Written answers
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
- Covid-19 Pandemic
411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the fact that funeral directors in Ireland do not communicate to bereaved families the updated HSE... - Departmental Correspondence
412. 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. [22227/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
413. To ask the Minister for Health the figures that have been collected on the prevalence of long Covid among those who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Ireland; and if the figures will be... - Legislative Process
414. To ask the Minister for Health when the pre-legislative scrutiny report of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 will be available for public release; and if... - Tobacco Control Measures
416. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of Ireland’s Tobacco Free Ireland strategy; the way that it is planned to achieve the objectives of same; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Appointments Status
417. 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. [21671/22] - Primary Care Centres
418. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary healthcare facility will be fully operational in Mitchell Street, Thurles; the number of general practitioners who will be operating from... - Disability Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has an auditory processing disorder will receive recommended support to assist with their hearing; and if he will make a... - Departmental Funding
420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a hydrotherapy pool (details supplied) is not open; if his Department will grant funding for same; if an application from the organisation has... - Hospital Appointments Status
421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not been given a hospital appointment given the circumstances. [21687/22] - Medicinal Products
422. To ask the Minister for Health if medications (details supplied) will become available under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21705/22] - Hospital Staff
423. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation in respect of a vacant consultant dermatology post proposed to be shared jointly between St James’s Hospital Dublin and Portlaoise... - Pharmacy Services
424. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to ensure the greater availability of qualified pharmacists to work in retail pharmacies; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
428. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to end mixed-gender wards across public hospitals in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21731/22] - Dental Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure medical card patients in County Roscommon can gain access to dental treatment; the options available to medical card... - Mental Health Services
430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include persons (details supplied) in the north Kerry CAMHS review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21736/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
431. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who has been waiting five years for a consultation at the urology clinic at University Hospital Limerick;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
432. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the Covid-19 bonus payment of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21740/22] - Health Services
433. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to be sent to the Netherlands for treatment for second line cancer therapy; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dispensing doctors in Ireland from 2017 to 2021, inclusive; the number who are located in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
435. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a motorised chair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21781/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
436. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) with epilepsy who has been waiting three years for a test at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will... - Primary Medical Certificates
437. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently submitted awaiting assessment; the expected length of time to clear the... - Mental Health Services
438. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent consultant psychiatrist will be put in place for north Kerry adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on HSE guidelines for the use of teleclinics including those conducted by physicians who are located outside of Ireland; and if he will make... - Hospital Overcrowding
442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will launch an investigation into the failure of University Hospital Limerick to lower the trolley numbers at the hospital despite opening a new 60-bed... - National Children's Hospital
443. To ask the Minister for Health the current cost of the national children's hospital to date; the projected final cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21800/22] - Hospital Facilities
444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE chose not to include the mid-west region for any additional acute, subacute and ICU beds for 2022 as part of the 411 beds allocated... - Disabilities Assessments
445. To ask the Minister for Health if occupational therapy and speech and language therapy assessments have been temporarily frozen or suspended by the HSE; if so, the reason for doing so; and... - Disability Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21812/22] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
447. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the National Treatment Purchase Fund inpatient and day case active by specialty waiting list by procedure type and procedure for each... - Health Services
448. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; if this policy is in place; the extent to which the policy applies; the... - Disability Services
449. To ask the Minister for Health if any disability services for children have been suspended following the recent cases taken or decided in the courts; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that clerical staff working on the frontline through the successful vaccination programme have been excluded from receiving the pandemic bonus... - Health Services
451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE needle exchanges and their operating hours in 2022, in tabular form. [21839/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bone anchor hearing aids fitted in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 in Roscommon University Hospital.; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Qualifications
