Written answers
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Home Help Service
587. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that an adequate number of healthcare assistants can be sourced here or within the EEA; if he is satisfied that pay, conditions and... - Departmental Communications
588. To ask the Minister for Health if he or any person in his Department have had any communications with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and or the HSE regarding the future of... - Disability Services
589. To ask the Minister for Health the process that a young person with an intellectual disability follows when they exit formal schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/21] - Assisted Human Reproduction
592. To ask the Minister for Health the processes in place to ensure that parents of children born via assisted human reproduction such as IVF and surrogacy are able to secure legal guardianship... - Hospital Waiting Lists
593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons in the CHO Dublin north city and county who are currently awaiting an appointment for child psychology services at CHI... - Hospital Services
596. To ask the Minister for Health if child psychology services at CHI Temple Street are currently accepting new referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45939/21] - State Properties
597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his visit to the site of the former nursing home at Crooksling, County Dublin; if he has made a decision in respect of the future of the... - Dental Services
598. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of dental practitioners currently providing dental care to persons holding a medical card under the dental treatment services scheme in CHO... - Budget 2022
604. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45953/21] - Vaccination Programme
605. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 booster vaccines will be available for those who are immunocompromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45956/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
607. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has put forward proposals to compensate front-line healthcare workers for their outstanding efforts to date in dealing with Covid-19 (details... - Dental Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to the provision to dental services (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45971/21] - Hospital Procedures
609. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish hospitals perform surgery on unborn children for any conditions; and if so, if a list of the conditions and the location in which they are carried out... - Assisted Human Reproduction
611. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45986/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
612. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can obtain a Covid-19 vaccination certificate in Ireland after being vaccinated in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding available for new residential care places for children with complex needs; the number of places which will be created as a result of... - Hospital Appointments Status
614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and address the wait time for a very urgent procedure for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/21] - Assisted Human Reproduction
615. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist women with infertility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46025/21] - Primary Care Services
616. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get an appointment for a primary care certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46027/21] - Home Help Service
617. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46030/21] - Disability Services
619. To ask the Minister for Health the level of engagement that has taken place to date with children’s service providers in the CHO Dublin north city and county area and in the wider CHO... - Health Strategies
621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Sláintecare and the process to fill vacancies on the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Care Centres
622. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of Swords primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46042/21] - Alcohol Sales
623. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s efforts to curb binge drinking of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46043/21] - Tobacco Control Measures
624. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to tackle youth smoking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46044/21] - Hospital Charges
625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that in the very rare occasion of a person receiving a Covid-19 vaccination having an adverse reaction that results in a stay in hospital... - Abortion Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high level of general practitioners and maternity hospitals that are not providing abortion services; the steps he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46056/21] - Health Services Staff
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; his views on whether psychosocial... - Health Services
629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to provide a diabetes psychology resource to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care... - Hospital Staff
630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his... - Health Services
632. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is currently engaged in retaining any of the existing services other than residential care in the Owenacurra Mental Health Facility in... - Special Educational Needs
633. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for removal of school based clinical supports for students attending a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement... - Disability Services
637. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that took place with a school (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding the implementation of the progressing disability services for... - Special Educational Needs
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently liaise with his Ministerial colleagues regarding the provision of school based clinical supports for students who have complex disabilities... - Health Services
639. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made with regard to supports for an association (details supplied) with regard to a lifelong pathway of care for those with Prader-Willi... - Dental Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have withdrawn from the medical card scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [46091/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
641. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee have undertaken a scientific analysis on the possibility of the ivermectin drug being used... - Health Service Executive
642. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has returned to full ICT functionality; and if not, the estimated date for achieving this. [46110/21] - Health Services
643. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the roll-out of community hubs for cardiology services in Cork city and county as part of Sláintecare; the... - Budget 2022
644. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year health and well-being budget for 2022, including for a child and well-being service. [46121/21] - Health Services
645. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of adding 1,000 beds to the acute hospital network. [46122/21] - Gender Recognition
646. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of clearing waiting lists for gender reassignment. [46123/21] - Disabilities Assessments
647. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of clearing waiting lists for autism assessment. [46124/21] - Nursing Homes
648. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme as legislated for in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021 will become operational; the current... - Eating Disorders
649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting residential services and treatment with respect to the national clinical programme for eating disorders; and if he... - Disability Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health if the progressing disability services programme has been stopped in respect of its application to special schools and that special schools that heretofore had... - Hospital Waiting Lists
653. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the outpatient eye care waiting list. [46143/21] - Health Services
654. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will resume in-person breastfeeding support groups. [46144/21] - Hospital Services
655. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elective surgeries have been cancelled at University Hospital Kerry since 9 September 2021 with no plan to... - Hospital Overcrowding
656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the plan to address overcrowding at University Hospital Kerry, which has led to the cancellation of elective surgeries for an extended... - Hospital Procedures
657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the details of the plan to ensure that elective surgeries can resume at University Hospital Kerry, even if at a limited capacity; and if... - Hospital Staff
658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the details of the plan to address the shortage of consultants and nursing staff at University Hospital Kerry given these staff shortages... - Hospital Services
660. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision has been made to downgrade University Hospital Kerry from a model 3 hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46152/21] - Health Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated prevalence of type 1 diabetes here; the number of continuous glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps, respectively, in use; and if he will... - Budget 2022
662. To ask the Minister for Health if the pre-budget submission for an organisation (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46155/21] - Home Care Packages
663. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made for a home support application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46159/21] - Vaccination Programme
664. To ask the Minister for Health if second-dose Covid-19 vaccines can be accessed at local vaccination centres if first dose Covid-19 vaccines were received in a hospital; and if he will make... - Community Care
666. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to reopen the respite services at Drumboe House, County Donegal for children and young adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
667. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be made available for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46163/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
668. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an eye operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/21] - Disability Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been diagnosed with autism will have a speech and language and an occupational therapy appointment... - Medicinal Products
670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug Zolgensma for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; the progress made to date; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
671. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for ophthalmic surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason physiotherapy appointment frequency have changed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46169/21] - Community Care
673. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding was sought in 2020 from estimates to provide seven day per week respite at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Social Workers Register
674. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to processing times to have qualifications recognised and register with CORU for social workers who qualified in Northern Ireland... - Covid-19 Pandemic
677. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who was vaccinated using their English name will be able to have their EU Digital COVID Certificate amended to match the Gaeilge version of their... - Disability Services
678. To ask the Minister for Health if the intellectual disability service received a multidisciplinary team proposal for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for positions within the mental health services in County Donegal; the corresponding length of the vacancies in tabular form; and if he... - Hospital Appointments Status
682. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for procedures in Letterkenny University Hospital; if the referral is general or... - Disability Services
684. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation to each service provider in respect of each person with an intellectual disability; the scale of payments; and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Medical Certificates
686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications waiting for a primary medical certificate by county; the current application processing time for a primary medical certificate; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the University... - Health Services
688. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick is included in the remaining six diabetes centres to become dose adjusting for normal eating licensed in 2022 (details... - Health Services Staff
689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in budget 2022 to provide a minimum of one whole-time equivalent diabetes specialist pump nurse for the adult diabetes clinic in... - Medical Aids and Appliances
690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University of Limerick hospital's group adult diabetes service who are using insulin... - Health Services
693. To ask the Minister for Health when the current application process for the HSE insulin pumps tendering contract will be completed; when the new list of insulin pumps will be sent to the... - Health Services Staff
695. To ask the Minister for Health if the extra funding required to provide the appropriate diabetes staffing resources to provide access to the dose adjusting for normal eating programme for... - Healthcare Policy
696. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register given 10% of the health service annual budget is spent on diabetes care; the reason there is no current... - Hospital Facilities
697. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress with regard to the installation of x-ray facilities and diagnostic facilities in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; when he... - Hospital Staff
698. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of administration staff at the department of oncology at Tallaght University Hospital; if funding will be provided... - Abortion Services
699. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to research published (details supplied) that drew attention to the fact that there is uncertainty among abortion performing... - Health Services Staff
701. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy in place to enable occupational therapists across all clinical areas to pursue upgrades (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Promotion
702. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he is putting in place as a matter of urgency to deal with the backlog in the CervicalCheck screening; his further plans with regard to the number of... - Disability Services
703. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3083 of 27 July 2021, if the daily transport charge being charged to service users in CHO1 is also being levied... - Covid-19 Pandemic
704. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all extra capital expenditure under Covid-19 funding measures since March 2020; and the capital expenditure by project and location. [46240/21] - Medical Inquiries
705. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the establishment of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
706. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the appointment of the four epilepsy nurse specialist posts to manage the patient safety requirements for women who are prescribed... - Medical Aids and Appliances
709. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria of the HSE aids and appliances scheme; the items available through the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46245/21] - Health Services
711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been withheld from an organisation (details supplied); if he will reconsider the provision of such funding to keep the service in... - Hospital Services
712. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for locating the major trauma centre at the Mater Hospital contrary to best international practice of co-locating major trauma centres with... - Health Services
713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the suspension of BreastCheck screening services over the pandemic; and if a breakdown will be provided of cancelled appointments by CHO... - Dental Services
714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that were registered for the dental treatment support scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Home Help Service
716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of the additional €5 million allocated for home support hours as committed to in the National Service Plan 2021 delivered to date.... - Health Services
717. 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... - Vaccination Programme
718. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that persons who received their first vaccine dose in another country and their second dose in Ireland may apply for an EU Digital COVID Certificate... - Covid-19 Pandemic
719. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1184 of 9 September 2021, when new guidelines for addiction recovery group meetings will be published; if these... - Health Services Staff
720. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a national lead in genomics by the HSE; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46262/21] - Health Promotion
722. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the option of providing resources in Budget 2022 to enable the reduction in the age of those women who can avail of a free breast check;... - Primary Care Centres
723. To ask the Minister for Health the completion date and timeline for opening for the Ballyboden primary care centre; the services to be provided on opening and over time; the anticipated... - Hospital Staff
724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff by job title working in the medical assessment unit at Nenagh General Hospital; and the number of vacancies by job title in... - Hospital Equipment
725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fractional CO2 laser machines that are in use in CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin; and if there are sufficient trained staff available in both... - Hospital Staff
726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time vacant nursing posts in South Tipperary General Hospital; and if a recruitment campaign will be launched to fill these vacancies. [46280/21] - Third Level Education
727. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 of providing 65 additional general practitioner training places. [46281/21] - Eating Disorders
728. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which HSE has spent and will spend the €3.94 million allocated on specialist eating disorder services in 2021. [46282/21] - Care Services
729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide €5 million in annual funding to deliver the carer’s guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46289/21] - Departmental Funding
730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide €5 million to publish a refreshed National Carers’ Strategy Action Plan 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the... - Carer's Leave
731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce the statutory home care scheme including an annual entitlement to 20 days respite and a carer needs assessment for full-time carers; and... - Care Services
732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work to establish a commission on care to include an examination on the role, reliance and recognition of family carers in long-term care provision;... - General Practitioner Services
733. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1429 of 9 September 2021, if the required permission cited in the question for general practitioners taking annual leave... - Hospital Staff
734. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital (details supplied) will be allocated additional resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a student (details supplied) is currently being denied access to their clinical placement on the grounds that they declined to disclose their... - Hospital Staff
739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAAC-approved consultant posts across each discipline and specialty; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary and... - Home Care Packages
740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for the home support grant which were approved in counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo and Mayo in the period 2011 to 2020 and to date... - Health Services
741. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the relocation of the adult audiology service from St. Fintan’s, Portlaoise to Tullamore; when this service will resume in... - Mental Health Services
742. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an appointment in each Jigsaw for video and phone support appointments and face-to-face appointments in tabular form. [46368/21] - Vaccination Programme
744. To ask the Minister for Health if young persons who did not partake in the HPV vaccine programme during their first year of secondary school may still avail of the programme at a later date;... - Care Services
745. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allocated a full-time residential place. [46379/21] - Legislative Measures
749. To ask the Minister for Health when the terms of reference for the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be published; if a company or... - Primary Medical Certificates
751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the processing of applications for primary medical certificates; if processing has resumed since it was stalled due to Covid-19; if there is a... - Health Services Staff
752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional therapeutic staff under the newly established children’s disability network model that have been resourced to date in 2021 as... - Mental Health Services
753. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the proposed closure of the HSE building Prague House, Ennistymon as it has been deemed condemned; if his attention has been... - Dental Services
756. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme in Ballina and Belmullet, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46444/21] - Health Services Staff
757. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence funding for the eye clinic liaison officer programme until 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46479/21] - Health Services
758. To ask the Minister for Health the point of care for appropriate conditions such as wet AMD, out of acute hospitals into primary care settings in the community; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the recruitment of 50 additional ophthalmologists at a cost of €10.3 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46481/21] - Medical Aids and Appliances
