Written answers
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
- Covid-19 Pandemic
592. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a policy matter (details supplied) relating to inclusion of section 10 and section 39 frontline staff within the Covid recognition payment scheme;... - Homeless Persons Supports
593. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation and sub-allocation of additional Covid-19 funding for the health needs of homeless persons since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
595. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to those persons working in the front-line homeless services; and if it will be... - Departmental Expenditure
596. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on sepsis awareness campaigning in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5819/22] - General Practitioner Services
598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently participating in the out-of-hours service by area; the number of hours that they provide to the service on a... - Health Services
599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national cervical screening laboratory which was due to commence construction in January 2021; if delays in construction have been... - Hospital Facilities
603. To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the new national children's hospital is expected to be completed; the costs associated with construction to date; the projected costs of... - Cybersecurity Policy
605. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an assessment of the financial costs of cyber-attack in 2021 on the Health Service Executive or on his Department; and if the... - Healthcare Policy
606. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will consider issuing guidance advising medical practitioners that graded exercise therapy is no longer recommended for myalgic... - Mental Health Services
607. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative treatment options that are available to a person (details supplied) who due to a change in diagnosis can no longer access services; the options... - Hospital Facilities
608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the provision of a dedicated, standalone elective hospital in County Limerick to serve the mid-west region in conjunction with... - Health Services
612. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the Coombe antenatal clinic that was previously held in Neilstown, Clondalkin back into the north Clondalkin area; and if he will make a... - Departmental Data
613. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 26 January 2022, if he notified the external stakeholder that the information that was made public stating records... - Departmental Contracts
614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts his Department is currently a party to involving a company (details supplied); the combined costs of such contracts; if not available,... - Healthcare Policy
615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing guidance to doctors that graded exercise therapy should not be advised for myalgic encephalomyelitis also known as chronic fatigue... - Health Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health the course of action and procedures that are followed within the HSE to investigate and take action when information comes to light regarding unprofessional... - Health Services Staff
622. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a recruitment issue within the HSE for speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and... - Disability Services
627. To ask the Minister for Health the way that referrals from preliminary team assessments are made for children who need referral to the children’s disability network team; and if he... - Patient Transfers
628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged six to 18 years of age who are residents of County Meath who were transferred to the HSE children's disability network team in... - Health Services Staff
629. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5932/22] - Health Strategies
630. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided for the implementation of the National Cancer Strategy in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he... - Health Services
631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing an EU Digital COVID Certificate to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/22] - Health Services Staff
632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently participating in the Shannondoc out of hours service by area; the number of hours they provide to the service on... - Pharmacy Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties pharmacies in north County Dublin have had in accessing supplies of epilim chronospheres medication; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
634. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment to meet with a consultant in order to be assessed for a knee replacement at South... - Vaccination Programme
635. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in respect of the need for clarity on access to the booster certificate for... - Nursing Homes
637. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to nursing homes involving a company (details supplied) in the past two years in tabular form; the number of facilities involved; and if he... - Departmental Contracts
640. To ask the Minister for Health the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies... - Hospital Facilities
641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high dependency unit beds in Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital as of 24 January 2022, in tabular... - Hospital Services
642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have visited the foot protection clinic at Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022,... - Hospital Staff
643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in Down syndrome in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each the years of the years 2019,... - Mental Health Services
645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time child psychologists for CAMHS in County Leitrim in each of the past three years in tabular form [6060/22] - Hospital Staff
646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; the estimated cost of filling each of the vacancies; and... - Disability Services
647. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for recruitment of two additional whole-time equivalent autism spectrum disorder therapist posts for the Sligo-South Donegal... - Dental Services
648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior dental surgeons for special needs in CHO area 9 in each of the past three years in tabular form. [6063/22] - Hospital Staff
