Written answers
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
621. To ask the Minister for Health if rehab care workers in the community are deemed eligible for the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4994/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with their documentation; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5048/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the €1,000 bonus to drivers who assist doctors on call through the Midoc service (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [5061/22] - Health Service Executive
626. To ask the Minister for Health when payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [4240/22] - Vaccination Programme
627. To ask the Minister for Health the way those who were vaccinated outside the State but received their Covid-19 booster in Ireland can obtain a vaccination certificate; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the €1,000 Covid-19 bonus payment to patient-facing nurses in the disability sector. [4245/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
629. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum waiting times in days for each waiting list by specialty and by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
630. To ask the Minister for Health if ophthalmology treatment can be facilitated at St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal, for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recommend that hyperemesis medication taken by pregnant women be covered by the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a site for public services for adults with ADHD in CHO6; the timeline for the same; if a consultant psychiatrist was appointed in quarter 4 of... - Vaccination Programme
634. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee plan to revisit its recommendation in relation to the interval between the primary vaccine series and booster... - Hospital Appointments Status
635. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a CT scan at University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4283/22] - Hospital Equipment
636. To ask the Minister for Health when the estimated date for a machine (details supplied) will be functional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4292/22] - Hospital Staff
637. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing each measure from the 2019 Labour Court recommendation on the terms and conditions of nurses and midwives; the amount... - Covid-19 Pandemic
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to include practice nurses who vaccinated persons in the €1,000 bonus given that nurses who administered vaccinations in the vaccination... - Dental Services
639. To ask the Minister for Health when dental services will resume in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4337/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4339/22] - Medical Cards
642. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria for a medical card if a person is undergoing cancer treatment; his plans to extend the medical card to all patients undergoing cancer... - Health Services
643. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 23 September 2021, his plans to roll out the Sligo model of eye-care to areas other than those already... - Hospital Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans regarding the €3 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in the north east (details... - General Practitioner Services
646. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner visits for children under seven years of age which was committed to in Budget 2022 will commence; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
647. To ask the Minister for Health if nurses working with a general practitioner practice in the community can be considered for receipt of payment of the bonus for frontline healthcare workers;... - Health Services
651. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for when the new outpatient ophthalmology services for the South/South West HSE area currently being developed in Ballincollig, County... - Healthcare Policy
653. To ask the Minister for Health the work which has been conducted in relation to general practice and primary care policy for implementation of Sláintecare; and if he will make a... - Cross-Border Co-operation
657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the maximum reimbursement levels for orthopaedic surgery under the Cross Border Directive; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the omission of general practice nurses from the frontline worker pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Registration of Births
662. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is upwards of a two-month delay in registering a birth in the register of births, deaths and marriages in County Cavan; his plans to address... - Medical Aids and Appliances
663. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or grants are available to help persons who need a permanent oxygen machine with the electricity costs of running oxygen machines required as part... - Medicinal Products
664. To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to a drug (details supplied) and for the approval of the drug for use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4397/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
665. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 healthcare workers will be entitled to the pandemic payment bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4398/22] - Legislative Measures
670. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs of 25 March 2015 has not been signed; the necessary legislative or... - Tobacco Control Measures
671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the World Health Organization Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products of 12 November 2012 has not been signed; the necessary... - Hospital Staff
673. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 886 of 19 October 2021, when the outcome of the 2022 proposal for additional nursing posts will be approved; and if... - Hospital Appointments Status
674. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for assessment in the Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [4484/22] - Health Services Staff
675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nurses sought by site by the neurology clinical programme and clinical lead for 2021 and 2022; the number of neurology... - Hospital Services
678. To ask the Minister for Health the policy on the minimum number of specialist palliative care inpatient units by smallest geographic unit or CHO area; if any such area does not currently... - Disease Management
679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a delegation of persons who live with Lyme disease and who have much to offer in terms of informing policy and working on creating... - Patient Safety
680. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and value of payments made by each acute hospital for preventable accidents in tabular form; the amount which relate to incidents of mortality; and... - Health Services Staff
681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist nursing positions that are advised by models of care and clinical programmes which are either unfunded or funded but unfilled in... - Health Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health when respite service will recommence in Belmullet Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/22] - Departmental Data
683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims which have been made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/22] - Hospital Facilities
684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded and open critical care beds; when the next critical care bed census will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4513/22] - Healthcare Policy
685. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Service Plan 2022 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4514/22] - Vaccination Programme
