Written answers
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
- Departmental Communications
570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the memorandum limiting the secondment length of time, ignored by his Department in terms of the secondment of the Chief Medical Officer. [25915/22] - Departmental Reports
571. To ask the Minister for Health when the evaluation of the individual placement and support services will be published; the cost of each individual placement and support service; the outcomes... - Mental Health Services
572. To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of establishing and operating a 24/7 multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalating team in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
573. To ask the Minister for Health if he, along with HSE officials, will re-engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the long-standing pay and career development issues that are... - Disabilities Assessments
574. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25664/22] - Medicinal Products
575. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a prescription for the person's medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Service Executive
576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/22] - Health Services Staff
577. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined; the steps that his Department is taking to help with staff shortages in... - Health Service Executive
578. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25672/22] - Hospital Staff
579. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to recruit and retain a safe number of midwives specifically at Letterkenny University Hospital in order to allow for the full... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
581. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1786 of 26 April 2022, the staffing costs for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland registration department; the... - Protected Disclosures
582. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1787 of 26 April 2022, the name of the agencies under the auspices of his Department in which protected disclosures were... - Health Services Staff
583. To ask the Minister for Health if employees in a healthcare setting (details supplied) are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment. [25685/22] - Disability Services
585. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that his officials had on funding for a centre in Cork (details supplied). [25696/22] - Health Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Healthcare Policy
587. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in relation to a matter (details supplied); if the matter will have to come before Cabinet; if it will be brought before the Houses of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of its views on access to the pandemic bonus payment for Covid-19... - Health Services Staff
589. To ask the Minister for Health if all citizens in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, have equal access to a public health nurse; the waiting time for a public health nurse in each... - Hospital Staff
590. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of current expenditure provided to fund services and staff at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
591. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital investment by the State on the site of a hospital (details supplied) since 1990; the breakdown by year and by project; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
592. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign led by an organisation (details supplied) that is seeking improved pay, work structures and proper engagement... - Medicinal Products
593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a licence for a product ; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Communications
594. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal authorisation process is necessary at stage one, in the transition of information from civil servants to a member of Government; the person who... - Cybersecurity Policy
595. To ask the Minister for Health if attention of the Director General of the HSE has been drawn to the hacking of computer systems from within the HSE; if such incidents have ever been... - Health Service Executive
596. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of bullying complaints made by HSE employees for each of the past five years. [25765/22] - Disability Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding the parent consultation clinic invitations, which are being sent to parents by children’s disability network teams;... - Hospital Services
598. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the HSE budget for 2021 that was returned or unspent from the South South West Hospital Group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Service Executive
599. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE 2021 budget for capital spend, services and staff, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/22] - Health Services Staff
600. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical laboratory scientists who are members of an association (details supplied) took strike action on 18... - Health Service Executive
601. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report into the operation of HSE MyOptions produced by a group (details supplied) which details severe inadequacies in the... - Health Services Staff
602. To ask the Minister for Health when pay parity will be restored for medical scientists following an expert panel report dating back to 2001 recommending pay parity with clinical biochemists... - Legislative Measures
603. To ask the Minister for Health the legislation in relation to persons under 18 years of age purchasing vapes and vaping liquids (details supplied). [25813/22] - Mortality Rates
604. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the high perinatal mortality rates among ethnic African mothers or expectant mothers living in Ireland as recorded in the perinatal statistics... - Disability Services
607. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a personal care package application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25857/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
608. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an insulin pump that they have been waiting for over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25879/22] - General Practitioner Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will urgently issue guidance to general practitioners around the country that exercise should not be recommended to patients with myalgic... - Health Services
610. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of services that are available to both children and adults with myalgic encephalomyelitis; and the actions that the... - Abortion Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the institutes and of the academic researchers in a university (details supplied) that recently received the tender to conduct research into the... - Primary Care Centres
613. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the long-awaited and urgently needed primary care centre for north Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if the project delay due to the issue regarding the... - Disability Services
614. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to amending the Disability Act 2005 to enable children that need additional supports to have a right in law to appropriate... - Dental Services
615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25935/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
616. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the availability of the freestyle libre device for persons with diabetes in Ireland. [25937/22] - Departmental Funding
617. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated for the Cork and Kerry region to date; the amount allocated to hospitals and CHOs inclusive of section 38 and 39... - Dental Services
618. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the dental treatment services scheme for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25947/22] - Health Services Staff
619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no pay parity between clinical scientists and medical laboratory scientists given that both professions perform the same duties often... - Mental Health Services
622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 16 September 2021, the status of the first pilot site for a dual diagnosis team planned for CHO3; the breakdown of... - Health Services Staff
624. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of staff in a healthcare setting (details supplied) that is leading to lengthy delays in the... - Medicinal Products
625. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his engagements with suppliers in respect of oestrogel. [26011/22] - Respite Care
626. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26013/22] - Hospital Staff
627. To ask the Minister for Health when the nine neurology nurses specialists needed in University Hospital Galway will be recruited; if his attention has been drawn to patients that are... - Health Services Staff
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised by a local health worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26099/22] - Government Communications
629. To ask the Minister for Health the Ministerial contact details for persons (details supplied). [26110/22] - Medical Research and Training
630. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to ensure the long-term sustainability of the public medical science sector which is dealing with alarming staffing issues; and if... - Health Services
631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have attended symptomatic breast disease clinics, lung rapid access clinics and prostate rapid access clinics in 2021 and to date in... - Hospital Charges
632. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within public car parking in St. James's and the Mater Hospitals in 2021 and to date in 2022, in... - Hospital Staff
633. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting one additional full-time consultant anaesthesiologist with a special interest in pain for CHI, Connolly Hospital. [26149/22] - Health Services
634. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of each sleep apnoea clinic in the public health service; the opening hours of each of these clinics in tabular form. [26161/22] - Health Services Staff
635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time cognitive behaviour psychotherapist employed by the HSE in 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [26162/22] - Disability Services
637. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve autism services in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [26164/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
638. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) was removed from the public list to have a procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
639. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) was not provided with a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26179/22] - Disability Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds that are available for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Fingal area; the number that are occupied at present; if and... - Departmental Schemes
641. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to include heart failure in the medical card and the long-term illness schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
642. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of reimbursing international normalised-ratio test strips and warfarin therapy machines for those who require warfarin for long-term oral... - Hospital Investigations
643. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the investigation into the cremation of the remains of babies at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [26238/22] - Mental Health Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health the exact location of the new property proposed for purchase by the HSE in east County Cork to be used as a mental health facility; the cost of the property;... - Health Services
645. To ask the Minister for Health the exact staffing allocations per discipline and per population of the HSE home-based treatment over the combined east Cork HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal... - Mental Health Services
646. To ask the Minister for Health the exact staffing allocations per discipline of the HSE psychology of later life service over the combined east Cork HSE catchment of Midleton, Youghal and... - Hospital Facilities
650. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are underway to remove or downgrade the cardiac angiogram service in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
651. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not paying the Covid recognition payment to healthcare assistants or agency healthcare workers who worked with elderly and vulnerable persons... - Hospital Staff
652. To ask the Minister for Health further an to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 24 February 2022, if he will seek an update on the recommendations by the National Clinical Programme for... - General Practitioner Services
653. To ask the Minister for Health the serious shortage of general practitioner places in east Cork which is leading many locals (details supplied) to go without GP care; and the efforts he will... - Hospital Services
654. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE reviews of the disposal of perinatal organs which were due to be received by his Department in November 2021; and if he will make a... - National Maternity Hospital
655. To ask the Minister for Health if staff at the new National Maternity Hospital will be guaranteed freedom of conscience and conscientious objection in relation to operations that end the... - Health Services Staff
656. To ask the Minister for Health when the full complement of the 24 additional lactation consultant posts created under the 2022 National Service Plan will be filled; the number of posts that... - Dental Services
657. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in relation to private dental practices that will no longer offer services to medical card holders; and if there are plans for this... - Covid-19 Pandemic
658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all reports that he has received in the past six months on the issue of long-Covid and its impact upon persons with the condition. [26307/22] - Hospital Staff
659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a submission by a group (details supplied) in respect of microbiology medical scientists; and if he will re-engage with stakeholders and the... - Medicinal Products
660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the extension of kaftrio drug therapy to all children with cystic fibrosis aged 6 to11 years as in the case of a child (details supplied).... - Disability Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive appropriate occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy given that they were diagnosed... - General Practitioner Services
662. To ask the Minister for Health when the expansion of general practitioner care without charges to children aged six and seven years of age is expected to be introduced; and if he will make a... - Departmental Investigations
663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of investigations, internal or external, commissioned by his Department into instances in which Departmental documents or information was leaked to... - Cross-Border Co-operation
664. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive to extend arrangements for the provision of access to healthcare services in the State... - Health Services Staff
665. To ask the Minister for Health when the occupational therapist position in Templemore CHO area 3 will be filled given that it has remained vacant since February 2022 (details supplied); and... - Hospital Appointments Status
667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26387/22] - Health Services Staff
668. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timescale of the recruitment process for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26401/22] - Hospital Staff
669. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 17 February 2022, the current staffing levels of paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital Limerick; the... - Medicinal Products
670. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any process whereby a person can reclaim the cost of medication which has now been reimbursed by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the public health nurses operating in the relevant areas in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in tabular form; the locations in... - Health Services
673. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a well-governed and patient-centred healthcare service by the HSE for adults and children in the transgender community, in... - Healthcare Policy
674. To ask the Minister for Health the position of his Department in respect of the Regulation of Homecare paper published by the Health Information and Quality Authority; if the paper will be... - Disability Services
675. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of transitional plans to ensure that young persons with a disability who wish to reside outside of nursing home settings and who... - Primary Care Centres
676. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed east Meath primary care centre which is to be located in Bettystown town centre; when he expects work to commence; if other relevant... - Hospital Facilities
678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progression of the new 50-bed hospital in St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth; if he will provide other relevant details in... - Hospital Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds in the public healthcare system per 1,000; the total number; the way in which this compares with other Organisation for... - Medicinal Products
683. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he and his Department are taking to tackle the continued shortage of hormone replacement treatments across the country; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community optometrists contracted to provide services by CHO area in 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [26471/22] - Health Services
685. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect further correspondence from the HSE in relation to a complaint that they submitted via Your Service, Your Say on 27... - Dental Services
686. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation being reported in County Wexford in which no dentists are accepting new patients with medical cards; and if he... - Home Care Packages
689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss changes to the homecare tender and its potential impact on not-for-profit and community... - Health Services Staff
690. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement that has taken place with medical scientists in counties Roscommon and Galway with regard to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
691. To ask the Minister for Health if homecare packages will be expedited for older persons (details supplied) in an area; and if he is taking steps to address the lack of homecare package that... - Abortion Services
693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that he has selected a university from a non-European Union country has selected to carry out research into the experiences of Irish abortion... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are registered as patients under the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26558/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will consider this patient for urgent treatment through the national... - Health Services Staff
700. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking to resolve the issues which have led to industrial action being taken by medical scientists in public hospital laboratories; and...
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