Written answers
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Care of the Elderly
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the policy of personalisation for budgets and services to older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23631/22] - Citizens' Assembly
228. To ask the Minister for Health when the citizens' assembly on drug use will be convened [23637/22] - Hospital Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish and European Union, and the number of non-European Union doctors, who were awarded intern posts in each of the years 2016 to 2022, in... - Departmental Data
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community... - Medical Aids and Appliances
231. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes based on clinical need of any age; and if he will... - Nursing Homes
233. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering expanding the fair deal scheme to allow patients access private to home care packages as opposed to only nursing or... - Disability Services
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin Fingal area awaiting appointments with the children's disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Diagnoses
235. To ask the Minister for Health if there are clinical psychologists working in the private sector from whom the HSE will accept a report confirming a diagnosis of autism; and if he will make... - Disability Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant occupational therapist posts and speech and language therapist posts that are allocated to the four children's disability network teams in... - National Maternity Hospital
237. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed inpatient perinatal mental health service will be part of the planned national maternity hospital located at St. Vincent's University Hospital;... - Hospital Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Health if there are hospitals with a heart failure unit that do not have an advanced nurse practitioner; the cost of providing an advanced nurse practitioner in each... - Hospital Equipment
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart failure units that do not have access to BNP testing and other appropriate diagnostic testing; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out heart failure virtual clinics nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23534/22] - Obesity Levels
243. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made to reach the WHO global target to halt the rise in obesity by 2025, particularly given that the WHO European Regional Obesity... - Healthcare Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Health if a breastfeeding position paper has been developed by the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23538/22] - Disability Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide access to a personal assistant service as a legislative right for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
248. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23576/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge how severely ill those who develop long Covid can become; if the matter will be addressed; if he will offer protection from reinfection... - Hospital Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff midwives working at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise; the number of staff midwives on long-term sick leave; the number of staff... - Disabilities Assessments
251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23633/22] - Care of the Elderly
252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move away from congregated settings in the care of older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23641/22] - Ukraine War
253. To ask the Minister for Health if any refugees are being housed or intended to be housed on properties in the ownership of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Healthcare Policy
254. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the funding mechanisms that may be open to such persons; and if he will... - Health Service Executive
255. To ask the Minister for Health when a letter will issue from the HSE confirming intent to provide funding for the day-to-day expenditure for the running of a facility (details supplied); and... - Departmental Properties
256. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Holles Street hospital site once the National Maternity Hospital has relocated; if it will be repurposed within the HSE; if not, if it will... - Hospital Overcrowding
257. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 4 May 2022, when the assessment of University Hospital Limerick’s patient pathways is expected to conclude;... - Medicinal Products
258. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will approve the reimbursement under the high-tech drug arrangements for kaftrio for children under 12 years of age; the reason for the delay in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently notified as having long-Covid; if there is a national registry point for same; if so, the person or body that is in... - Dental Services
261. To ask the Minister for Health if supports are in place for persons who are diagnosed with an eating disorder and require dental treatment as a result of their eating disorder but do not... - Medical Aids and Appliances
262. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for those with type 1 diabetes; if consideration has... - Disease Management
263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/22] - Disability Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department classifies Alzheimer's disease as an official disability as this would allow people to attain the rights and entitlements that being declared... - Wildlife Conservation
265. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and... - Medical Research and Training
266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of trainee doctors trained within Ireland in each of the years since 2016; the number of persons who took up a post in Ireland; the average cost per... - Hospital Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Health when the respiratory physiotherapist post in St. Vincent's Hospital is due to be filled; if this professional will be available to those patients with... - Health Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health if he will encourage the HSE to re-examine and improve the access pathway for patients with bronchiectasis in order to avoid them having to attend the... - Health Services Staff
269. To ask the Minister for Health the details of staffing levels of the disability teams at HSE health clinics (details supplied) in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of water birthing facilities available in HSE maternity hospitals and units; the number of water births which occurred in these facilities between 1... - Mental Health Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent findings that members of the Traveller or Mincéirs community have high rates for self-harm presentations at hospital emergency...
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