649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric diabetic nurses based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form;... - Hospital Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular... - Hospital Staff
652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant urologists attached to Bantry General Hospital in each of the past three years in tabular form. [6067/22] - Hospital Services
653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6068/22] - Hospital Staff
654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time radiographers working in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in 2021. [6069/22] - Ambulance Service
655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances, rapid response vehicles and motorcycles allocated to County Wexford and available to attend emergency calls in each of the years... - Health Services Staff
656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons employed by the HSE in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the... - Vaccination Programme
657. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccinations will be included in the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services
658. To ask the Minister for Health the current out of hours mental health services for children and adults in County Wexford; the current plans to expand the services; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
659. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1827 of 19 January 2022, if the review of the home support services in County Wexford that was completed in November 2021... - Covid-19 Pandemic
661. To ask the Minister for Health if social care workers who have provided essential frontline care at considerable risk to their own health during the pandemic to children, persons with... - Shared Services
662. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the memorandum of understanding, cooperation and information sharing signed in June 2015 between HIQA and the Office of the Ombudsman; the number... - Death Certificates
663. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE writes to State bodies to inform them of the death of a person and to ensure the family does not receive unnecessary correspondence. [6108/22] - Health Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy will be provided to address the complex needs of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
666. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of the Covid recognition payment will receive a response; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview on patient waiting lists for cataract surgery in the HSE west region; the number that are waiting; the efforts that are being... - Hospital Equipment
668. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals to replace the CT scanner at Mayo University Hospital; the details on the age of the scanner and the associated performance KPIs; and if... - Health Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6136/22] - Medical Cards
673. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge medical card patients for the health check needed for over 70s applying for a drivers licence. [6140/22] - Departmental Data
674. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric physical therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children currently... - Departmental Policies
676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider arrangements for prolonging a general practitioner card cover after a person ceases acting as a carer. [6143/22] - Departmental Data
678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reports of alleged sexual abuse of residents in residential nursing homes or designated residential disability centres that HIQA has received... - Regulatory Bodies
679. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which HIQA publishes its reporting policy and procedure used to decide the way that the allegations of physical abuse, sexual abuse, institutional... - Departmental Reviews
680. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the report by the independent chair of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if... - Departmental Data
683. To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget allocated to CAMHS in 2022 in the CHO8 region; the breakdown of the funding by county; the names of the individual CAMHS services provided... - Departmental Properties
684. To ask the Minister for Health the full portfolio of property owned or rented by the HSE in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the use of each building; the year in which each came into use by the... - Departmental Data
685. To ask the Minister for Health if a full breakdown will be provided of the payments made to RTÉ by his Department or the HSE since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Reviews
687. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently appointed chairperson of the three-year review of the abortion legislation was recommended to him by a third-party organisation or group; and... - Health Service Executive
688. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be provision in the 2022 HSE Service Plan to appoint extra neurology nurses to University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Data
689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have retired or who are due to retire in the main towns throughout the country and specifically in north County... - General Practitioner Services
690. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has engaged with representatives of organisations (details supplied) with a view to identifying the full extent of the difficulties... - Departmental Data
691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who await appointments and assessments with early intervention services in County Clare; the average wait time for persons on the list;... - Budget 2022
692. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the €4 million additional funding, announced in budget 2021, was spent on drug and alcohol services. [6217/22] - Departmental Data
693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded paediatric intensive care unit beds in the public health system at the end of each of the years from 2018 to 2021; and the projected... - Hospital Staff
694. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of two additional senior dieticians for the adult insulin pump service at Portlaoise Regional Hospital. [6219/22] - Hospital Facilities
695. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided for the commissioning of a second cataract theatre at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [6220/22] - Departmental Data
696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in migraine as of 31 January 2022; and the number of these specialists in each hospital, in... - Official Travel
697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will travel abroad for St. Patrick's week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location or locations he is scheduled to visit. [6235/22] - Departmental Data