686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making the HPV vaccine available free of cost to all persons up to age of 45 years given the October 2018 announcement from the Food and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the €1,000 bonus to carers who work in the homes of persons with disabilities and who worked 12-hour shifts and provided care for... - Health Services
689. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to expand the weight management services throughout the country. [4521/22] - Patient Files
691. To ask the Minister for Health the status of unique patient identifiers; the number of identifiers in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4523/22] - Departmental Projects
693. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each major information and communications technology digital transformation and modernisation project; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Data
694. To ask the Minister for Health the year-on-year nominal change in headcount and whole-time equivalent for each staff grade in the public health service as of December in each of the years... - Hospital Staff
695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional consultant posts budgeted for in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [4527/22] - Primary Care Centres
697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in operation by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4529/22] - National Children's Hospital
700. To ask the Minister for Health the expected handover date of the National Children’s Hospital; the expected date by which it will be fitted-out and operational; the expected month for... - Health Services
701. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the elective centre proposals; when he will publish further material in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4533/22] - Disability Services
703. To ask the Minister for Health when early intervention services including access to speech and language therapy and occupational therapy will be facilitated for a child (details supplied);... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects currently being developed or underway; the number of wards and beds these will provide; if these are replacement or additional... - Hospital Waiting Lists
705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for audiology appointments per CHO and former LHO by quarter during 2021 and to date; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time medical, nursing and dental staff by job title working in the dental clinic at Roscommon University Hospital; the number of vacancies... - Disability Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate services will be expedited for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4576/22] - Health Services
709. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend for each quarter in 2020 and 2021. [4579/22] - Hospital Services
710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost by hospital in each quarter for 2020 and 2021. [4572/22] - Departmental Data
711. To ask the Minister for Health the annual spend on private ambulances from 2018 to 2021. [4555/22] - Emergency Departments
712. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age waiting over 24 hours in an emergency department for hospital beds. [4556/22] - Home Care Packages
713. To ask the Minister for Health the status of homecare waiting lists; the number of hours budgeted for compared to the hours that were provided in 2020 and 2021; the number budgeted for in... - Disability Services
714. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy waiting lists for children; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
716. To ask the Minister for Health the status of physiotherapy waiting lists for children; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
717. To ask the Minister for Health the status of cataract waiting lists; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/22] - Health Services Staff
718. To ask the Minister for Health if a definitive start date will be provided for the two newly-appointed psychologists to the Celbridge and Kilcock primary care centres; when a start date will... - Health Services
719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4567/22] - Hospital Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health the elective throughput in each model 3 and 4 hospital in each month of 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [4582/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
721. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery at the Midland Regional Hospital,... - Healthcare Policy
722. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s position on the European Union Pharmaceutical Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4590/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
723. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Commissions of Investigation
724. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 899 of 2 November 2021 and 658 of 25 January 2022, the reason that the first and second interim reports of the Farrelly... - Legislative Process
725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts for which a commencement order has yet to be signed in his Department; the reason for... - General Practitioner Services
726. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing entitlements made available through agreements to general practice; the basis on which entitlements are apportioned; if the entitlements of... - Primary Care Services
734. To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted a census of existing private sector primary care infrastructure particularly as it relates to general practices; and if this factors into... - General Practitioner Services
735. To ask the Minister for Health the last time that the HSE reviewed the general practice out-of-hours service; the recommendations of the review; and if he will make a statement on the... - Community Care
736. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing each enhanced community care reform in 2021. [4783/22] - Dental Services
738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active dentists on the dental treatment services scheme by county in each month in 2021. [4786/22] - Health Services Staff
741. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of paid employees working in the addiction sector. [4790/22] - Disabilities Assessments
746. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for assessment of needs by county and waiting periods of less than three months, three months plus, one year plus and... - Hospital Admissions
749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and pregnant persons that required hospital care as a result of untreated hyperemesis or dehydration or other effects of hyperemesis in... - Medical Aids and Appliances
750. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital bed and commode that is needed for a property for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4846/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
751. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4848/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
752. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 bonus will be paid to frontline staff that worked through the pandemic and are now retired, retiring or otherwise planning to leave the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
753. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a chair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4860/22] - Departmental Staff
754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the salary scale in respect of the position of Secretary General of his Department; the point at which the Secretary General is on; and if... - Vaccination Programme
755. To ask the Minister for Health if 12 to 16 year olds will be eligible to receive a booster dose before their EU Digital COVID Certificates expire. [4862/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
756. To ask the Minister for Health if the once-off €1,000 tax free payment to frontline workers will issue to frontline workers in section 39 disability service providers (details... - Transport Policy
757. To ask the Minister for Health when a transport support scheme to replace the removal of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant will be introduced; the current status of same;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
758. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services in Galway city and county by area; the number of children that have been waiting... - Covid-19 Pandemic
759. To ask the Minister for Health when visitors to a person (details supplied) will be facilitated given recent announcements to lift a number of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a... - Health Services
760. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of dialysis transport to the HSE for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for patients requiring access to this vital therapy; the breakdown of the cost by each... - Hospital Appointments Status
761. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital.... - Primary Care Services
762. To ask the Minister for Health if posts have been filled for both the ophthalmologist and optician contracted by the HSE to deliver primary care services for children in County Louth; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
763. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the full details relating to the proposed appointment of an expert group to examine the handling of the pandemic; the way the process will... - Health Services
764. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of the case of a person (details supplied) to ascertain the appropriateness of their treatment a number of weeks before their... - Covid-19 Pandemic
767. To ask the Minister for Health the way that a person that does not hold an Irish passport and has availed of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in two different countries can avail of the EU... - Hospital Procedures
768. To ask the Minister for Health when visiting hours will resume in nursing homes and hospitals given that pubs and restaurants are operating at normal hours (details supplied); and if he will... - Dental Services
769. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment service scheme for medical card patients; his views on the sharp decline in number of... - Primary Care Centres
771. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that have been developed to completion in 2019, 2020 and to 31 December 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Primary Care Services
772. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is on target in delivering additional primary care centres for 2022; the number of additional primary care centres that will be fully... - Health Services
775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare professionals employed under community intervention teams in 2019, 2020 and to 31 December 2021; the number employed by county and... - General Practitioner Services
776. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department will take to increase the number of general practitioners by an additional 1,260 to 1,660 general practitioners by 2028 in order to... - Health Services
784. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of the healthcare innovation Sligo cataract scheme nationally in which community optometrists co-work with... - Dental Services
788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the 23% VAT rate being applied to payments from associates... - Hospital Waiting Lists
790. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on diagnostics waiting lists; the number waiting more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5030/22] - Cross-Border Co-operation
791. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to promote and advertise the use of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive scheme to help alleviate waiting lists for medical procedures; and if he... - Fire Service
792. To ask the Minister for Health if firefighters will be considered to be frontline workers in order to qualify for the €1,000 bonus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
793. To ask the Minister for Health if full-time home carers (details supplied) will be considered for the €1,000 pandemic bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5042/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
794. To ask the Minister for Health if a corrected Covid-19 recovery certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied). [5043/22] - Health Services Staff
795. To ask the Minister for Health if care assistants who were calling to Covid-19 positive patients will avail of the Covid bonus for healthcare workers. [5046/22] - Dental Services
798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of practices that hold dental treatment scheme contracts with the HSE by county; the number of notifications which the HSE has received in 2021 of... - Departmental Reviews
799. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1742 of 19 January 2022, if he issue a full reply. [5068/22] - Hospital Facilities
800. To ask the Minister for Health the number of baseline acute inpatient beds open and funded including those which have been funded, opened and fully staffed but are closed for illness or... - Question Heading for question(s) 802
802. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous Parliamentary Question, the number of the 688 acute inpatient beds which opened which were newly opened; and the number of existing beds... - General Practitioner Services
803. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to ensure that residents in Portlaoise, County Laois and surrounding areas have access to the services of a local registered general... - Medical Cards
804. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to address the frequency with which persons with long-term illness are requested to reapply for their medical card; his views on the frequency of... - General Practitioner Services
805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently engaging in CareDoc services in CHO5 broken down by those contracted to do so and those providing the service.... - Abortion Services
806. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently-appointed Chair to lead the three-year review of abortion legislation was one of the small number of candidates he identified as suitable and... - Vaccination Programme
808. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process that took place to source the estate agent, auctioneer involved in securing a location that led to identification of a facility... - Abortion Services
810. To ask the Minister for Health the date that the research component of the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 led by a person (details... - Health Services
811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5106/22] - Hospital Services
812. To ask the Minister for Health the amount Cork University Hospital has paid to patients for preventable incidents in the past three years in tabular form. [5107/22] - General Practitioner Services
813. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that private patients who cannot gain access to a general practitioner cannot have a general practitioner nominated to them in the same way as... - Abortion Services
814. To ask the Minister for Health the process being put in place as part of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to gather data on the experiences of women... - Hospital Charges
815. To ask the Minister for Health when the in-hospital charges for children will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5154/22] - General Practitioner Services
816. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 18 November 2021, the reason a detailed response was not received in relation to medical practitioners with Irish... - Health Services
817. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the recommendations contained in reports (details supplied) and all... - Mental Health Services
824. To ask the Minister for Health the longest duration experienced by a CHO4 mental health service staff member in a formal grievance case in 2020 and 2021; the total number of weeks from the... - Disability Services
827. To ask the Minister for Health his views on and response to a key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report finding, that measures to address the additional costs of...
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