheme; and if he will... - Nitrates Usage
696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) with respect to the draft nitrates action programme and in... - Animal Welfare
697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason An Garda Síochána did not utilise the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in a case (details supplied). [45130/21] - Forestry Sector
698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development by his Department of a new strategy to expand afforestation, particularly close to nature forestry and... - Land Issues
699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the contribution of his Department to the land use review as outlined in the Programme for Government. [45135/21] - Forestry Sector
700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to promote close to nature continuous cover forestry systems as outlined in the Programme for...
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