Written answers

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

  • Hospital Facilities
    462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the fifth theatre at Children's Health Ireland, Temple Street Children's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Equipment
    464. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new Children's Health Ireland MRI and associated staffing, works and leasing arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline further details of a tender (details supplied) valued at €1.5 million which is part of his paediatric orthopaedics plan; and if he...
  • Hospital Facilities
    466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline further details of the radiology outsourcing valued at €0.64 million which is part of his paediatric orthopaedics plan; and if he...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    467. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 24 February 2022, if the waiting list fund funded measures in his paediatric orthopaedic plan were funded from...
  • Hospital Charges
    468. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges on patients attending...
  • Residential Institutions
    469. To ask the Minister for Health if Carlow County Council handed over its records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home and Carlow Maternity Hospital also known as Sacred Heart Home to...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    470. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12330/22]
  • Nursing Homes
    471. To ask the Minister for Health the indicative timeline for the commencement of the plan to exempt rental income from the fair deal nursing home scheme which will increase the supply of...
  • Eating Disorders
    472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all supports and services will be in place and will be made available to assist persons who are suffering from eating disorders (details...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    473. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12333/22]
  • Patient Files
    474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details regarding the timeline surrounding in relation to an informed consent model of care (details supplied) given it is currently...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    475. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12340/22]
  • Substance Misuse
    476. To ask the Minister for Health further to the advice from NPHET on the removal of mandatory Covid-19 restrictions from 28 February 2022, if the Keltoi residential addiction unit, St....
  • Disease Management
    478. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme;...
  • Primary Care Centres
    479. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in a location (details supplied) for the residents of Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and Brittas to...
  • Mental Health Services
    480. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand counselling in primary care to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12360/22]
  • Primary Care Services
    481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a chronic disease service within primary care in mid-west areas of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12361/22]
  • Health Services
    484. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a family (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12364/22]
  • Hospital Staff
    485. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) for 100 extra neurology nurse specialists across Ireland which includes 10 extra nurses for St....
  • Medicinal Products
    486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available at home treatments for the immunocompromised such as molnupiravir and pazlovid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12367/22]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    487. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bonus payment to front-line health workers; and the progress made with regard to determining eligibility. [12372/22]
  • Primary Care Services
    488. To ask the Minister for Health if the community paediatric ophthalmology waiting list initiative at the Grangegorman primary care centre (details supplied) will be expanded to other CHO...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Covid-19 travel regulations will be applied with flexibility for those coming from Ukraine to avoid them being a barrier to travel to...
  • Health Services Staff
    490. To ask the Minister for Health when a vacancy will be filled for a service (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12402/22]
  • Disabilities Assessments
    492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the CHO areas of Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2021; the average waiting...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    493. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan in place to allow unvaccinated HSE paramedics to return to work. [12413/22]
  • Health Services
    495. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the ophthalmology paediatric eye pathway for children requiring further assessment after childhood health screening; the...
  • Vaccination Programme
    496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding children in south County Louth having to travel to Northern...
  • Legislative Reviews
    497. To ask the Minister for Health the way that interested applicants could be expected to have the opportunity to apply for the position of chair of the three-year review of the 2018 abortion...
  • National Maternity Hospital
    499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the latest information regarding the governance and the location of the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff
    500. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagements in relation to funding the appointment of clinical psychologists for each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; and if...
  • Health Services Staff
    501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a diabetes psychology resource to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the integrated model of care for the prevention and...
  • Hospital Staff
    502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; the reason...
  • Medical Cards
    504. To ask the Minister for Health when the national medical card email address for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to make direct queries will become operational again; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    505. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 4 November 2021, if he will detail his engagements regarding the decision by a body (details supplied) to invite...
  • Dental Services
    506. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for orthodontic appointments for children in County Kerry given the waiting list is presently between 3.5 to 5.5 years; and if he...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    508. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for surgery in the Mater Hospital. [12466/22]
  • Departmental Staff
    509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by...
  • Disability Services
    510. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for access to services following initial assessment by speech and language services in County Roscommon; if children are placed on a further...
  • Disease Management
    511. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme to...
  • Clinical Trials
    515. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to building further links with an association (details supplied) in order to integrate Ireland’s participation in...