760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to the standardisation of the technical aids grant scheme run by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/21] - Departmental Data
761. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to produce CHO segregated annual figures related to adults and children with a diagnosis of vision impairment and in relation to... - Social Welfare Benefits
762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with HSE offices to offer the blind welfare allowance payment electronically to recipients going forward; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services
764. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the HSE overall budget that has been allocated to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence supports between 2016 and 2020. [46499/21] - Disability Services
765. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State to accommodate a disabled person in a residential setting or nursing home per annum. [46500/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get an operation; the reason for the long delay to be called for same; the reason the allocated hospital has no... - Health Services
769. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused funding by the HSE to go to England to undergo mesh removal surgery on the basis that it is available... - Hospital Appointments Status
770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46548/21] - Health Services
771. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; his views on the need for a national diabetes register;... - Mental Health Services
772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who requested mental health services in University Hospital Kerry accident and emergency department in each of the years 2017 to 2020;... - Medical Aids and Appliances
773. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a review of the current availability for the reimbursement support for FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring sensors to be extended... - Vaccination Programme
774. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a Covid-19 booster vaccine for those over 60 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46562/21] - General Practitioner Services
775. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to help with the provision of a replacement general practitioner service in Templemore, County Tipperary, following the retirement of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
776. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in regard to the full reopening of day centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46570/21] - Assisted Human Reproduction
777. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation and availability of supports regarding assisted human reproduction such as IVF and surrogacy will be made available; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
778. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the necessity to undertake a hotel quarantine upon arrival in Ireland for Irish citizens living in Argentina that have been fully... - Mental Health Services
779. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of psychology services in the Headford and Lackagh primary care service, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
782. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46598/21] - Assisted Human Reproduction
783. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation for assisted human reproduction with particular reference to surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46608/21] - Official Engagements
784. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a meeting with a family (details supplied) in County Kildare given the ongoing issues for the family and the previous correspondence... - Hospital Appointments Status
785. To ask the Minister for Health when appointments will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46612/21] - Hospital Staff
786. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; his views on the fact that psychosocial... - Health Services Staff
787. To ask the Minister for Health if a diabetes psychology resource will be provided to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and... - Hospital Staff
788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on... - Health Services Staff
790. To ask the Minister for Health when the specialist community diabetes teams under the enhanced community care programme be appointed; if it will be available to all persons with diabetes... - Healthcare Policy
794. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend eligibility to the long-term illness scheme for reimbursement of blood glucose test strips to all women who develop gestational diabetes... - Health Services
795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Aids and Appliances
798. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults... - Covid-19 Pandemic
807. To ask the Minister for Health the costs involved for the use of a hotel (details supplied) by the HSE since the Covid-19 pandemic to date; the services that were provided for those costs;... - Health Services
809. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the eligibility for breast screening and genetic testing to all women aged 25 and over considering the cost savings involved in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
810. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount that the State spent on personal protective equipment, which either never arrived or was not fit for use when it arrived; and if he will make... - National Children's Hospital
811. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of the construction of the new national children’s hospital to date; and the estimated final cost of construction for the... - Departmental Expenditure
813. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the overpayment of rent to the landlords for the building from which his Department operates on Baggot Street; the amount of overpayment that was... - Covid-19 Pandemic
815. To ask the Minister for Health the hotels or premises with which the State entered into contracts for use as self-isolation facilities and emergency hospital beds throughout the pandemic;... - Mental Health Services
817. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a national psychology led postnatal depression and mental support network to be introduced in each primary care team; and if he will make a... - Health Services
819. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons over 69 years of age are not eligible for breast cancer screening. [46737/21] - Dental Services
829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental medical card scheme in County Tipperary in 2019 and 2020. [46752/21] - Care Services
830. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission from an organisation (details supplied) in relation to Budget 2022; and if he will prioritise family carers and carers in his... - Budget 2022
831. To ask the Minister for Health his priorities for cancer service funding during Budget 2022 discussions; if is in receipt of proposals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Healthcare Policy
833. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to add folic acid to flour and bread products in the interest of public health in view of emerging evidence from the United Kingdom... - Health Service Executive
834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unused or underused HSE-owned buildings by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46814/21] - Hospital Staff
836. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which the unfilled consultant positions in Mullingar Regional Hospital exist; and the action that has been taken to fill these roles. [46822/21] - Health and Safety
837. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals or centres of care per county which have been assessed as having asbestos in the buildings; and the actions that have been taken to ensure the...
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