453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a update on the Health and Social Care Professionals Council to regulate counselling and psychotherapy; and if he will make a statement on... - Mortality Rates
454. To ask the Minister for Health if any analysis has been undertaken to explain the significant increase in deaths in Ireland in the period from July to September 2021 (details supplied); and... - Disability Services
455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of services provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21854/22] - Departmental Funding
456. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of one-to-one services for a person [21870/22] - Home Care Packages
457. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of home-care services; if a new tender will issue to provide these services in the coming weeks; if community and voluntary... - Health Services
458. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive as per a promise they made earlier in 2022 will pay for the roll-out of active neuro in community health organisation, CHO, 3... - Hospital Charges
459. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount charged for parking at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the total revenue generated by parking charges; the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
472. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the interim model of care for long Covid as developed by the HSE; the way in which persons can access this model of care throughout the country;... - Health Strategies
476. To ask the Minister for Health if current community and voluntary representatives on the national oversight committee, NOC, on national drugs strategy, NDS, will have a role in deciding... - Assisted Human Reproduction
477. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide public funding for IVF in 2023 (details supplied); the amount of funding that is being provided; the persons that will be eligible to... - Medical Aids and Appliances
478. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pacemakers cannot be checked in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21932/22] - Medicinal Products
479. To ask the Minister for Health the health technology assessments received by the corporate pharmaceutical unit in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the date of the HSE... - Disability Services
480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will act to retain the speech and language therapist at a school (details supplied) being removed by the HSE in which there is an established... - Abortion Services
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions that his Department received through its three year review public consultation process of the abortion legislation; if he will... - Departmental Data
482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the county of origin that the heart attack patient numbers derive from in the Irish heart attack audit national report 2017-2020; the total... - Home Help Service
484. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours currently being offered to a person (details supplied) can be re-assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21960/22] - Disability Services
485. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget that was allocated to disability services in the budget in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services
488. To ask the Minister for Health the specific locations and addresses for HSE services in County Cavan; the services being provided in each location and address; and if he will make a... - Health Strategies
489. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to explore the potential for introducing a 24-hour triage and health concerns telephone and website... - National Children's Hospital
490. To ask the Minister for Health if the new National Children’s Hospital at St. James’s Hospital will be able to carry out heart and lung transplants for children under 16 years... - Hospital Services
491. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the cardiology business plan which has been submitted by Letterkenny University Hospital, Donegal in view of the cessation of mobile... - Public Procurement Contracts
492. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 827 of 5 April 2022, the details of potential conflicts of interest declared by HSE managers in respect of procurement or... - Abortion Services
493. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the research studies and reports that are being consulted by his Department as part of the review into the revisited model of care for the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
494. To ask the Minister for Health when an organisation (details supplied) will be given guidance on the health pandemic bonus payment. [22028/22] - Disease Management (1 comment)
495. To ask the Minister for Health the awareness campaigns and training that is available to general practitioners for the identification and treatment of Lyme disease. [22033/22] - Home Care Packages
498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement... - Healthcare Policy
501. To ask the Minister for Health the date that has been selected for the implementation of the free contraception scheme, starting with 17 to 25-year-olds, that was announced in Budget 2022;... - Health Service Executive
508. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22052/22] - Traveller Community
509. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by his Department in 2022 on the implementation of a National Traveller Health Action Plan as set out in the Programme for... - Medical Inquiries
510. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1577 of 26 April 2022, if he will confirm details of a matter (details supplied); and if the matter has now been... - Mental Health Services
511. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to provide a dual diagnosis service; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE dual diagnosis programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22067/22] - Hospital Admissions
513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new model of care for persons presenting with self-harm in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22068/22] - Social Welfare Eligibility
515. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1034 of 26 April 2022, if he plans to conduct across-Departmental budgetary analysis with the Department of Social... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
516. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with a new health facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22086/22] - Abortion Services
518. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the dangerous impact of telemedicine abortion in cases of unidentified ectopic pregnancies due to the absence of a physical examination... - Hospital Appointments Status
