Written answers
Thursday, 11 November 2021
- Health Services
343. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance with travel to medical appointments for treatment for cancer can continue to be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he... - Emergency Departments
344. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative arrangements can be made available in the community in view of the fact that emergency departments in hospitals are seeing a surge in elderly... - Hospital Facilities
345. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the lack of stroke facilities in hospitals; if a strategy is being put in place to alleviate this issue; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ten jobs for mental health services in County Kerry were not advertised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55249/21] - Health Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on meeting the commitment in the HSE service plan 2021 to provide for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Disability Services
348. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the 120,000 additional personal assistance hours announced in Budget 2022 will be distributed to address the requirements outlined in the... - Hospital Admissions
349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations per hospital recorded in October, November and to date in 2021 for children and older adults afflicted with respiratory... - Ambulance Service
351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls registered for accidents on the N20 Cork to Limerick road in 2020 and to date in 2021. [55266/21] - Health Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of daycare services in north County Sligo; the arrangement his Department will put in place to deliver daycare services in the... - Hospital Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the availability of scalp-cooling services to cancer patients in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55271/21] - Disability Services
355. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services in County Cork in particular in relation to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
356. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens returning to Ireland from Canada for Christmas require PCR tests (details supplied). [55286/21] - Nursing Homes
357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the nursing home support scheme costs for a person (details supplied) are so excessive; the measures which can be taken to put on hold the excessive... - Ambulance Service
358. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters in relation to the ambulance service (details supplied) in County Kerry [55293/21] - Dental Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to provide a refund to a person (details supplied) following a dental procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55294/21] - Health Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health if services will be put in place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55296/21] - Hospital Staff
361. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the significant shortfall of neurology nurses in CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55297/21] - Health Strategies
362. To ask the Minister for Health when the Winter Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55300/21] - Hospital Appointments Status
365. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be given an urgent date for surgery to take place. [55316/21] - Covid-19 Tests
366. To ask the Minister for Health the current Covid-19 testing protocols in place for hospital emergency department admissions and discharges from hospital wards; if patients are checked... - Assisted Human Reproduction
367. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgency with which an Assisted Human Reproduction Bill is required so as to give legal certainty to mothers of children... - Health and Safety
368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making it mandatory for male public toilets to have sanitary bins as in female toilets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults that were recorded on nurses each year from 2015 to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55350/21] - Health Services
372. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available for a group (details supplied) to assist in its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/21] - Hospital Staff
373. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a nursing post in hospitals in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55359/21] - Health Services Staff
375. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a new or vacant post in the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55361/21] - General Practitioner Services
376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals by type of referral and service for each month of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by hospital; and if he will make... - Covid-19 Tests
377. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of Covid-19 retests carried out by the HSE on first-time positive PCR tests since testing began. [55363/21] - Hospital Admissions
379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who spent more than four consecutive days in hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he... - Hospital Charges
383. To ask the Minister for Health the income recorded by Children’s Health Ireland hospitals at Crumlin, Tallaght and Temple Street from parking charges for each of the years 2018 to... - Vaccination Programme
384. To ask the Minister for Health if a document (details supplied) was considered in respect of evidence in favour of giving heart failure patients high-risk priority on the vaccine priority... - Eating Disorders
385. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available for a person (details supplied) with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55372/21] - Medical Cards
386. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which patients with progressive, life-limiting conditions will be able to access medical cards in the future; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages
387. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a statutory home care scheme; the way in which perceived age discrimination in the provision of home care services will be... - Hospital Charges
388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 7 October 2021, the status of his Department’s examination on this issue; if there is a timeline available... - Primary Care Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason urgent care service funding has ceased in a surgery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55396/21] - Health Services
390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 834 of 19 October 2021, if he will clarify a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [55411/21] - Health Services Staff
391. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccination is compulsory for certain students in order that they can take up a placement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products
392. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ongoing testing of new and orphan drugs continues; the number of cases approved in each of the past 12 months to date; the extent to which...
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