  • Disease Management
    516. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a review of the way that Huntington’s disease is included in national strategies in view of the disease being a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    518. To ask the Minister for Health the direction that has been given to maternity hospitals in relation to the admittance of fathers and birthing partners to labour wards for the full length of...
  • Eating Disorders
    519. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each eating disorder mini hub team by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12519/22]
  • Mental Health Services
    525. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed out-of-hours crisis café for mental health will have the option of self-referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12525/22]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    528. To ask the Minister for Health if hearing aids are covered for a person (details supplied) given they have a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/22]
  • Nursing Homes
    529. To ask the Minister for Health the current usage of Birr nursing home; and plans that are in place for optimal capacity to be utilised. [12547/22]
  • Eating Disorders
    530. To ask the Minister for Health if provision has been made for an increased dietetic service for Wexford child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent cataract appointment at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
  • Mental Health Services
    534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include all north Kerry child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, families in the upcoming audit of north Kerry CAMHS cases, as opposed to...
  • Medicinal Products
    539. To ask the Minister for Health the way capacity challenges at the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics can be addressed to avoid significant delays in the evaluation process of oncology...
  • Health Services
    545. To ask the Minister for Health his position with regard to the business case submission by an organisation (details supplied) seeking investment for additional staff and capital investment...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatient diabetes clinic in Cork University...
  • Hospital Services
    551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over who were admitted through the emergency or medical assessment units of any South/Southwest Hospital...
  • Health Services
    554. To ask the Minister for Health when an updated green folder incorporating the relevant documentation for the wedding on 16 July 2022 of persons will be furnished in the case of a person...
  • Abortion Services
    555. To ask the Minister for Health if the latest announcement from the British Government that it will soon end telemedicine abortion will inform Irish public policy on this issue given the HSE...
  • Healthcare Policy
    556. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent report (details supplied) published by the World Health Organisation; if there are plans to implement the recommendations of the report;...
  • Health Services
    557. To ask the Minister for Health if additional care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/22]
  • Disability Services
    558. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of occupational therapy and physiotherapy appointments for them; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Staff
    559. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to a full national review of pay and conditions for staff in women and children's refuges across the country given refuge staff...
  • Ambulance Service
    561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, that there was more than one ambulance backed up at the emergency department of Letterkenny...
  • Medicinal Products
    562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medicine (details supplied) is not covered on the drugs payment scheme; when this application will be covered by the scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services
    563. To ask the Minister for Health when in-person psychiatric outpatient appointments will resume with HSE psychiatrists in counties Meath, Westmeath and Louth in view of the fact that only...
  • Medicinal Products
    564. To ask the Minister for Health if the Therapeutics Advisory Group is reviewing a product (details supplied); if he expects this monoclonal antibody treatment to be added to the agreed list...
  • Dental Services
    566. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring dental screening services for children in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12689/22]
  • Mental Health Services
    567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include families (details supplied) in the north Kerry CAMHS audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12697/22]
  • Health Services
    568. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to improve the provision of chiropody services for older medical card holders in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services
    569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on plans to expand respite services for adults in daycare in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12699/22]
  • Emergency Departments
    572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over and under 75 years of age who presented at an emergency department who spent more than 24 hours waiting for a hospital bed in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 75 years of age on acute hospital inpatient and outpatient waiting lists by wait time band in February 2022; and if he will make a...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry
    574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made to the CervicalCheck Tribunal to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12717/22]
  • Health Services
    575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for CHO services by speciality and service that is, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy...
  • Ambulance Service
    577. To ask the Minister for Health the National Ambulance response times for DELTA and ECHO callouts relative to relevant HIQA standards for January and February 2022; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Staff
    578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts and the basis on which they are filled by speciality and tenure as per the doctors' integrated management E-system; the...
  • Hospital Overcrowding
    579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges and bed days lost in January and February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12722/22]
  • Dental Services
    580. To ask the Minister for Health the status of school dental screening by service area; the extent to which services are behind schedule; the number of service areas which are operating a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that applied for the special measures for safe visiting, temporary assistance payment scheme announced by him in December 2021; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on health waiting lists for assessment, treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/22]
  • Hospital Facilities
    584. To ask the Minister for Health the available and funded theatre capacity and theatre time and beds at Crumlin, Temple Street and Cappagh Hospitals up to year end 2021, broken down by...
