Written answers
Thursday, 7 April 2022
- Food Labelling
369. To ask the Minister for Health the labelling requirements under Irish law in relation to food products that contain GMO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19010/22] - Dental Services
370. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extremely long waiting time that primary school children are forced to endure to receive orthodontic appointments; and... - Medicinal Products
372. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of hormone replacement therapy in several pharmacies in areas (details supplied) in recent months; if his... - Dental Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to address the current issue of medical card patients unable to obtain a dental appointment since the pandemic; and if he... - General Practitioner Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a surgery (details supplied) that is no longer operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18944/22] - Ambulance Service
375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the ambulance service failed to respond to an urgent request for an ambulance relative to a person (details supplied); and the actions he will take... - Nursing Homes
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the HSE to reimburse persons living in a nursing home who have been approved for funding under the fair deal, nursing home... - Health Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the all-Ireland procurement and transplantation service; and if he... - Dental Services
378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings that he and or his officials have had with an organisation (details supplied) since 2020; the number of dentists offering services under... - Health Promotion
380. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 1 March 2022, if he will consider re-examining funding options for alternative venues for an exercise class... - Infectious Diseases
381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the infectious diseases clinical programme; the status of the establishment of a network of infectious diseases clinics; the number... - Covid-19 Pandemic
382. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 724 of 8 March 2022, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the amount spent on vehicles purchased in 2020; the... - Ambulance Service
387. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on vehicles by the National Ambulance Service in each year since 2000, in tabular form; the source of funding for expenditure in each year; the... - Dental Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims submitted by dentists under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of... - Health Services Staff
390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. no. 3 of 31 March 2022, the number of medical graduates who sought an internship in each year since 2011; the expected... - Health Service Executive
391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who completed their internship with the HSE in each year since 2012; the number which subsequently took up employment with the HSE in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
392. To ask the Minister for Health if persons providing home-help employed by the HSE or by private companies will receive the €1,000 bonus being considered for healthcare workers; if... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
393. To ask the Minister for Health when a project will be completed (details supplied). [19018/22] - Medicinal Products
394. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19019/22] - Health Strategies
395. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the updated plan to replace the National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland 2014-2018; the timeline for publication; the reason... - Legislative Programme
396. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that will be included in the health information Bill; when the Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19021/22] - Healthcare Policy
397. To ask the Minister for Health when disease-specific virtual registries will become operational in the Irish healthcare system; the expected impact this will have on the monitoring of... - Medicinal Products
398. To ask the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) on the drug reimbursement process will be published; the date it was submitted to his Department; and if he will make a... - Health Services
399. To ask the Minister for Health the process for patients with rare diseases to obtain accurate and timely diagnoses via European Union cross border genetic testing (details supplied); the... - Departmental Staff
402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts... - Health Services
403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19048/22] - Health Services Staff
404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the children’s disability network team structure and staff complement in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
406. To ask the Minister for Health the respite facilities in County Meath for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19051/22] - Departmental Inquiries
408. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the engagements that he, his Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer had with Trinity College Dublin prior to and regarding the... - Health Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health when additional places (details supplied) will be provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the measures that will be implemented in 2022 to improve services;... - Health Services Staff
410. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of epilepsy nurses for one-to-one care in the State; the number who are serving in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Abortion Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health the objectives for the HSEs recent review of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of Pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19066/22] - State Bodies
414. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a tender application (details supplied) has been declined for a private facility. [19074/22] - Nursing Homes
415. To ask the Minister for Health the plan that is in place to ensure that older people in State-run nursing homes get access to regular dental care; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers who are attached to each of the State-run nursing homes; the ratio per patient for each; the number of visits undertaken per... - Disability Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available in Cork for children with epilepsy. [19132/22] - Health Service Executive
423. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the previously unpublished report of the Independent Review of Unscheduled Care Performance 2018-2019 which was released under freedom of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
424. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 therapeutics implementation group has met; the reason this group was not set-up earlier; if patients are represented on this group; and if he... - Dental Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to discussions with an association (details supplied) with a view to attracting more dentists back on the medical card scheme in... - General Practitioner Services
426. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the SouthDoc out-of-hours general practitioner service is operating in Castletownbere, County Cork. [19158/22] - Ukraine War
427. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that Ukrainian medical professionals can register to practise in Ireland. [19159/22] - Defibrillators Provision
429. To ask the Minister for Health if defibrillators are installed in all offices and buildings accessible by the public in his Department and the public bodies and agencies that operate under... - Departmental Contracts
430. To ask the Minister for Health the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with his Department and bodies under auspices of his Department... - Gender Balance
431. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that there is gender balance on interview committees and in the conduct of recruitment processes within the health service particularly... - Nursing Homes
432. To ask the Minister for Health the way that State-run nursing homes are assessing dental and oral health and pain in residents who are unable to speak or are cognitively impaired; the number...
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