Written answers
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Covid-19 Pandemic
465. To ask the Minister for Health the reason applicants for the EU Digital COVID Certificate who were vaccinated in the Northern Ireland but are residents in Ireland require proof of an Irish... - Health Services
466. To ask the Minister for Health if the supply of test results for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [49094/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
467. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [49095/21] - Health Services Staff
468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent cardiac physiologists employed in Ireland; the number of whole-time equivalent cardiac physiologist roles currently vacant;... - Health Services
469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of echocardiogram machines in Ireland, including in acute hospitals and primary care; the location of these machines; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for echocardiography services; the number of these patients waiting 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months and 2, 3 and 4 plus... - Medical Aids and Appliances
471. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) was successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49112/21] - Hospital Staff
472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the call by an organisation (details supplied) for an additional eight neurology nurses for University Hospital Limerick. [49125/21] - Health Services
473. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided to a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49126/21] - Medical Cards
474. To ask the Minister for Health if a grant or assistance is available to a medical card holder towards the cost of electricity for a COPD machine; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
475. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49132/21] - Assisted Human Reproduction
476. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 to address the current barriers to both parents in families who have children via surrogacy... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
477. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned children’s hospital for Cork; and the timeline for same. [49140/21] - Community Care
478. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangement his Department will put in place to deliver day centre services to older persons in the Loughrea, County Galway catchment area given that St.... - Vaccination Programme
479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HPV vaccines are not being administered in schools; the details of the changes that have been made to the vaccination programme; the reason persons... - Medical Aids and Appliances
480. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assistive device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49154/21] - General Practitioner Services
481. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives his Department is undertaking to tackle the crisis in primary care whereby general practitioners' practices in north County Kildare and... - Departmental Data
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kildare on waiting lists in each of the past five years in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on... - Home Help Service
486. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/21] - Health Services
487. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve transport services from rural areas to designated cancer centres for scheduled day case treatments; and if he will... - Legislative Measures
488. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; and his plans to progress it through the Houses... - Hospital Waiting Lists
489. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists for heart, lung, kidney, liver or pancreas transplants. [49196/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
490. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has developed contingency plans to ensure that services for conditions such as COPD, cystic fibrosis and lung fibrosis are protected in the... - Departmental Strategies
491. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to appoint a senior official to manage liaison regarding the rare disease plan (details supplied). [49198/21] - Departmental Contracts
492. To ask the Minister for Health if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to date; if his... - Departmental Data
494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for mental health services by CHO, county and age category; the breakdown by the length of time they have been waiting... - Hospital Appointments Status
495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for over six months to see a surgeon at University Hospital Limerick to address a debilitating... - Departmental Data
496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons per emergency department bed, intensive care unit bed and coronary care bed for each hospital with an emergency department. [49228/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
497. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment with the orthopaedic clinic at the Midland Regional Hospital,... - National Development Plan
498. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which projects that fall within the aegis of his Department and are within the revised National Development Plan are at an advanced stage at... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new national cervical screening laboratory; if the project has experienced any delays or overspends; and if he will... - Departmental Data
500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of samples or slides which CervicalCheck has sent abroad to foreign labs for testing in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [49282/21] - Ambulance Service
501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics relating to the average length of time persons spent waiting for an ambulance in each county in Ireland in each of the past five... - Health Services
503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions over the past ten years in which, under pressure, the HSE or a hospital group has advised persons seeking to attend accident and... - Health Services Staff
504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses or healthcare professionals who have resigned from their posts since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in each public hospital. [49298/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons or groups who have issued letters of claim against the State regarding the death of their loved ones from Covid-19 in HSE or State-run... - Health Service Executive
506. To ask the Minister for Health the persons or body that conducts the HSE staff survey; and the breakdown of participation in the HSE staff survey in addition to overall staff participation.... - Hospital Services
509. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of the renaming of South Tipperary General Hospital to Tipperary University Hospital; the breakdown of all costs associated with the name change;... - Legislative Programme
510. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be delivered to provide legal recognition to both parents who have children through surrogacy either in Ireland or abroad; and if he will... - Home Help Service
511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an urgent case in which home help hours are urgently required by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health when the updated implementation plan of the National Maternity Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49351/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
514. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their amended EU digital Covid certificate. [49354/21] - Health Services
515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding Killarney community nursing unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49355/21] - Hospital Services
516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds closed in each of the past five years by county; and the breakdown on the cited reasons for the closures. [49356/21] - Vaccination Programme
517. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding vaccinations in secondary schools given many have now been scheduled in HSE vaccination centres on an individual basis; and if he will... - Hospital Services