520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule a date for neck surgery for a person (details supplied). [22115/22] - Hospital Overcrowding
521. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the specialist team tasked with addressing trolley numbers at University Hospital Limerick; the options that will be open to this specialist... - Tobacco Control Measures
522. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to any ongoing HSE investigations into any tobacco products currently on the market in Ireland for having a characterising flavour of... - Medical Cards
524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the criteria for granting a medical card to include patients who have a cancer diagnosis that would prove fatal without... - Ukraine War
525. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure Ukrainians fleeing war and arriving into Ireland are aware of and appropriately referred to services that support children... - Medical Aids and Appliances
526. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of those in County Mayo who are diabetic pump patients in tabular form. [22217/22] - Hospital Services
527. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce the Pathfinder programme which is in operation at Beaumont Hospital in the mid-west region to help alleviate pressures on... - Medical Aids and Appliances
528. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available to families of disabled children who require permanent equipment in their home such as a hoist; and if there is funding available... - Mental Health Services
529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wexford; the average waiting time; the number waiting more than six and more than 12 months,... - Disability Services
530. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list broken down by waiting times for the children’s disability network team in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members who are working from home on both a part-time and full-time basis in each of the following hospitals Connolly Hospital, Our Lady of... - Hospital Appointments Status
532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (detail supplied). [22242/22] - Departmental Staff
533. To ask the Minister for Health the details of secondments from his Department to the university third level sector over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an urgent review into the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will ensure that sufficient funds are released in order that they... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
535. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the pandemic recognition payment to clerical staff working on the frontline vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
536. To ask the Minister for Health the position titles and names of the persons currently working in the National Foetal Valproate Syndrome Assessment Team; the location they are geographically... - Medicinal Products
538. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken by his Department and the HSE to implement the 2014 EMA ruling in relation to Valproate specifically around educating general practitioners... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
539. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the pandemic recognition payment to caretakers and cleaners working in health centres around the country; and if he will make a statement... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that County Donegal only received circa 10% of the recent funding approved by the HSE for congregated settings under the capital developments scheme... - Hospital Services
541. To ask the Minister for Health if the angiogram service will be retained in the cardiac unit at Letterkenny University Hospital and will be built upon at the hospital working on a... - Hospital Facilities
542. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the cardiac radiology unit that was donated to Letterkenny University Hospital by a group (details supplied) in 2018 has not been commissioned.... - Pharmacy Services
543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting appropriately trained pharmacists to prescribe medicine following assessing patients in order to reduce demand on general... - Mental Health Services
544. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a permanently employed psychiatrist in the Dublin north east HSE region; if not, the number of vacant posts; the number of psychiatrists that... - Home Help Service
545. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will immediately reinstate a HSE home support team provided laundry service that has been in place for senior citizens and vulnerable persons at a... - Mental Health Services
546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent psychiatrists in the Dublin north east mental health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22307/22] - Teacher Training
547. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the training the HSE provides to teachers with students with epilepsy; the way that this training... - Disability Services
548. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the funding given towards nursing supports for children with epilepsy in the past five years, by... - School Funding
549. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 April 2022, the process a school must engage with to seek funding for a nursing support for a children with... - Covid-19 Pandemic
550. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set up long Covid clinics outside of Dublin specifically for the west Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22316/22] - Disease Management
551. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE working group on ME and CFS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22317/22] - EU Directives
552. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of fines and totality of the amount paid in respect of fines issued by the EU on his Department for failing to transpose EU... - Care Services
553. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the latest round of homecare tenders which were delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic; if there have been substantial changes to the tender since... - Nursing Homes
554. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an alternative that can be offered to a person who is being advised by the HSE that they must put their house up for the fair deal scheme to cover... - Disability Services
555. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that school age services were transferred from a service provider (details supplied) to the HSE; the number of children on waiting lists for... - Home Care Packages
557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a person (details supplied) who is receiving only one-quarter of their assigned hours of weekly homecare and requires specialised...
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