  • Hospital Equipment
    586. To ask the Minister for Health the funded and available MRI capacity for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2021 [12736/22]
  • Hospital Services
    588. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to expand and reconfigure outpatient cases and additional active clinical triage for paediatric orthopaedics; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Facilities
    589. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of paediatric orthopaedic theatre time and beds will be protected for children with scoliosis and spina bifida for 2022; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    590. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all additional revenue funding made available for paediatric orthopaedic care for 2022, in tabular form by permanent or baseline funding or...
  • Hospital Facilities
    591. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all funded and available intensive care unit beds for paediatric orthopaedics up to the year end 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff
    594. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of overtime in hours and amounts claimed in the health services across health and social care provided and funded by the HSE for the years...
  • Health Services
    597. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all services outsourced by the HSE to non-HSE hospitals or service providers across primary, community and acute care to provide healthcare...
  • Health Service Executive
    600. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the capacity reviews commissioned or put in place by the HSE since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/22]
  • Health Services Staff
    601. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the workforce planning strategies commissioned or put in place by the HSE since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Official Engagements
    602. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the full cost of travel and attendance at international conferences abroad attended by either the Minister, Department officials and staff or...
  • Hospital Facilities
    603. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of fully funded acute hospital in-patient beds at the end of year 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    606. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists for grommet insertions by wait times 0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12 months over a year and two years by CHO...
  • Cybersecurity Policy
    607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the additional measures put in place or planned measures to be put in place by his Department and the HSE in relation to cyber security; and...
  • Hospital Facilities
    608. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of surgical theatres in public hospitals by hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12815/22]
  • Hospital Services
    610. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of diagnostic tests and examinations carried out by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Dental Services
    612. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of dentists working in the public system in each of the years 2005 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Staff
    615. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of whole-time equivalent surgeons employed in public hospitals by hospital group, hospital and speciality; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    616. To ask the Minister for Health the total revenue and capital funding provided for each level 4 hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by revenue and by capital...
  • Emergency Departments
    617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting over 12 hours in an emergency department in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and hospital;...
  • Hospital Services
    621. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of elective and non-elective procedures cancelled in acute hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group...
  • Hospital Staff
    626. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed at each level 4 hospital by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12833/22]
  • Hospital Facilities
    627. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of acute inpatient beds occupied in public hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by hospital group and by hospital;...
  • Hospital Services
    629. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of purchasing care for public patients in private hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by private hospital; and if...
  • General Practitioner Services
    633. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons in 2021 eligible for free general practitioner care paid for by the State; the total cost; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Services
    641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology, occupational therapy and dietician appointments that have taken place in the past year from the early intervention service in...
  • Alcohol Sales
    642. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for the completion of the relevant draft regulations with regard to section 12 and 13 of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 including...
  • Hospital Services
    643. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery is available through the HSE to treat adhesive capsulitis in the case of a person (details supplied); and if so, the average wait time for receiving...
  • Mental Health Services
    644. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 9 February 2022, the amount of the lower bid placed on a property (details supplied) that the HSE surpassed to...
  • Health Services
    646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide estimates of the cost of cancer care, including screening and treatment to the HSE each year since 2016; if he will provide a breakdown of...
  • Hospital Staff
    648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recruitment and provision of neurology nurse specialists in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new service users engaged with the Cork PrEP service every month between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021. [12880/22]
  • Hospital Staff
    652. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an association (details supplied) which is seeking an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting a neurology outpatient appointment in the Mater Misericordiae University. [12903/22]
  • Hospital Staff
    655. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether investing in neurology nurses is a cost-efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and...
  • Eating Disorders
    656. To ask the Minister for Health the workforce plan for specialist eating disorder teams including recruitment and retention of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12914/22]
  • Mental Health Services
    657. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the 30% pay cut that was imposed on consultant psychiatrics in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12915/22]
  • Eating Disorders
    658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed plan for increasing adult eating disorder beds; the locations they will be based; when they will be expected to be in place; and...
