Written answers
Thursday, 16 December 2021
- Covid-19 Tests
495. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who purchased PCR tests in order to adhere to the relevant travel advice when they purchased their flights is entitled to a refund considering that... - Covid-19 Pandemic
496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue an order for FFP2-standard face masks to be made available free for all passengers using public transport while Covid-19 infection rates are... - Health Services
498. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 5 October 2021, if the vacant occupational therapy roles have now been filled; the number of children currently... - Vaccination Programme
499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more pharmacies are not administering the booster vaccination in view of the excellent work that pharmacists have carried out throughout the... - Nursing Homes
500. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that his Department has taken to ensure clean air in nursing homes, including providing ventilation schemes, CO2 monitors or HEPA filters, to... - Health Services
501. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national steering group for the implementation of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021 has met only twice since an implementation... - Covid-19 Pandemic
502. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide access to the EU digital Covid certificate for persons under 18 years of age who are resident in Northern Ireland, as is already... - Health Services Staff
503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the creation of dedicated teams to deal exclusively with scoliosis procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62457/21] - Health Services
505. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a hospital transfer service in place for elderly persons who are unable to drive to hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
507. To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacant positions for speech and language therapists in counties Sligo or Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62461/21] - White Papers
509. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish a White Paper on human genomics; the status of the programme for Government commitment on the establishment of a national genomics... - Hospital Services
510. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 10 November 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that not all 19 maternity units are offering the 20... - Vaccination Programme
511. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the recent transfer of the Ennis vaccination centre to Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62476/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
513. To ask the Minister for Health when the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be updated to reflect persons having received their boosters and who will need it for the purpose of travel; and if... - Vaccination Programme
514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the HPV vaccine available free of cost to all persons who would medically benefit from it, particularly students who missed receiving it in... - Health Services Staff
515. To ask the Minister for Health the policy on an issue (details supplied) regarding healthcare assistants and home helps employed through section 39 organisations; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Policy
517. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will recognise ME/CFS as a long-term illness; if his Department and the HSE will review the guidelines on the diagnosis and... - Social Welfare Benefits
518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Minister for Social Protection to expand the critical illness protocol to persons diagnosed with ME/CFS; and if he will make a... - Health Services
519. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting times for behavioural therapy and speech and language therapy for children, by county (details supplied); and if he will... - State Bodies
520. 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 persons with... - Hospital Waiting Lists
521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on outpatient waiting lists, by hospital, in County Cork. [62537/21] - Home Help Service
524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of home care hours; and the number of hours assigned in County Cork by LHO. [62540/21] - Disability Services
526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members, by role, currently employed in, and working on, children’s disability network teams in County Cork, by team, in tabular... - General Practitioner Services
527. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with SouthDoc since the reopening of its Blackpool facility; and if there is an intention to resume normal operating hours in... - Medical Cards
528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with medical cards in County Cork, by LHO. [62544/21] - Vaccination Programme
529. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the vaccine booster programme for those under 50 years of age who received a vaccine (details supplied). [62545/21] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
530. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of the Keltoi facility. [62546/21] - Local Drugs Task Forces
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Minister for State with special responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy has met an organisation (details supplied) since their... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
533. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the stabilisation units promised in budget 2021. [62549/21] - Family Support Services
534. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding for family support networks committed to in budget 2021. [62550/21] - Local Drugs Task Forces
535. To ask the Minister for Health the previous membership of the National Oversight Committee on the National Drugs Strategy; and the new proposed membership. [62551/21] - Substance Misuse
537. To ask the Minister for Health if further details will be provided on the proposed plan to address crack cocaine, as promised in budget 2022. [62553/21] - Local Drugs Task Forces
538. To ask the Minister for Health if the Minister for State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy has met with the Tallaght drug and alcohol task force since the publication of... - Substance Misuse
539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting residential treatment and detox, by county, in tabular form. [62555/21] - Vaccination Programme
541. To ask the Minister for Health if an outreach programme is planned for delivery of vaccine boosters to vulnerable hard to reach cohorts, for example, homeless persons and those in active... - Health Service Executive
542. To ask the Minister for Health the dates of meetings of a CHO 1 convened serious incident management team that was established on 4 December 2016, following reports of serious incidents of... - Vaccination Programme
545. To ask the Minister for Health when walk-in vaccine slots and access to pharmacy booster vaccination will be made available for those who initially received just one dose of a Covid-19... - Assisted Human Reproduction
546. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to include a provision for financial supports for persons receiving IVF treatment in the assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a... - Health Services
547. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62590/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
548. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of developing the Covid-19 application that was made available to citizens; when it was first made publicly available; the use made of the application... - Health Services
549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently overdue their annual BreastHealth mammogram post-treatment for breast cancer; and the number of those who have waited... - Hospital Staff
554. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resource West Kerry Community Hospital with additional staff to secure the retention of existing short and long-stay beds, and open the eight... - Mental Health Services
555. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in County Cork, by area; the average waiting time; and his plans to address... - Disability Services
557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in each children's disability network team across the State; and the waiting list by service in each. [62630/21] - Hospital Services
560. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 3 December, if a reply will issue from him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62634/21] - Disability Services
561. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the personalised budget pilot; when the findings will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62653/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
562. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a policy of requiring patients presenting at some hospitals or HSE Covid-19 testing facilities to wear a surgical mask... - Disability Services
564. To ask the Minister for Health the respite supports that are available to families of children with autism, by type of service and CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services
565. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to support persons with intellectual disabilities to access mental health supports if needed. [62727/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the planned visits by the HSE to maternity hospitals in terms of compliance and management of maternity restrictions as was committed to in... - Hospice Services
569. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed long-stay unit in St. Joseph's Hospital in Ennis, County Clare will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62758/21] - Hospital Services
570. To ask the Minister for Health when the local injuries unit will open in Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62759/21] - Alcohol Pricing
572. To ask the Minister for Health the public information campaign his Department or other public bodies are undertaking as per section 11 of the Public Health Alcohol Act, 2018 (details... - Disability Services
573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the long delays being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has been waiting over two years for speech and occupational therapy... - Covid-19 Pandemic
574. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational and speech and language therapy has resumed fully to pre-pandemic levels; if a proportion of these staff members are still redeployed in... - Hospital Facilities
575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new operating theatre to be developed in Ennis General Hospital; the capital funding that will be made available through... - Psychological Assessments
576. To ask the Minister for Health if psychological assessments of needs are being carried out in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise, County Laois; the number of same carried out to date in 2021; the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
577. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for a HSE mobility scooter will be expedited as they are currently living with serious mobility issues and... - Disability Services
578. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the wait time of three years for a person (details supplied) to receive dialectical behaviour therapy from the HSE; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
579. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can expedite access and reimbursement for new and orphan medicines with particular reference to an accelerated programme for testing and... - Health Services Staff
580. To ask the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they do in hospital and healthcare... - Healthcare Policy
581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to provide free contraception, starting with women aged between 17 and 25 years; and if he will... - Mental Health Services
582. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable prisoners, notably those with a mental illness, in the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
585. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times for inpatient and outpatients at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62832/21] - Hospital Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a diabetes team in the gestational diabetes clinic in Mayo General Hospital that allow for the provision of insulin on site; and if he will make a... - Primary Care Centres
587. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for Bangor Erris, County Mayo; the timeline for the delivery of same; and if he will... - Home Care Packages
588. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of, and waiting lists for, home care packages and home help hours in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Home Help Service
590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE home help staff recruited in the past 12 months, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62837/21] - Hospital Overcrowding
591. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase bed capacity and address the overcrowding crisis in the Saolta Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62838/21] - Hospital Facilities
592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided in County Mayo in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62839/21] - Hospital Staff
593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group; the length of time of each... - Hospital Facilities
594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in hospitals in County Mayo under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - General Practitioner Services
595. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent data provided by a body (details supplied); the measures he proposes to take to ensure sufficient general... - Hospital Admissions
596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group over each of the past six months as a... - Home Care Packages
597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours applied for, by CHO; the number granted in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Services
598. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care plans for each CHO; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages
599. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group... - Hospital Transfers
600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in County Mayo available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed capacity in... - Health Services
601. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be introduced to improve the provision of services (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Tests
602. To ask the Minister for Health if video-supervised antigen tests are permitted for the purposes of entry into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62861/21] - Dental Services
604. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme in Ballymun and Finglas; the steps he is... - Vaccination Programme
607. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure cancelled booster appointments are recorded in the HSE system to avoid duplication; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Investigations
608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has refused to publish the external service review into missed radiology scans at University Hospital Kerry; if the HSE will publish the... - Hospital Overcrowding
609. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being adopted to address overcrowding and lengthy waiting times at the emergency department in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service
610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the number of ambulances available at any given time in County Kerry in the Christmas period in the context of the increased... - Mental Health Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the review of the south Kerry CAMHS prescription issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62930/21] - Health Strategies
612. To ask the Minister for Health when the plan arising from the recent visit by the national director of acute hospitals to University Hospital Kerry will be published; and if he will make a...
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