Written answers
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
- Medical Cards
195. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of extending medical card provision for child and adolescent cancers from five years to ten years after diagnosis; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for surgery in the Mater Hospital. [10134/22] - Departmental Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to ascertain the number of persons that are dealing with a vaccine (details supplied) related narcolepsy in Ireland. [10141/22] - Covid-19 Tests
198. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1573 of 19 January 2022, the number of persons that were tested for Covid-19 at the pop-up test centre (details supplied)... - Disability Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive full-time personal assistant support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10144/22] - Departmental Bodies
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to disband NPHET. [10145/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
201. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the cost of breastfeeding equipment and supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10146/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
202. To ask the Minister for Health if section 38 and 39 workers will be eligible for the additional recognition payment applicable to frontline health care workers; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug luxturna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10161/22] - Primary Care Centres
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a primary care centre in Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10162/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
207. To ask the Minister for Health if a prosthesis will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10170/22] - Vaccination Programme
208. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fund the HPV catch-up programme for those that missed out on the HPV vaccine in first year of school for any given reason; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
209. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the ongoing recruitment process for podiatrists for the HSE chronic disease management community hubs; when the number will be... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
210. To ask the Minister for Health if a panel has been set up to examine the categories of workers to receive the Covid-19 frontline bonus payment; and the way in which submissions can be made... - Medical Aids and Appliances
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide funding in the upcoming budget to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes... - Health Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an orthopaedic review given their particular circumstances. [10186/22] - Disabilities Assessments
215. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to an assessment of needs will receive a response; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of issues (details supplied) relating to the EU Digital COVID Certificate. [10190/22] - Mental Health Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of setting up an independent complaints' mechanism for inpatient and outpatient mental health services; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) is on the waiting list for early intervention in Kilkenny; and the current wait time for same. [10192/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Beaumont Hospital to expedite an appointment sooner that February 2023 for an urgent referral for a person (details supplies); and if he... - General Practitioner Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposal to extend general practitioner visit cards to children over six years of age will be enacted; the date the extension applied from; and the... - Mental Health Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that lodge a complaint in relation to a clinical judgement with the community healthcare west mental health services are not provided with... - Health Strategies
222. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Women’s Health Action Plan; when he expects the plan to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10211/22] - Medicinal Products
223. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include treatments for hyperemesis in the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/22] - Mental Health Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives he is taking to strengthen mental health services in 2022, especially CAMHS; the funding being provided for same; and if he will make a... - Disease Management
226. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a working group under the auspices of the National Dementia Office and the HSE integrated care programme to determine the service... - Hospital Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychologists and psychiatrists available in University Hospital Kerry and County Kerry, respectively for adult mental health services;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an EU Digital COVID Certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10235/22] - Abortion Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to lift the temporary telemedicine provision of abortion pills introduced early in the Covid-19 pandemic given that restrictions are being... - General Practitioner Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge patients on the GMS for a repeat prescription. [10266/22] - Health Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the recommendations contained in the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life... - Vaccination Programme
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HPV vaccine doses which expired and were therefore unsuitable for use in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Health Services
234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there has been a cut in services of 75% relative to the care of a person (details supplied); if the full range of services will be restored... - Health Services Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken by his Department to achieve the recommendation to deliver a significant increase in the number of podiatrists dedicated to... - Disease Management
236. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for improving podiatry services for local people with diabetes in the CHO1 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10324/22] - Health Services Staff
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that work in podiatry services for local persons with diabetes in the CHO1 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10325/22] - Primary Care Centres
240. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres nationwide due to be fitted out and completed in 2022; if he will provide further details regarding the future opening of new primary... - Hospital Appointments Status
241. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if the procedure will be carried out in 2022; if so, in which quarter; and... - Health Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on procuring consumable and other equipment related to drug and alcohol prevention and treatment programmes nationwide; and if he... - Hospital Charges
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who have been mistakenly billed for a private medical procedure in each of the past five years; the number of medical card... - Departmental Bodies
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the newly established Public Health Reform Expert Advisory Group who have a lived experience of disability; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been included in the south Kerry CAMHS review. [10357/22] - Disability Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a respite centre (details supplied) in Listowel has been closed; the timeframe for when this service will be reopened; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which elective surgeries will recommence at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10363/22] - Care of the Elderly
249. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of personal budgets for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/22] - Health Service Executive
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of asset transfers the HSE has engaged in with the Royal College of Surgeons hospital group at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in the past three... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to construction contractors by the HSE in respect of large infrastructure projects at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the past ten years to... - Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis of the total cost of cancer treatment has been calculated; if so, the total annual costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10378/22] - Hospital Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer resection surgeries which took place in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ambulance Service
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private ambulance trips booked by University Hospital Limerick on each day of the week from the 14 to 18 February 2022. [10411/22] - Food Safety
258. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1200 and 1201 of 2 November 2021, if his Department has communicated with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the... - Medicinal Products
260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of antivirals and monoclonal antibody treatments which have been ordered; the schedule for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Children's Hospital
262. To ask the Minister for Health if private patients will be treated in the new national children’s hospital; if so, the level of clinical space this would represent; and if he will... - Health Service Executive
263. To ask the Minister for Health the consultancies engaged by the HSE from March 2021 to end of December 2021 in excess of €2 million; the full values of these consultancies in each... - Registration Certificate
264. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the very substantial backlog of birth and death registrations and the great difficulty which the public has in making...
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