Written answers
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
- Disability Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) who was assessed as autistic in January 2020 has still not been accepted into a HSE-funded foundation after two years;... - Public Procurement Contracts
636. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that a fair and transparent public procurement process was put in place for the appointment of design teams to construct a new emergency... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
637. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid recognition payment will be paid to persons working in private nursing homes throughout the pandemic. [17415/22] - Disabilities Assessments
638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times an assessment officer has requested an expert nominated by the National Council For Special Education to assist in the carrying out of an... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
639. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17422/22] - Civil Registration Service
640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the resources available to the HSE Civil Registration Service in order that the backlog of marriage registrations can be addressed; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
641. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment be paid to section 39 workers in private nursing homes and private hospices; and if he will make a statement on the... - Emergency Departments
642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way in which patients are categorised for emergency department admissions; the way these are prioritised; the effect of this... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tenders that were delayed or withdrawn and reissued due to a significant change in expected costs in the past two years, in tabular form; the... - Vaccination Programme
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the exact date in 2021 that CHO 4 mental health service management staff were offered first dose Covid-19 vaccinations as part of the HSE... - Health Services Staff
645. To ask the Minister for Health the current training supports for clinical psychologists that are or which he intends to make available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/22] - Health Service Executive
646. To ask the Minister for Health the office or unit in the HSE and in his Department that is ultimately responsible for ensuring reports as required under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
649. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding provided to each level 4 hospital between 2015 to 2021, by hospital and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17448/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
650. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over 12 months on an outpatient waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement... - Primary Care Services
653. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients over the age of 75 who have waited over six months on a community waiting list from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Facilities
654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds funded by the HSE across acute and community care by category (details supplied) and bed type in tabular form; if they are public or... - Healthcare Policy
655. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the full establishment and operation of regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17454/22] - Dental Services
657. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing difficulties with the dental treatment services scheme; the changes to the scheme that will be put in place; if... - Emergency Departments
658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 plus and under 75 who were waiting greater than 24 hours at an emergency department for each year from 2010 to date by month; the... - Healthcare Policy
659. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe envisaged for removing private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17458/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
661. To ask the Minister for Health if he has set waiting list reduction targets specifically for each hospital group and each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17460/22] - Hospital Charges
662. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of all income received or generated by each hospital from 2015 to date by hospital and income stream in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Policy
663. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of his plans to put Sláintecare maximum wait times on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/22] - Public Sector Pay
664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by his Department and-or the HSE whose earned income exceeds €100,000; the number who earned income in excess of amounts... - Disabilities Assessments
665. To ask the Minister for Health the persons in the grade of the individual within the HSE who is responsible for submitting reports to him under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; and if... - Health Services Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the HSE whose basic pay was in excess of amounts (details supplied) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and... - Health Services
676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults accessing speech and language therapy services in CHO 7; the number of adults awaiting assessment for the services; the number of adults... - Mental Health Services
677. To ask the Minister for Health if a list of CAMHS staff employed for the Clondalkin area will be provided; the roles of each; the number of vacancies that exist in each role; and if he will... - Health Strategies
678. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been conducted of the 2015-2020 Sexual Health Strategy; and, if so, when this review will be published. [17507/22] - Mental Health Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) will be included as eligible to receive counselling from the HSE following the 2016 report from the United Nations on safe and... - Health Services Staff
680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by HSE staff, by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade, for example, consultant, from 2011 to 2021 and... - Hospital Staff
681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked by staff in each of the hospitals in the RCSI Hospital Group by staff category, for example, medical and dental, and grade,... - Nursing Homes
688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Housing for All plan for an amended fair deal scheme to remove disincentives for sale and rental of vacant properties. [17551/22] - National Children's Hospital
689. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will be in a position to publish the final and total cost of expenditure for the National Children’s Hospital. [17567/22] - National Maternity Hospital
690. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the list of completed works and work in progress on the enabling works for the National Maternity Hospital to date, in... - Dental Services
691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if additional extractions will be offered through the PRSI scheme; and if he will make a statement... - Public Sector Staff
692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are currently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes in his Department and in agencies and public bodies... - Medical Cards
693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the income thresholds for persons over 70 years of age to access the GMS medical card scheme given increases in the cost of... - Health Services
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient drug and alcohol treatment detox beds that were available by CHO in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will... - Hospital Staff
695. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase basic specialist training posts by 1%; the number of posts this would result in; the additional workforce requirements incurred... - General Practitioner Services
697. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase general practice specialist training posts by 1%; the number of posts this would result in; the additional workforce... - Hospital Staff
698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registrars in situ who are undergoing higher specialist training; the number who are not, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Qualifications
701. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility requirements to become a registrar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/22] - Health Services Staff
704. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose and composition of the staff category, other medical; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/22] - Disability Services
706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy through the child disability network team in County Wexford; and if he... - Health Services
707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17661/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
708. 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. [17662/22] - General Practitioner Services
709. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help with the lack of general practitioner facilities in Ballyduff, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
710. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the site for the health centre in Leap, County Cork was purchased; the value of HSE investment in the site, including construction costs,... - Healthcare Policy
711. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention been drawn to the lack of mention of hyperemesis gravidarum or a commitment to tackling the prohibitive cost of treatment in the... - Hospital Appointments Status
712. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in the Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [17686/22] - Disability Services
713. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 8 March 2022, if the information and statistics requested will be provided, that is, the number of children under... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
714. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a leasehold on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value of the leasehold; the cost to the HSE; the cost of legal or site works... - Hospice Services
717. To ask the Minister for Health when the €3 million of funding for the development of hospices in Drogheda, County Cavan and the midlands for palliative and end of life care will be... - Health Services Staff
718. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been additional funding provided for the appointment of an additional two epilepsy nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
719. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had correspondence with an organisation (details supplied) on its proposal for the increase of physiotherapy services; if he plans to act on the... - Hospital Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health the public hospitals that carry out neuropsychological assessment, in tabular form; and the number of persons on the waiting list for such assessment, by... - Hospital Staff
721. To ask the Minister for Health the extra staffing, by job title, that will be required for the national intellectual disability memory service in Tallaght University Hospital. [17707/22] - Health Services Staff
724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior psychologist posts allocated to CHO area 7 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [17710/22] - Medical Cards
725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will waive the requirement to have a general practitioner sign a medical card form for Ukrainian refugees in view of the fact that many general... - Mental Health Services
726. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for mental health and addiction services linked to homeless service provision provided by his Department, by year and project, from 2016... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
730. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a licence agreement on a building (details supplied) was secured; the value and terms of the leasehold and cost to the HSE including any... - State Properties
764. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a site was acquired by the HSE (details supplied); the cost of the site on acquisition; the latest valuation; if the HSE intends to develop... - Hospital Appointments Status
775. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied). [17796/22] - Health Services Staff
776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post at a hospital in RCSI Hospital Group; the location... - Health Service Executive
792. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that in a case in which a Parliamentary Question is asked which seeks information across the public health service and which is then... - Covid-19 Pandemic
793. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be paid to frontline healthcare workers; the eligibility and other details and terms and conditions of the payment;... - Health Services Staff
794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 2013 to date on which there was no applicant for a hospital consultant post which was recruited via the Public Appointments... - Nursing Homes
796. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been informed of the planned closure of a nursing home (details supplied); if he has made an intervention to prevent the closure; if he is satisfied... - Covid-19 Pandemic
797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which the panel announced in January 2022 related to the pandemic recognition payment have met; the dates on which they met; the... - Health Services Staff
799. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was employed as a Covid-19 vaccinator did not have their employment contract extended; when they... - Hospital Appointments Status
800. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied). [17850/22] - Medicinal Products
801. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the delivery of paxlovid in view of its availability in other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he communicates with the Chief Medical Officer on matters related to Covid-19 since the disbandment of NPHET; the form of communication for... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
805. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not implementing a recommendation to remove oral sex as a reason for differing gay men, bisexual men, transgender men and men who have sex... - Disability Services
807. To ask the Minister for Health if he has further information for a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17995/22] - Health Service Executive
808. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Baggot Street Hospital; if the HSE still intends to sell the site and lease it back for a primary care centre; if he will commit to retaining the... - Disability Diagnoses
809. To ask the Minister for Health if, at any point prior to the commencement of the assessment of need standard operating procedure in 2020, he, the Secretary General or any assistant or deputy... - Hospital Appointments Status
810. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for their hip operation in Galway University Hospital taking into account the exceptional circumstances in... - Health Services Staff
811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider additional remuneration packages for consultants in order to entice them to move to more peripheral regions in the country; and if he will... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
812. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment proposals at Letterkenny University Hospital in order to enlarge the footprint to support new and increased services; and if he will... - Departmental Reviews
813. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 29 March 2022, if he will publish the review the HSE conducted of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of... - Health Services
814. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to develop a care pathway for persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; his plans to recruit specialists or specialist... - Health Services Staff
815. To ask the Minister for Health the types of contracts offered and taken up to consultants in public health medicine in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/22] - Departmental Reports
821. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the expert review bodies established by his Department since 2016; the name of the reports published by each body; the expert review bodies... - Health Strategies
822. To ask the Minister for Health the date of each of the initial meetings of the strategic implementation groups developed for the next phase of the National Drugs Strategy. [18076/22] - Primary Care Services
824. To ask the Minister for Health the postgraduate training post intake in general practice in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Care Services
826. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 3 March 2022, the way identifying relocation arrangements for unnamed residents of a centre (details supplied)... - Health Service Executive