698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation or CHO area and subdivided into primary care centres waiting for a podiatry appointment through... - Ambulance Service
699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review into the operation of the National Ambulance Service; the locations of the call-outs that all County Tipperary-based ambulances... - Hospital Services
702. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 1 February, the status of the planning stages in terms of the allocation of €3 million for palliative and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
704. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the full particulars, eligibility and terms and conditions of the Covid-19 recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on... - Assisted Human Reproduction
707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to introduce an assisted human reproduction Bill; if it will include provision for international... - Legislative Reviews
708. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he and his Department in all public utterances and statements refer to the position of chair, of the three-year review of the abortion law, as the... - Departmental Reports
709. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families have been left extremely distressed by the fact that a Minister of State at his Department was in... - Health Services Staff
710. To ask the Minister for Health the types of specialist nursing positions across the HSE acute and community services, for example, neurology nursing by discipline and the whole-time... - General Practitioner Services
712. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department plans to take to ensure an increase in the number of general practitioners practising in an area (details supplied); and if he will... - Dental Services
714. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to underfunding across north County Dublin, dentists are not able to treat medical card holders; his... - European Union
715. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 307 to 309, inclusive, of 20 January, if he will provide the contact details for the sub-group (details supplied);... - Primary Care Centres
716. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the tender for a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin has been in process; the stage the tender has reached; the timeline for the... - Health Services Staff
717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed on a permanent contract; the number employed on a temporary basis in each of the community healthcare... - Covid-19 Pandemic
719. To ask the Minister for Health if National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, has carried out an up to date evidence-based risk assessment and risk-benefit analysis on the imposition of... - Healthcare Policy
728. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to updating HSE guidelines advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that any programme based on fixed... - Covid-19 Pandemic
730. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a policy matter (details supplied) relating to inclusion of section 10 and section 39 front-line staff within the Covid recognition payment... - Health Services Staff
732. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timescale for the recruitment process for a position (details supplied); when it is expected the person will be in place; and if he will make a... - Health Strategies
733. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign from an organisation (details supplied) in which it is calling on the HSE to issue guidance immediately... - Vaccination Programme
734. To ask the Minister for Health the avenues that are open to Irish citizens who received their initial two vaccinations in a different European Union member state and seek to have their... - Covid-19 Pandemic
735. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that will establish if damage has occurred to persons by the mandated wearing of face coverings; the person or body that will compensate... - Health Services
736. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6510/22] - Medicinal Products
737. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum allowable prescription validity period for contraception medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/22] - Care Services
739. To ask the Minister for Health the progress his Department has made to date in responding to the issues raised in the Wasted Lives report published by the Ombudsman in May 2021, regarding... - Hospital Staff
741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses required in order to have the full complement of neurology nurse specialists for University Hospital Galway, which serves a large... - Hospital Admissions
742. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be transferred as a matter of urgency from the trauma ward at University Hospital Limerick to Croom Orthopaedic Hospital... - Dental Services
743. To ask the Minister for Health the controls or checks that are in place to ensure that dentists in the dental treatment services scheme are accepting new medical card patients; the number of... - Nursing Homes
744. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms available and those being considered in relation to truth for families following the deaths of 23 persons in Dealgan House nursing home, Dundalk... - Climate Change Policy
747. To ask the Minister for Health the climate action measures undertaken by his Department across its work and the bodies under his aegis; the further measures planned and targets for same; and... - EU Funding
749. To ask the Minister for Health the European Union funding which his Department has or could avail of; if there is a dedicated individual or office which ensures his Department is availing... - Medical Aids and Appliances
751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an insulin pump by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6548/22] - Disability Services
756. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have their funding transferred to the personalised budget demonstration pilot project; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Expenditure
757. To ask the Minister for Health the travel costs, accommodation costs and other costs related to his visit to the United Arab Emirates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6559/22] - Medicinal Products
758. To ask the Minister for Health when a drug used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum (details supplied) will be made available on the medical card and drugs payment scheme to women; if his... - Health Services
759. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of existing healthcare options available for transgender children and adolescents (details supplied); if a review of services is... - Departmental Schemes
760. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the motorised transport grant scheme per annum since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6567/22] - Hospital Staff
761. To ask the Minister for Health if the refurbished unit 2 of Abbeyleix Hospital which is designated for 18 acute beds will be staffed by multi-task assistants and healthcare assistants who... - Mental Health Services
762. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding and supports for mental health services in Dublin city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/22] - Health Services Staff
763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by staffing grade and management level required to fully staff the complex menopause clinic at the national maternity... - Healthcare Policy
765. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can conduct a report into the treatment of women living with severe endometriosis in the workplace given the difficulties they may have in... - Dental Services
767. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent dental appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in Shantalla Health Centre, Galway in view of the person's exceptional medical... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
768. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires cataract surgery and who has been on a waiting list since 2019 may be in a position to avail of this... - Ambulance Service
769. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the complaints made and if he will make an investigation into the fact that there were no ambulances available in Carlow on 16 October... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
770. To ask the Minister for Health if staff in the intellectual disability sector employed directly by the HSE have been excluded from the €1,000 once-off tax free bonus payment to... - Home Care Packages
771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of home support services to establish the reason that home care hours cannot be provided to vulnerable elderly persons who have... - Hospital Appointments Status
772. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a urology appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Vaccination Programme
774. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET assessed the risk to public health posed by vaccine inequity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6617/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
775. To ask the Minister for Health if section 38 healthcare workers in disability services will be included in the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the waiting lists for elective surgery in County Tipperary; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on mental health waiting lists for counselling services; the average wait time; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
783. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his decision for to exclude section 39 disability service providers (details supplied) from the once-off bonus payment for front-line... - Covid-19 Pandemic
785. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 92 Covid-19 deaths announced by his Department and National Public Health Emergency Team as having occurred in the week up to 2 February... - Assisted Human Reproduction
786. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment to publicly fund IVF treatment in Ireland will be honoured by becoming law, given that Ireland is the only European Union country not to... - Data Protection
787. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that the text service (details supplied) funded by the HSE has not engaged in misuse of data collected by its service as has... - Hospital Appointments Status
788. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have their appointment confirmed. [6650/22] - Substance Misuse
789. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE received an instruction from his Department on 24 June 2021 to suspend the funding allocation for... - Mental Health Services
790. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of a report in relation to a person (details supplied). [6652/22] - Dental Services
791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practitioners participating in the dental treatment services scheme in January 2021 and in January 2022, by county in tabular form; the... - Health Services
792. To ask the Minister for Health the podiatric waiting list by location and waiting time by month in counties Louth and Meath in January 2021 and January 2022; the number of HSE podiatric... - Mental Health Services
793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with mental health conditions that were placed in paediatric facilities in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
794. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make it easier for trainee counselling and educational psychologists to become fully qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
795. To ask the Minister for Health the services there are for children who are on the ASD spectrum that also have mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6663/22] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
797. To ask the Minister for Health when the St. Mary’s Hospital, Boyne View House, Dublin Road, Drogheda redevelopment project will be completed; the number of beds that will be available... - Ambulance Service
799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the National Ambulance Service base for the Drogheda area; if a site has been identified for such a facility; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
800. To ask the Minister for Health when the St. Joseph’s, Ardee, County Louth redevelopment project will be completed; the number of beds that will be available in the redeveloped... - Covid-19 Tests
801. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that there is a plan and pathway in place for cancer patients who are immunocompromised to access rapid PCR tests and results;... - Mental Health Policy
802. To ask the Minister for Health if specific plans are in place to address generalised anxiety among teenagers arising from pandemic-related stress. [6704/22] - Medicinal Products
803. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will request his Department to pay for the drug and deliver the required... - Hospital Appointments Status
804. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6738/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
805. To ask the Minister for Health if the €1,000 pandemic bonus will be paid to healthcare assistants who are employed by private providers but who work in the homes of HSE clients as...
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