Written answers
Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
341. To ask the Minister for Health when the €1,000 bonus will be paid to healthcare workers. [10615/22] - Hospital Services
342. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown by hospital of the €19 million in additional funding for children in need of orthopaedic surgery; if the €19 million is additional... - Hospital Appointments Status
343. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [10541/22] - Mental Health Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community psychologists who are currently available for ongoing treatment and support of adult patients under the care of the Crosslanes... - Departmental Meetings
346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National... - Hospital Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital breakdown by hospital of the €19 million in additional funding for children who are in need of orthopaedic surgery, in tabular... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
348. To ask the Minister for Health if the assessment panel has concluded that section 39 and section 10 front-line Dublin homeless network staff who worked in clinical and congregated settings... - Hospital Services
349. To ask the Minister for Health if the €19 million in additional funding for children who are in need of orthopaedic surgery includes capital or current expenditure committed to in the... - Health Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add motor neurone disease to the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme. [10109/22] - Research Funding
351. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for research into motor neuron disease. [10108/22] - Departmental Policies
352. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale to no longer pay persons with lived experience, otherwise known as service users, family members and carers who are involved in the provision of... - Mental Health Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds that are provided for children per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10597/22] - Health Services Staff
354. To ask the Minister for Health if interviews have been held for a position (details supplied) in north County Mayo; the current situation regarding the recruitment drive; when the position... - Health Services
355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10611/22] - Dental Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE primary care eligibility and reimbursement service to release details regarding the range of payments received by individual... - Health Services Staff
358. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE applies dual qualification criteria to the recruitment of therapists that disregard the length of time that a therapist has studied and... - Departmental Correspondence
359. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to correspondence (details supplied) from an organisation; if he will address the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10634/22] - Departmental Correspondence
361. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the request to establish a working group; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
362. To ask the Minister for Health the action that has being taken and the proposals to address the significant delay in the recruitment of podiatry staff in acute and community services... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
363. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the pandemic bonus payment. [10640/22] - Dental Services
364. To ask the Minister for Health the controls or checks that are in place to ensure dentists in the dental treatment services scheme are accepting new medical card patients; the number of... - Nursing Homes
365. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the nursing home support scheme with a view to expanding current supports under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
366. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of HSE podiatry staff servicing acute and community services in County Wexford; if he will provide an update on plans to improve these... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the refurbishment and new building development planned for Abbeyleix Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes
368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of daycare services at St. Vincent’s Community Nursing Home and Abbeyleix Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Emergency Departments
369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting in emergency departments for more than 24 hours, broken down by day, hospital and by under 75 and over 75 years of age,... - Hospital Charges
371. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated in public hospitals by car parking charges in each of the years 2019 to 2021, by hospital, in tabular form. [10673/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are on waiting lists for a hearing test, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10674/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting for a hearing aid, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10675/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting longer than a year for a hearing test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10676/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting longer than a year for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10677/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients over 75 years of age who are on an outpatient or inpatient health waiting list, by wait times (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Disabilities Assessments
377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability waiting for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10679/22] - Home Care Packages
378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages that have been approved but which cannot be provided in full due to staff shortages or for other reasons; and if he will make... - Disability Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who are waiting for a placement in full-time residential placements or settings, by county, by CHO and by wait times.... - Home Help Service
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been approved for home help hours but who cannot receive them either partially or in full due to staff shortages; and if he will... - Departmental Meetings
381. To ask the Minister for Health the number, date and nature of meetings held by him, the Secretary General of his Department and the head of the HSE either individually with other staff or... - Medical Inquiries
388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 8 February 2022, the actions taken by HIQA in each such designated centre for older people and in each designated... - Disability Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams in place and the geographical area they represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disabilities Assessments
393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability who have had an assessment of need carried out and in which a service statement has been issued but no services have... - Legislative Reviews
396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the Disability Act 2005 to put a focus on intervention and service provision as well as assessments of needs; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
399. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of all staffing subsidies provided to general practitioners as part of the GMS contract for the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
403. To ask the Minister for Health if the target of 300 additional staff working in mental health as set out in budget 2022 will be met in 2022; the number of additional staff recruited to date;... - Health Service Executive
404. To ask the Minister for Health the cash ceiling that applies to the HSE set by his Department or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Children's Hospital
405. To ask the Minister for Health the progression made on building the new national children’s hospital; the estimated completion date; the overall estimated cost of the project; the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
406. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost and timeframe for delivery of the three planned elective-only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/22] - Hospital Procedures
408. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated by public hospitals for the carrying out of private healthcare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, by hospital and hospital group; and if... - Health Service Executive
410. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans by the HSE to make a prior-year adjustment to any of its accounts of the past five years; the value of such adjustments; the reason for... - Health Services Staff
411. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to recruit staff into the HSE in 2020; the target number of additional staff to be recruited in 2020; the actual number of staff recruited... - Hospital Services
414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline all of the additional funding that has been made available to Children’s Health Ireland and Cappagh Hospital for services in Crumlin... - Health Services
415. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on a public health-related waiting list across acute, primary and community care, including diagnostics, waits for assessments and... - Hospital Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital for each quarter of 2019, 2020, and 2021, in tabular form; the number of days on which... - Medical Cards
418. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private diagnostic services are covered or discounted by a medical card; the conditions which apply to those under 16 years of age; if he... - Health Services Staff
419. To ask the Minister for Health the range and average per-hour rate paid to agencies for nursing and healthcare assistant grades, by service division. [10743/22] - General Practitioner Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when the extension of free general practitioner care for children up to eight years of age will be implemented; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
421. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10746/22] - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
422. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of medicinal cannabis oil products will be reimbursed for a child (details supplied) in County Cork under the Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods... - Disability Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 December 2021, if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the staffing census of the children’s... - Health Services Staff
426. To ask the Minister for Health the number and type of therapist posts that are currently advertised; the average length of time to fill therapy posts by therapy discipline; the number of... - Disabilities Assessments
427. To ask the Minister for Health the national average waiting time for a child to receive an assessment of need in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10791/22] - Disability Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability allocated to each children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/22] - Disabilities Assessments
434. To ask the Minister for Health the training provided to clinicians to undertake an assessment of need; the percentage of therapy staff employed in children’s disability network teams... - Disability Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative support staff employed within each of the children’s disability network teams; his plans to increase the level of... - Medicinal Products
451. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline the medicines management programme is working towards for completion of its examination of the appropriateness and feasibility of a... - Departmental Meetings
453. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with an advocacy group (details supplied); the steps he is taking to provide support to persons with hyperemesis while the women's... - Care of the Elderly
454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned development and refurbishment of the former Monasterevin day care centre; when the tender documents that are... - Hospital Staff
455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the negotiations on a new consultant contract; the dates on which negotiations have taken place over the past six months; if he... - Health Service Executive
456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of staff in the Sláintecare PMO office in February 2021 and a current list of staff; the person who is currently leading this... - State Claims Agency
457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 1 February 2022, the amount and value of payments made by each acute hospital for damages, broken down by the...
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