Written answers
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
- Covid-19 Pandemic
141. To ask the Minister for Health if fourth year radiation therapy students who worked on placement in a clinical site with patients who had Covid-19 during the pandemic are eligible for the... - Departmental Expenditure
142. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is paying a company (details supplied); the amount that the company has received since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
143. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference and membership of the panel which is to be established to examine the categories of workers entitled to the pandemic recognition... - Health Services Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3660/22] - Covid-19 Tests
147. To ask the Minister for Health if the costs of antigen tests will be reimbursed for persons over the age of 39 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3663/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
148. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE administrative staff who worked on-site in clinical settings during the pandemic will be eligible for the once off €1,000 tax free payment... - Hospital Staff
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the need for neurology nurses at Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for play therapy and counselling that is available to schools in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3680/22] - Mental Health Services
151. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available in counties Roscommon and Galway to provide mental health services for the Traveller community including funding for child focused... - Covid-19 Pandemic
152. To ask the Minister for Health if the €1,000 once-off payment will be available to public health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3682/22] - Departmental Contracts
153. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department has taken to recover the contract between his Department, a private company (details supplied) and the HSE; if no such steps have... - Employment Rights
154. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding leave following a miscarriage and for those going through fertility treatment; and... - Disability Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health if all adult disability day services will be open to full capacity when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted or reduced. [3685/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
156. To ask the Minister for Health if front-line workers that previously worked in community projects, drug taskforces and so on and that were seconded into the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic... - Primary Care Centres
158. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary healthcare centre that has been built in Donegal town will be fully operational and receiving patients; the reason for the delay in the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that he sought Government approval to delegate product liability claims in relation to mesh implants to the State Claims Agency; the effect this... - Hospital Waiting Lists
161. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe it will take to reduce waiting lists to a reasonable level and tackle the healthcare backlog; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
163. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the panel that will be established to assess claims for the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; if he will address matters (details supplied)... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
164. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of blood which was imported in 2021 to support the Blood Transfusion Service; the states from which the supplies were procured; the manner in which... - Cancer Screening Programmes
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck samples sent abroad in 2021; the laboratories to which these were sent; the way that these services were procured; if these... - Covid-19 Pandemic
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to issue in hard copy format the Covid-19 booster certificate to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [3716/22] - Home Care Packages
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) who is receiving fewer homecare hours than they are entitled to. [3751/22] - Vaccination Programme
170. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in offering vulnerable high-risk children aged from 5 to 11 years of age prioritisation for a Covid-19 vaccination following the... - Mental Health Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that mental health services are accessible to persons in the deaf... - Citizens' Assembly
173. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the citizens’ assembly on drugs to convene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3792/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
174. To ask the Minister for Health if care assistants will be included in the €1,000 bonus given that they endured the same pressures during the pandemic as HSE carers. [3798/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
176. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the waiting list action plan 2022 to be finalised. [3804/22] - Health Promotion
177. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the successful weight management service provided by the HSE throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3809/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
178. To ask the Minister for Health if all staff working in HSE vaccine centres as contractors or full-time employees will be eligible for the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
179. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a neurology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/22] - Vaccination Programme
180. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1941 of 19 January 2022, the timeframe for his Department to conclude its considerations of the issues arising for those... - Covid-19 Pandemic
181. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will put mechanisms in place to allow a person (details supplied) to get an updated Covid-19 certificate to show that their third dose of a... - Medical Cards
182. To ask the Minister for Health if the income thresholds for medical card applications will be adjusted to reflect the recent €5 increase in social welfare payments. [3845/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3847/22] - Abortion Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate and consistent with the proclaimed neutrality of the MyOptions service for a counsellor to advise a woman uncertain of... - Departmental Contracts
185. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all contracts given by the HSE to a company (details supplied); the date each contract was awarded; and the value of each contract to date. [3868/22] - Health Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE should be contracting suppliers that do not honour Workplace Relations Committee and Labour Court final decisions; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the release of Covid-19 statistics relating to children given that they have not been published for four weeks; if he will include... - Medicinal Products
189. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum on the drugs payment scheme and medical card; and if he will consider... - Ambulance Service
190. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has paid to private ambulance contractors in each of the past five years; the number of contracts and companies; the names of the... - Health Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to agencies to hire medical staff, excluding nurses in each of the past five years, in tabular form; if he will provide the figures for CHO7 in... - Mental Health Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health if the psychology post in Celbridge primary care centre has been filled; if so, when; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3937/22] - Dental Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health the help or solutions that are in place for persons who are being denied essential dental treatment on their medical card; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products
196. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish the review conducted by a company (details supplied) into the governance structures regarding the HSE drug reimbursement... - Disability Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy will be provided for a person (details supplied). [3943/22] - Cross-Border Co-operation
198. To ask the Minister for Health when costings will be revised in respect of the costs of treatment outside Ireland’s jurisdiction under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive to ensure... - Covid-19 Tests
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details in respect of the HSE engagement and subsequent contractual agreements with private Covid-19 test companies to provide... - Covid-19 Pandemic
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for rolling out Covid-19 antiviral and monoclonal antibody treatments; the rationale for not immediately providing them to blood cancer patients who... - Medicinal Products
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the drug cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3962/22] - Departmental Contracts
203. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the tendering process used by his Department for State contracts granted in relation to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic; the name...
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