519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant gastroenterologists based in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and... - Health Services
521. To ask the Minister for Health the number and locations of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, units that accept admissions during out of hours periods in tabular form.... - Vaccination Programme
522. To ask the Minister for Health the costs for the fitting out of a vaccination centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49373/21] - Medical Cards
524. To ask the Minister for Health if a new medical card can be applied for retrospectively for a medical bill in circumstances in which the person applied for the card within eight weeks of the... - Hospital Services
525. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the intensive care unit and the emergency department at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [49413/21] - Ambulance Service
526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics employed by the National Ambulance Service, by county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [49421/21] - Departmental Funding
528. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49425/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
529. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to shorten waiting lists for scoliosis operations for children; if he will combat the delays that occurred due to Covid-19... - Covid-19 Pandemic
530. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans under way to assess additional Covid-19 vaccines for validation or accreditation with the European agencies or the European Medicines... - Vaccination Programme
533. To ask the Minister for Health when a vaccine compensation scheme will be established in view of the urgent recommendations made in the Expert Group Report to Review the Law of Torts and the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
534. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49440/21] - Health Services
535. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address health issues arising for women experiencing perimenopause, menopause and post-menopause; his views on the significant impact menopause in... - Dental Services
536. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1350 of 9 September, when dental surgery for children will be restored at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will... - Mental Health Services
537. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for children to wait in excess of 52 weeks for access to psychology services with particular reference to the importance... - Hospital Facilities
538. To ask the Minister for Health the location at which the new acute inpatient beds of the circa 1,140 announced in budget 2021 have been or will be opened in 2021; the number at each... - Health Services Staff
543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time opticians employed by the HSE who work in counties Monaghan and Cavan in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will... - Hospital Services
545. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days per... - Hospital Staff
546. To ask the Minister for Health the posts at Cavan General Hospital that have been offered to applicants but await a start date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49468/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
550. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; if they are classed as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49488/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
551. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the planned removal of HSE facilities in Dublin that facilitate quarantining for Roma families (details supplied); and his... - Hospital Appointments Status
552. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with the audiology service can be arranged for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in order to arrange a free digital hearing aid; and... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
553. To ask the Minister for Health if the independent advisory committee for social behaviours review has concluded its review of the blood donation ban for gay men, bisexual men, transgender... - Medical Cards
554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who currently operate contracts under the general medical scheme to treat persons holding a medical card or general... - Vaccination Programme
558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of girls aged 12 to 13 years who were eligible for the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccination programme, from September 2009 to September 2010, who... - Hospital Facilities
559. To ask the Minister for Health the planned additional hospital beds to be delivered between 2022 to 2026, by location and bed type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49507/21] - Primary Care Centres
560. To ask the Minister for Health the locations in which there is an open primary care centre; the locations of planned additional primary care centres to be opened in 2021, 2022 and after; the... - Health Services
561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need that have been undertaken for children aged 18 years and under in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the... - Legislative Measures
566. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 13 and 19 of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 will be commenced in view of the findings of a recent research study (details supplied) which... - Hospital Services
567. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women attending antenatal appointments in Cavan General Hospital are being instructed to attend appointments alone in the case of appointments... - Hospital Staff
568. To ask the Minister for Health if he in consultation with the HSE will accede to a request to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists at University Hospital Limerick in view of... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
569. To ask the Minister for Health if PIN numbers will be expedited for nurses from abroad (details supplied) who have completed their application to register with the Nursing and Midwifery... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
570. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the compensation for front-line workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49547/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
571. 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 UHL groups;... - Departmental Data
572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of women on each... - Health Services
573. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for the provision of a meaningful respite service attached to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
575. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to providing additional funding for new medicines specifically orphan medicinal products in the context of budget 2022; and if... - Departmental Reports
576. To ask the Minister for Health the date or timeline his Department will publish the report by an organisation (details supplied) on the HSE drug reimbursement process; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
579. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the rejection of payments by the primary care reimbursement services for general practitioners under the maternity and infant care scheme relating... - Health Services Staff
582. To ask the Minister for Health if all student nurses and midwives on placement are receiving the announced €100 allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49595/21] - Dental Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Bantry Hospital dental and orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49596/21] - Hospital Procedures
584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and medical treatments that have been postponed for each of the past 20 months due to Covid-19. [49602/21] - Hospital Staff
585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the resources necessary to employ an additional 100 neurology nurses across the health service in Ireland including nine additional nurses... - Healthcare Policy
586. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to publish an updated national rare diseases plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49608/21] - Health Service Executive
589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide national, regional and departmental breakdowns of which HSE IT systems such as databases, virtualisation servers, emails and other elements... - Health Services
590. To ask the Minister for Health if University Limerick Hospitals Group is included in the remaining six diabetes centres to become dose adjusting for normal eating licensed in 2022; if a... - Hospital Staff
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the funding in budget 2022 to provide a minimum of one whole-time equivalent diabetes specialist pump nurse for the adult diabetes clinic in... - Hospital Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 18 years of age that are attending University Limerick Hospitals Group adult diabetes service and using insulin pump therapy to... - Hospital Staff
593. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign led by an association (details supplied) seeking extra neurology nurse specialists across Irish hospitals; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the Covid-19 funding allocated to a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49636/21] - Hospital Services
595. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI machine in use at University Hospital Kerry is used exclusively for private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49637/21] - Health Services
599. To ask the Minister for Health the new supports that will be forthcoming from his Department in 2021 and 2022 for the 40,000 persons with epilepsy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement... - Medicinal Products
600. To ask the Minister for Health when the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to epilepsy patients will be established; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
601. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital is only seeing approximately four to six patients per day... - Hospital Appointments Status
602. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49651/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
603. To ask the Minister for Health the pilot waiting projects which have taken place in the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Our Lady's Hospital Navan and University Hospital Kerry; the... - Hospital Facilities
606. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which centres of excellence are constituted in relation to oncology services in public hospitals; the criteria that has to be satisfied before a... - Hospital Staff
607. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent oncologist will be in place at St. James’s Hospital following the retirement of the previous specialist; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
608. 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. [49668/21] - Mental Health Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-funded mental health services in an area (details supplied); the number of mental health workers and professionals employed in these... - Hospital Waiting Lists
610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have had colposcopy appointments delayed, postponed or cancelled since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [49678/21] - Health Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck smear tests carried out in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [49679/21] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
612. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied) under the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists currently working in Beaumont Hospital; if he has plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists in the... - Hospital Appointments Status
614. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49693/21] - Legislative Measures
615. To ask the Minister for Health the status of The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Proposals; when they will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49694/21] - Vaccination Programme
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccination cards that are unaccounted for across the vaccination system. [49696/21] - Medicinal Products
617. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 15 September 2021, the status of the establishment of a stakeholder group to address ongoing concerns relating to... - Health Service Executive
618. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recruitment for the six epilepsy specialist nurse posts approved by the HSE for the implementation of the Valproate Pregnancy Prevention... - Hospital Staff
619. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the shortage of neurology nurses in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49705/21] - Health Strategies
620. To ask the Minister for Health if the attention of his Department has been drawn to any differential in survival rates for breast cancer between patients who are diagnosed and treated in the... - Healthcare Policy
621. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to prevent persons under 18 years of age from accessing cosmetic fillers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49708/21] - Medical Aids and Appliances
622. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to provide a brace for patients with pectus carinatum condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49709/21] - Medicinal Products
623. To ask the Minister for Health if Xalacom eye drops could be reimbursed by the HSE; if the NCPE completed a review on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49710/21] - Disease Management
624. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the inclusion of chronic kidney disease in the HSE Integrated Care Programme for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease. [49721/21] - Disability Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health if the dedicated on-site supports in place at special schools in the CHO DNCC area prior to the roll-out of the progressing disability services programme of... - Departmental Contracts
626. To ask the Minister for Health the number and value of all procurement contracts that took place by way of negotiated procedure without prior publication in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the... - Care Services
627. To ask the Minister for Health if a minimum four-night respite service at an annual funding cost of €333,000 will be provided at MooreHaven Centre in Tipperary town immediately; if a... - Mental Health Services
630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists that have been hired to work in CAMHS since 1 July 2021, by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49781/21] - Disability Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deliver the 90 new residential places needed every year from 2020 to 2032 to cater for changes in size and age structure of the disability... - Dental Services
638. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the dental treatment services scheme with specific reference to the unsustainable trend of dentists exiting the scheme... - Departmental Contracts
639. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 6 October 2021, if he will provide further details on the contracts referred to, such as their purpose. [49792/21] - Health Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private intermediate care beds funded, procured, used or leased in 2020 and to date in 2021, by service type. [49793/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
645. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to the reopening of the daycare centre in Clonakilty Community Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
647. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a recent academic study (details supplied) which has concluded that continued effort is needed around the awareness and... - General Practitioner Services
648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate and advise on reports that the Primary Care Reimbursement Service is not paying rural general practitioners for the service they provide... - Disabilities Assessments
650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each HSE region. [49868/21]
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