Written answers
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
- Disability Services
453. To ask the Minister for Health if a tender for a respite service for young adults with autism in community healthcare east has been completed; if so, the details of the successful tender;... - Traveller Community
454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the salaries of the staff that make up the Traveller primary health teams across the country have been frozen since 2008 with no increments; the... - Covid-19 Tests
455. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has put to airlines and ferry companies in respect of ensuring inbound persons have taken a valid professional antigen test; and if he has... - Medical Cards
456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the means testing applicable to medical card applications for those aged over 70 years on the basis that the income limits could be... - Dental Services
457. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions his Department has undertaken with an association (details supplied) to address the rising numbers of dentists resigning from the dental... - Eating Disorders
459. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made for the establishment of a child and adolescent mental health services or CAMHS-based eating disorder specialist community team in... - Mental Health Services
460. To ask the Minister for Health if a whole-time paediatric dietician position, as opposed to a shared position, will be approved and advertised as part of the CAMHS team Wexford; and if he... - Covid-19 Tests
461. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of temporary HSE Covid-19 test centres do not have and cannot have an Eircode; if his attention has... - Hospital Appointments Status
462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59780/21] - Vaccination Programme
463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a statistical breakdown on a weekly basis of all Covid-19 cases admitted to ICU departments between 1 April 2021 to date, which shows the... - Nursing Homes
464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents in each county in receipt of HSE top-up payments, in tabular form; the sources of funding for the top-up payments; and if... - General Practitioner Services
467. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can claim back the cost of Caredoc and a general practitioner while waiting for a general practitioner card for children under seven years of age;... - Health Services
468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the recommended €13 million in investment, and as requested by a group (details supplied), to deal with the scoliosis waiting list... - Hospital Waiting Lists
469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the CHO 7 area who await an assessment of needs, and by category of assessment, in tabular form. [59825/21] - Patient Files
470. To ask the Minister for Health if the record of a person (details supplied) who was diagnosed with autism in 2017 is in the possession of the HSE; the reason the parents of the child have... - Birth Certificates
471. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay experienced by a person (details supplied) in receiving a birth certificate will be examined by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the... - Healthcare Policy
472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied) and its views on the mid-term review of the national drugs... - Hospital Services
473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU and high-dependency unit beds in the mid west and south east regions according to the most recent figures for 2021. [59833/21] - Health Services Staff
474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will waive the €100 registration fee for nurses in view of the work they are carrying out during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a... - Disease Management
475. To ask the Minister for Health the key performance indicators used to determine the success of the chronic disease management programme; if they are broken down by condition, age cohort,... - Health Services
476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for an allergy diagnosis; the average waiting time from a general practitioner referral to first appointment... - Covid-19 Tests
477. To ask the Minister for Health if antigen testing will be made available for preschool settings in the same way that it is being made available for primary and secondary schools; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
478. To ask the Minister for Health the statistical breakdown of all Covid-19 cases admitted to ICU between 1 April and 26 November 2021; the percentage of persons admitted who were unvaccinated... - Health Services
479. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in County Mayo; the number on the list; the average length of time from referral to service... - Vaccination Programme
480. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current system of walk-in appointments for vaccine boosters; his views on the long queues in inclement weather that have been seen... - Medicinal Products
481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish set criteria to streamline the process of adding orphan medicinal products to the reimbursement list; his plans in the near future to... - Health Services
482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide guidelines for the cost of foot treatment for persons with a chiropody treatment card for a home visit and a visit to a practitioner's... - Home Care Packages
483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the required assistance and support to the home care sector with particular reference to commencing the statutory home support scheme as... - Mental Health Services
484. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment process to fill vacant psychology posts in a centre (details supplied) is expected to finish. [59853/21] - Health Services Staff
485. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing registration in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59854/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the evidence for a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59856/21] - Medicinal Products
488. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plans to introduce a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59858/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
489. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to support persons with long Covid; the extent of the prevalence of same; and if cover such as medical card cover can be extended on a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
490. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department and the HSE plans to help decrease the continuously growing number of persons on the neurology outpatient waiting list in Ireland; if a... - Health Services
491. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has considered allocating a higher level of funding in the health budget to increase the number of specialist nurses for a variety of... - Healthcare Policy
492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include neuropathies such as the conditions Charcot Marie tooth and spinal... - Tobacco Control Measures
493. To ask the Minister for Health the level of participation that Irish officials had in the recent Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco... - Healthcare Policy
496. To ask the Minister for Health the directive the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for children diagnosed with diabetes type 1; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
497. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an 18 month wait for insulin pumps for children over five years of age who have type 1 diabetes; and... - Disabilities Assessments
498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59877/21] - Hospital Services
500. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some hospitals across the State do not provide a post-mortem service at weekends and bank holidays; and if his attention has been drawn to the... - Emergency Departments
501. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of accident and emergency department attendances at Beaumont, the Mater, St. Vincent's and Tallaght Hospitals per week from 1 September 2021... - Assisted Human Reproduction
502. To ask the Minister for Health if international surrogacy will be excluded from the upcoming Assisted Human Reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59892/21] - Hospital Services
505. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide funding to alleviate the pressure on Temple Street and Crumlin Hospitals as per the request submitted by Children’s Health... - Protected Disclosures
506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59914/21] - Dental Services
507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford who were contracted with the HSE under the dental treatment services scheme who have left the scheme in the past 24... - Hospital Waiting Lists
508. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for neurology patients at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; if his attention has been... - Departmental Funding
509. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding to be provided by his Department in 2022 for the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Staff
510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists who were successfully recruited in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a... - Health Services
513. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan to extend the role of the clinical nurse specialist for Down's syndrome patients to regions outside of Leinster; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Policy
514. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a statutory right to homecare which is included in the Sláintecare action plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement... - Vaccination Programme
515. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be included in the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59959/21] - Assisted Decision-Making
516. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is working on the implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59961/21] - Disabilities Assessments
517. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for the HSE to offer autism spectrum assessments for adults who wish to be assessed later in life; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
518. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly persons and persons with disabilities were left waiting outdoors for up to three and a half hours... - Covid-19 Pandemic
519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of trials of ivermectin on critically ill Covid-19 patients here. [59975/21] - Nursing Homes
521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reserve HSE staff available to assist in nursing homes in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak in a nursing home; the number of reserves per county;... - Covid-19 Tests
522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were tested for Covid-19 in pop-up testing centres since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and the breakdown per county. [59982/21] - Disability Services
523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons reliant daily on wheelchairs for living purposes in Dublin, Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster, respectively in tabular form; and if... - Hospital Complaints Procedures
524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by person (details supplied) in relation to treatment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
525. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for persons who cannot get vaccinated due to health issues but need a digital or other certificate to allow them to participate in... - Hospital Services
526. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are taken to hospital via ambulance are confined in a Covid-19 ward pending a negative PCR test as a matter of policy; if the case of a person... - Disabilities Assessments
527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and remedy the delay in the assessment of need and diagnosis which is the legal right of a person (details supplied) within the prescribed... - Healthcare Policy
528. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of references for and the membership of the contraception implementation group that was established under his Department to support the roll-out of... - Health Services
531. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE National Service Plan 2022 will be considered by Government prior to publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60027/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
532. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can receive confirmation of the actions taken in cases in which they report alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations by a business. [60040/21] - Domestic Violence
533. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been put in place to tackle domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60046/21] - Vaccination Programme
534. To ask the Minister for Health the role pharmacies will play in delivering booster vaccinations and help prevent large queues at booster centres; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
535. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current shortfall of more than 100 nurse specialists in neurology in the Irish healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Service Executive
537. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person can enter into an independent contract with the HSE in order to transport dialysis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes
538. To ask the Minister for Health if new long-term stay residents will be accepted in a nursing home (details supplied) from 1 January 2022. [60054/21] - Health Services
539. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances of mesh-injured women who availed of removal services abroad on the understanding they would be reimbursed; if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
540. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations are taking place with the European Commission for a joint procurement agreement for the supply of Covid-19 antiviral drugs; and if he will make... - Medical Research and Training
546. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 24 October 2018, if he will ensure that medical training is provided by the HSE to schools with a pupil with a... - Health Services
547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with type 2 diabetes who are eligible for the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme through having a GMS card or a general... - Health Promotion
548. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) seeking, among other things, a ban on the advertising of unhealthy food... - Substance Misuse
549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children born either addicted to or severely affected by alcohol or drugs in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021; and if he will make... - Medical Aids and Appliances
550. To ask the Minister for Health when a requested buggy will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60084/21] - Disability Services
551. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for a first appointment to see the early... - Vaccination Programme
552. To ask the Minister for Health the options available in circumstances in which a person who is medically unable to receive a particular vaccine (details supplied) for their booster... - Work Permits
553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a work permit issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [60092/21] - Abortion Services
554. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has carried out an internal review or investigation into the impact of the three-day waiting period provision within the existing... - Covid-19 Pandemic
556. To ask the Minister for Health the reason new guidelines state that antigen tests will be accepted for travel into Ireland only from those who are fully vaccinated and exclude those who hold... - Health Services
557. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that can be taken to expedite an appointment for a speech and language therapist for a person (details supplied) whose current date to been seen is... - Covid-19 Pandemic
558. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person who has availed of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in two different countries can avail of the EU Digital COVID Certificate, the... - Departmental Strategies
559. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies he plans to put in place to implement the World Health Organization recommendation that all countries assess the burden of stillbirths and... - Departmental Inquiries
560. To ask the Minister for Health when he will implement the recommendation of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre to establish an inquiry for stillbirth and neonatal death; and if he... - Vaccination Programme
561. To ask the Minister for Health if a mandate on the vaccination of healthcare workers against Covid-19 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60136/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
562. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of genome sequencing in Ireland with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60137/21] - Healthcare Policy
564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Women’s Health Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60139/21] - Health Services Staff
566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 19 October 2021, the reason he has not approved funding for the four unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts... - Care Services
567. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of a centre (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason this essential respite centre has not reopened while other... - Covid-19 Tests
