Written answers

Thursday, 27 January 2022

  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    318. To ask the Minister for Health if catering staff and chefs in hospitals and nursing homes will be included in the special Covid-19 recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff
    320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of available occupational therapists across the country and in particular in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    321. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether public health nurses are carrying out vital work during the pandemic and are public facing; if he made a case to Government for their...
  • Health Services Staff
    323. To ask the Minister for Health if frontline workers in section 39 organisations are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; and if not, the reason. [4214/22]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider in relation to the Covid recognition payment including others that have also had to attend work throughout the lockdown periods such as...
  • Health Services Staff
    326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by medical and nursing grade staff in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [3985/22]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider providing treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the case of a person (details supplied). [3992/22]
  • Legislative Reviews
    328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the e-tender for the selection of an independent chair to lead the three-year review was not posted on www.etenders.gov.ie despite his...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    330. To ask the Minister for Health the entry requirements which are currently in place for persons returning from Northern Ireland as per Covid-19 protocols. [3996/22]
  • Medical Cards
    331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/22]
  • Vaccination Programme
    332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a booster vaccination for 12 to 15 year olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3998/22]
  • Hospital Staff
    333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee-approved consultant posts across each speciality; the basis on which they are filled as per DIME by...
  • General Practitioner Services
    334. To ask the Minister for Health when the free general practitioner care for children under seven years of age announced as part of Budget 2022 will be implemented; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Staff
    336. To ask the Minister for Health if cleaners employed by services contracted to the HSE who worked in medical centres, CAMHS centres and other services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic will be...
  • Health Services
    337. To ask the Minister for Health if all documentation pertaining a person (details supplied) can now be returned to the family in line with previous requests; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Facilities
    338. To ask the Minister for Health when side B of Abbeyleix nursing unit will be brought back into use to accommodate the 18 intermediate acute care beds to be overseen by Portlaoise General...
  • Departmental Data
    339. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his Department for the period...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    340. To ask the Minister for Health if he or officials from his Department met with an organisation (details supplied) or any of its representatives during the period 1 January 2021 to date; if...
  • Legislative Reviews
    343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available a copy of each the four detailed notes (details supplied) that he committed to provide to members of the Oireachtas Health Committee...
  • Medicinal Products
    344. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change to the reimbursement status of a drug (details supplied) in respect of the medical card scheme; if so, the reason for same; and if...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    346. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practice nurses have been excluded from the €1,000 payment announced recently; if his attention has been drawn to the...
  • Medical Cards
    347. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for applications for a medical card; the number of persons awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4062/22]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on knee replacements in each hospital for 1, 2, 3 and 4 plus years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4063/22]
  • Disabilities Assessments
    350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in each county for 1, 2, 3 and 4 plus years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4065/22]
  • Health Services
    351. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in getting birth, death and marriage certificates in general and in particular for persons living abroad;...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request from NPHET the status of its deliberations on and ethical analysis of mandatory vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medicinal Products
    354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the medication for hyperemesis more accessible and free to pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4088/22]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    355. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether home helps and carers have done extraordinary work during the pandemic and have been patient facing at all times; and his views on whether...
  • Health Services
    357. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE are taking to support women who suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Medicinal Products
    358. To ask the Minister for Health if cariban which is used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnant women will be made available under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    360. To ask the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    361. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of the latest easing of Covid-19 restrictions, directives or guidance will be issued by his Department to hospitals on the easing of visitor...
  • Vaccination Programme
    363. To ask the Minister for Health when and the way that children with underlying health conditions aged between 5 and 11 years of age can avail of a Covid-19 vaccine. [4138/22]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    364. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff in a service (details supplied) will receive the €1,000 bonus payment for frontline healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services
    365. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an electric chair in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4145/22]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in a correspondence (details supplied) regarding a medical procedure for a child; and if he will make a statement on the...

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