  • Health Services Staff
    659. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the Cross Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/22]
  • Dental Services
    660. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary school dental services for each service area; the waiting times and availability of dentists visiting primary schools in...
  • Health Services Staff
    662. To ask the Minister for Health if agency staff are excluded from eligibility for application to temporary HSE roles; if it is national policy that agency staff are not eligible for temporary...
  • Dental Services
    664. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken in the context of the 2022 HSE service plan to support medical card holders to access dental care; if his attention has been drawn...
  • Health Services
    666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of free contraception for 17 to 25-year-olds; when it will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12939/22]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    667. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthopaedic surgery in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [12940/22]
  • Medicinal Products
    668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the increased dosage of 40mg to 80mg of humira per week for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12946/22]
  • Home Care Packages
    669. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the homecare needs of persons with dementia to allow them to remain in their home considering the impact transition to care...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    670. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 16 February 2022, the current position in relation to the tender process (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Nursing Homes
    671. To ask the Minister for Health the purposes of the nursing home support scheme; if the assessment for farms is based on the asset value of the farm, income from the farm or both; the way...
  • Home Care Packages
    672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the report on the HSE internal review of home support services in Wexford that was completed in November 2021. [12965/22]
  • Disabilities Assessments
    674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an ASD assessment in County Wexford; the average waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12967/22]
  • Mental Health Services
    675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts or whole-time equivalent posts that are allocated in County Wexford; the number of these posts that are vacant; the length of...
  • Disability Services
    676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12972/22]
  • Health Services
    677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12973/22]
  • Home Care Packages
    678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12977/22]
  • Health Services
    682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12978/22]
  • Mental Health Services
    685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12981/22]
  • Health Services
    688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [12984/22]
  • Health Services Staff
    689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of allocated posts for each therapy by CHO in tabular form; the number that are currently vacant by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    690. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to set up a support group (details supplied); if grant funding is available in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    691. To ask the Minister for Health if the measures that have been requested by an organisation (details supplied) for persons with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia will be implemented. [12995/22]
  • Health Services
    692. To ask the Minister for Health if a legislative framework to support the rolling out of free contraception for persons aged 17 to 25 years is on track to be before the Houses of the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    693. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (detail supplied) will be reviewed; the status of an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/22]
  • Vaccination Programme
    694. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccinations will be included in the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis yellow book (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the latest guidance supplied to his Department regarding the wearing of facemasks in primary and post-primary school settings;...
  • Birth Certificates
    696. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing the request for a birth certificate for a person (details supplied); when it will be sent; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services
    697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the mobility allowance in each year since the scheme ended in 2013, in tabular form; the cost each year to the...
  • Ambulance Service
    703. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of ambulances that have encountered flat tyres being forced out of commission for significant blocks of time due to...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    704. To ask the Minister for Health the date the bonus payment of €1,000 will be paid; and the way that it will be paid. [13043/22]
  • Protected Disclosures
    706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    707. To ask the Minister for Health if shipping and postage costs for hearing aids and related items will be free for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13063/22]
  • Mental Health Services
    710. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an inquiry into the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in south County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Emergency Departments
    713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 18 with mental health and psychiatric illnesses assessed in general paediatric hospital emergency departments since...
  • Mental Health Services
    714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services nationally; the average length of time on the wait...
  • Disability Services
    716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child disability and autism services in County Wexford; the length of time each...
  • Mental Health Services
    718. To ask the Minister for Health the current system that the HSE operates for data collection of mental health and psychiatric illness patients; if a dedicated information technology system is...
  • Vaccination Programme
    719. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 23 February 2022 and in view of the fact that the HSE has responded to say that, the question does not fall under...
  • Mental Health Services
    720. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline by which the framework governing the review of medication practices across all CAMHS teams will be established; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of all Covid-19 expenditure by the National Ambulance Service in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    725. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women awaiting gynaecology appointments by hospital, in tabular form. [13123/22]
  • Health Services
    728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2021 and to date in 2022. [13125/22]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    729. To ask the Minister for Health if catering staff in hospitals and healthcare settings qualify for the pandemic bonus payment. [13126/22]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    730. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a cataract operation. [13128/22]
  • Medical Research and Training
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