568. To ask the Minister for Health when antigen test kits will be provided free of charge to front-line homecare supports staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60171/21] - Care Services
569. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a recommendation made by a representative body (details supplied) that day services and respite services for adults with an intellectual... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
570. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available to citizens of Ireland who travelled to the United States of America for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to help parents in north County Kildare to have their babies vaccinated with the usual childhood vaccines given that they cannot... - Medicinal Products
572. To ask the Minister for Health when the new clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme will commence; if he will provide details of the parameters of the review; when it is... - Hospital Appointments Status
574. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60256/21] - Health Services Staff
575. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are currently only four neurology nurse specialists at a hospital (details supplied); his plans to increase the number of neurology nurse... - Hospital Waiting Lists
576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a suspended inpatient list for scoliosis surgery across all hospitals; the time suspended; the number of children waiting;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
581. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a study on the effect or impact of lockdowns and restrictions on children, particularly vulnerable children. [60274/21] - Nursing Homes
583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the temporary assistance payment scheme given the surge in Covid-19 cases and the costs of infection control in nursing homes and... - Disability Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability in each CHO; the number of therapists working as part of a children’s disability network team in each CHO and... - Hospital Staff
586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the need to employ more neurology nurses in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will... - Departmental Reports
587. To ask the Minister for Health the way the findings in the report commissioned by the Women’s Health Taskforce will inform the forthcoming Women’s Health Action Plan; and the... - Covid-19 Tests
588. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of a professional antigen test in respect of antigen tests for inbound travel. [60297/21] - Departmental Schemes
589. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork who is unable to access the medication they require through the HSE hardship... - Vaccination Programme
590. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties posed to children and adults with autism and other conditions when it comes to availing of the Covid-19... - Covid-19 Tests
592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the PCR test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence in relation to a patient (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60330/21] - Departmental Funding
594. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a nursing home (details supplied) or a refurbished home on the current or new site in Roscrea, County Tipperary is being included in the... - Mental Health Services
595. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of mental health liaisons to be placed in emergency departments as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the... - General Practitioner Services
600. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken by a person (details supplied) to find a local general practitioner willing to take on an infant for care under the general... - Hospital Procedures
601. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60352/21] - Health Services
602. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1160 of 9 September 2021, the status of the provision and full resumption of services in a centre (details supplied) in... - Covid-19 Tests
603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the process of testing of inpatients in cases in which there is no clinical suspicion of Covid-19 upon admission to hospital... - Vaccination Programme
604. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccine status of those staff, residents and patients involved in healthcare outbreaks of Covid-19 in hospital, nursing homes and residential care settings... - Home Help Service
607. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to employ additional homecare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60363/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the request by an organisation (details supplied) for the temporary assistance payment scheme to be reintroduced to cover the specific costs... - Hospital Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in the Mater, Beaumont and St Vincent's University Hospitals that are operating on a 24/7 basis in tabular form. [60373/21] - Hospital Waiting Lists
610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for dermatology scopes as of 1 January 2021 and 1 December 2021, in tabular form. [60374/21] - Health Services Staff
611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalents by job title that are currently vacant in the diabetes team at Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15; the full year cost of filling... - Covid-19 Pandemic
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if he has plans to meet with the group in coming weeks in view of the changing situation regarding public... - Hospital Staff
613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide one hundred additional neurology nurse specialists across Ireland including five extra nurses in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin as recommended by... - Vaccination Programme
615. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee for a 2022 start-date for the rollout of a National... - Disability Services
616. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can expect a date for allocation to a full-time residential care facility as recommended at a multi-discipline team meeting held... - Home Care Packages
617. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to return home with the necessary homecare support system in place until such a time when a place in a full-time... - General Practitioner Services
618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the current reimbursement process in place for medical card holders seeking to claim back the costs of blood tests; if this has... - Ambulance Service
622. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fire service being deployed as a first responder back-up service to the National Ambulance Service; if he will seek to advance the matter in... - Hospital Investigations
623. To ask the Minister for Health when the external review of the disposal of perinatal organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
624. To ask the Minister for Health when the new protocol for the distribution and prescribing of Ajovy, fremanezumab, will be in place; the reason patients who are already registered on hospital... - Vaccination Programme
626. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccination centres and other settings in which the booster vaccines are being rolled out including primary care centres are running at full capacity; if... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
629. To ask the Minister for Health when patients will be able to access medical cannabis from the Medical Access Programme. [60505/21] - Medicinal Products
630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1852 of 21 April 2021, if the HSE has developed the individual patient approval system to enable reimbursement for... - Covid-19 Pandemic
632. To ask the Minister for Health the structures that are being put in place to allow passengers to acquire an antigen or PCR test in order to travel over the Christmas period given that many... - Hospital Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patient visits at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60533/21] - Health Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in meeting the Neurorehabilitation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60540/21] - Departmental Strategies
638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE national steering group responsible for the implementation of the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy has met since 1 January... - Disability Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide multi-annual funding to disability services providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60545/21] - Vaccination Programme
641. To ask the Minister for Health the distribution of the booster vaccines to general practitioners by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60562/21]
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