827. To ask the Minister for Health the names of any HSE managers that declared a conflict of interest in respect of procurement or rent of property by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021;... - Care Services
828. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the residents of a centre (details supplied) were chosen to move to another centre for infection and control purposes during the pandemic while... - Mental Health Services
829. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is renting any community mental health residences aside from a centre (details supplied); if so, the details of the costs of rent and any associated... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
831. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details as to when a new cardiovascular health strategy will be published for Ireland; if he acknowledges that there is an urgent need for a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
832. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists across the State for a hysterectomy; the number of persons that have been waiting for the surgery for more than two years; and the... - Dental Services
833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the waiting list in County Galway for dental care; the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form; and if he will... - Care Services
834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents currently living in a centre (details supplied) that were originally residents in another centre. [18108/22] - Disability Services
836. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the action plan following the publication of the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
839. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 1 March 2022, the reason a local interview was used as the method of recruitment to a senior psychologist adult... - Health Strategies
843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021; the number and dates of all meetings of the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
844. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure with regard to check-ups on newborn babies when they return home; if this is a matter for the general practitioner or the public health nurse;... - Disability Services
845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with Down syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath that are currently waiting on speech and language therapy; and the length of... - Health Services
849. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to develop care pathway for persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; his plans to recruit specialists or specialist... - Mental Health Services
851. To ask the Minister for Health the format of the nationwide compliance and proscribing audit of CAMHS teams; the timeframe for completion of the audit; if this audit will include the... - Home Care Packages
852. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE homecare staff and staff working for companies providing homecare that are contracted by the HSE are fully equipped with personal protective equipment... - Medicinal Products
853. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for which atropine 0.01% eye drops prescribed for myopia to limit the risk of damage to eyes and potentially detached retinas is not on licence... - Flexible Work Practices
854. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy with respect to remote working options for staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18168/22] - Abortion Services
855. To ask the Minister for Health when the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products
856. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered restricting the over-the-counter sale of codeine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18195/22] - Mental Health Services
857. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists to access CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim, respectively in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; the waiting times... - Health Services Staff
859. To ask the Minister for Health the positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo and Leitrim in respect of speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy... - Dental Services
861. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthodontic appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18209/22] - Health Services
862. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will next advertise a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north County Tipperary area of the HSE Mid-West... - Health Service Executive
864. 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. [18216/22] - Nursing Homes
865. To ask the Minister for Health when arrears for nursing home care from 31 January to 29 March will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18221/22] - General Register Office
866. To ask the Minister for Health when a registration of birth will be complete in the case of a person (details supplied) whose parents have made a number of attempts to do same with no... - Mental Health Services
867. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a serious incident that occurred on the evening of 29 March 2022, when a person under psychiatric care residing in a HSE... - Covid-19 Pandemic
868. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that sotrovimab is less effective against the BA.2 subvariant of Covid-19; the engagements he has had with the... - Health Strategies
869. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to include a patient representative on the new national public health emergency team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18232/22] - Health Services
870. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on a waiting list for a long-term stay bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18251/22] - Health Services Staff
871. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reporting radiographer positions currently operating in each CHO region; the plans for further recruitment for this position; and if he will make... - Ambulance Service
872. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times for ambulance services for Tallaght University Hospital (details supplied); and if an outline of the plan... - Health Services Staff
873. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the senior clinical psychologist with the HSE in County Donegal will be retiring in April 2022; the steps that... - Patient Files
874. To ask the Minister for Health if patient records were retained from persons that were in St. Ita’s Hospital, Dublin; and if so, the current storage location of these records. [18291/22] - Medicinal Products
877. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to and the affordability of oestrogel; if supplies will be secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18311/22] - Medical Cards
878. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/22] - Disability Services
879. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which successive Ministers in his Department have complied with the requirements of sections 31 and 32 of the Disability Act 2005 in each of the... - Medical Cards
880. To ask the Minister for Health the consultative structures that exist within the HSE or his Department in relation to policy on medical cards and operation of the scheme; if recipients or... - Health Services
882. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish details of the business case for the redesign of the logo of the CHO1 area of the HSE; the reason this was deemed necessary; the company... - Social Welfare Code
884. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a scheme in place to help persons on social welfare who suffer from gluten-related dietary restrictions with the cost of coeliac friendly foods;... - Disability Services
885. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the action plan on the Disability Capacity Review which was due in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
886. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the existing level of respite in County Cavan; if it is intended to provide separate centres for children and adults; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
888. To ask the Minister for Health his views on physician associates; his engagements with other Departments and stakeholders regarding training physician associates; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
889. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to complete its evaluation on the clinical effectiveness of providing the HPV vaccine to girls and... - Departmental Contracts
891. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18890/22]
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