Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
- Hospital Appointments Status
623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment with a consultant in order to be assessed for a torn cartilage at the South... - Mental Health Services
624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient admission to CAMHS by location in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Disability Services
627. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will establish a residential house in Moyne for those with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27230/22] - Healthcare Policy
628. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/22] - Mental Health Services
630. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current plans by HSE estates to provide accommodation provision for a perinatal mental health inpatient service at St Vincent’s... - Eating Disorders
631. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current plans by HSE estates to provide accommodation provision for an adult eating disorder inpatient service at St Vincent’s... - Mental Health Services
632. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current plans to provide inpatient mental health services at St Vincent’s University Hospital campus in CHO6; and if he will make a... - National Maternity Hospital
633. To ask the Minister for Health if the Elm Mount unit at St. Vincent’s University Hospital campus is fully-owned by the State including the land; if same is a leasehold; if the State... - Mental Health Services
634. To ask the Minister for Health the IT supports that are in place for perinatal mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27245/22] - Hospital Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pregnant mothers who used a scan (details supplied) in Cavan General Hospital to date, per month, since its introduction in 2021, in tabular... - Disease Management
637. To ask the Minister for Health the status of services for persons with Parkinson's disease in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the locations in which services are available in primary care in a... - Health Services
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a planned project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27276/22] - Industrial Relations
640. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to avert further industrial action by medical scientists by ensuring pay parity and better working conditions for them; and if he will make a... - Emergency Departments
641. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Monaghan Hospital and re-introduce an accident and emergency department; his views on the concerns of the public about the lack of this... - Hospital Staff
642. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant podiatrist will take up a position in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27312/22] - Industrial Relations
645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a meaningful proposal or issue an invitation to an organisation (details supplied) that represent healthcare professionals for talks to address... - National Maternity Hospital
646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of estimated delivery costs from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 associated with the new national maternity hospital. [27321/22] - Hospital Services
648. To ask the Minister for Health the out-of-hours services and supports available to oncology patients in Beaumont Hospital; if consideration has been given more generally to providing... - Departmental Investigations
649. To ask the Minister for Health if a new group has been formed to investigate maternal deaths; if a person (details supplied) is leading this investigation; the timeline being worked towards;... - Mental Health Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of 11 beds in a unit (details supplied); the steps he is taking to re-open them in view of the growing crisis in the provision of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the availability of the antiviral drug called paxlovid and-or other antivirals and monoclonal antibodies to patients diagnosed with long... - Disability Services
655. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will urgently examine the case of a child (details supplied) and liaise with an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a paediatric diabetes team in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27352/22] - Protected Disclosures
657. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); if the protected disclosure made by a health professional relative to this case... - Hospital Staff
658. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff, their qualifications and the number of staff in each category who are required to provide services at the department of psychiatry,... - Health Services Staff
659. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff, their qualifications and the number of staff in each category who are required to provide services at Kilkenny and Carlow child and... - Health Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) concerning the health clinic on Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, will be investigated;... - Hospital Services
662. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with the construction of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; when the additional bed capacity will be... - Hospital Appointments Status
663. To ask the Minister for Health if a diagnostic assessment will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [27387/22] - Hospital Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future development of the Kilcreene Hospital Campus, Kilkenny; if services provided by the hospital will be expanded; if new services will be... - Covid-19 Pandemic
667. To ask the Minister for Health if staff who worked in the homeless sector as homeless front-line workers during the Covid-19 pandemic will be included in the Covid-19 recognition payment... - Hospital Services
668. To ask the Minister for Health what precisely distinguishes a national hospital from another or any other form of hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27426/22] - Departmental Data
669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds for stroke patients in Ireland; the deficit that exists for the population on the basis of recommendations contained in the UK's National... - Health Services
673. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a dedicated chronic disease clinic in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he will outline the details of this service; and if he will... - Mental Health Services
675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting on a counselling appointment in primary care; the average waiting time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2022, in... - Healthcare Policy
681. To ask the Minister for Health his intentions regarding the proposed amendments to the international health regulations at the World Health Assembly this year; if the State intends to accept... - Health Service Executive
682. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE speech therapy building on Castleknock Road is currently in use by the HSE; if not, if it is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
683. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be made available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a person (details supplied) who urgently requires the service; and if he will make... - Nursing Homes
684. To ask the Minister for Health when an agreement will be in place to allow for increased subventions to nursing homes given the increased costs they face post-Covid and with the rising cost... - Departmental Meetings
685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings, excluding Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health meetings and meetings with Cork County Council, that Cork HSE management had about the... - Health Service Executive
687. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 26 April 2022, that each sub-question of that PQ be clearly answered, namely when a property (details supplied)... - Disability Services
689. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the return of therapists to special schools in Cork, by special school, in tabular form. [27526/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
690. To ask the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [27527/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
694. To ask the Minister for Health if a ceiling-track hoist will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27538/22] - Health Services
695. To ask the Minister for Health when IVF treatment will be available through the public health system in Ireland; the clinics in County Cork that will be included in the provision of the... - Disability Services
696. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the crisis situation regarding the provision of respite disability services in CHO7; the measures that are being taken to... - Health Services
697. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent and vital early intervention will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/22] - Abortion Services
698. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on abortion provision in 2021; the breakdown of the amount spent in general practitioner and community settings; the amount spent in... - Health Services
699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the urgent requirement to address ophthalmology services for children in County Louth and to fill vacant posts as quickly as... - Industrial Disputes
701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised in respect of industrial action (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27568/22] - Disease Management
703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the extension of Kaftrio drug therapy to 35 children aged between six and 11 years in Ireland with cystic fibrosis who are currently being... - Medicinal Products
704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of Evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
705. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27618/22] - Departmental Staff
706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [27599/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
707. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the Covid recognition payment will be paid to homecare workers who are working for a provider contracted by the HSE; and when this payment will be... - Care Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE pay two different rates for the care of older people and the care of disabled people to homecare providers; the reason that the hourly... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
712. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no unit for the treatment of intestinal failure in adults in Ireland and up to 100 people are... - Medical Qualifications
713. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to implement a way of recognising Ukrainian medical qualifications in Ireland so that Ukrainians can work in the medical field (details... - Hospital Transfers
714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1849 to 1851, inclusive, of 26 April 2022, if his Department requested the HSE to comment on the way that these... - Departmental Reports
719. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the receipt of a report (details supplied); if he will guarantee a date for the report to be reviewed by his Department and for its... - Hospital Transfers
722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the difference between the way that a heart attack or cardiac arrest patient attending the National Maternity Hospital needs to arrive at ICU... - Disabilities Assessments
723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who received a preliminary team assessment as part of the standard operating procedure that was in place for children’s... - Mental Health Services
724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that are available nationally in CAMHS; if he will provide a breakdown, by CHO area and by hospital and or residential setting; and the... - Ukraine War
725. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered making the HSE owned 17-bedroom Inis Ghile building in Parteen, County Clare available for Ukrainian refugees, given that it... - Hospital Staff
726. To ask the Minister for Health when stakeholders will receive a letter confirming funding for the Sláintecare: Towards Self-Care in Headache project so that the participating hospitals... - Industrial Disputes
727. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the industrial action of medical scientists (details supplied); his views on same; the steps he will take to resolve the... - Departmental Staff
728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that are not employed directly but are employed by a... - Vaccination Programme
729. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the accessibility of the Covid-19 booster programme, especially in relation to appointments made through off-line methods. [27804/22] - Mental Health Services
730. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that... - Nursing Homes
731. To ask the Minister for Health if unannounced HIQA inspections of nursing homes will be made in the evenings given the concern of families that bed-bound patients have no food or drink from... - Assisted Human Reproduction
733. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be published dealing with international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27879/22] - Dental Services
734. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 24 May 2022, if he will provide a list of dentists in County Kerry who are providing services for medical card... - Hospital Appointments Status
736. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment with a consultant in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin regarding their carpal... - Hospital Procedures
737. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an operation in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27900/22] - Medicinal Products
739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of a drug (details supplied) used to treat epilepsy; the reason that pharmacies cannot guarantee more than one... - Mental Health Services
740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by role in each of the Cork CAMHS teams respectively, in tabular form. [27905/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
744. To ask the Minister for Health when a full list of eligibility criteria for the pandemic special recognition payment will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Flexible Work Practices
746. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a proposed hub in Fermoy, County Cork (details supplied). [27926/22] - Departmental Data
747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 3 to 5 years of age that were diagnosed with autism from 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Capital Expenditure Programme
750. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 11 of the Stability Programme Update 2022 that is designated for infrastructure to support community... - Mental Health Services
751. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 20 additional dedicated children’s beds for psychiatric care to cease the practice of using beds in adult psychiatric... - Health Services Staff
753. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 751 of 1 March and 430 of 31 March 2022, the consideration that his Department has given to the Health Service Executive... - Care Services
754. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, that the HSE has to expand the level of respite care provided within the rehabilitation unit of St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare;... - Family Support Services
755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a decision was taken to engage in competitive tendering for family support network funding announced in Budget 2021; if this is a result of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
756. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures and next steps for the winding-down of the Punchestown Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction testing centre, including details of the re-allocation... - Vaccination Programme
757. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects second Covid-19 booster doses to be administered to the wider age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/22] - Departmental Programmes
758. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the HSE withdrawing funding from the EOLAS programmes for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27987/22] - Medicinal Products
760. To ask the Minister for Health when vertex will be made available here (details supplied); if persons with cystic fibrosis will be able to access it and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
761. To ask the Minister for Health if cataract surgery in the case of a person (details supplied) is financially covered under their full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
762. To ask the Minister for Health if extended respite care will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27994/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are currently waiting to be allocated a wheelchair; the number of wheelchairs that are allocated each month; and if he will make a... - Health Services
765. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28021/22] - Health Services Staff
766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community physiotherapists in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28023/22] - Dental Services
767. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 1 March and 641 of 17 May 2022, if he will clearly provide the details of the specific locations in County Wexford... - Burial Grounds
768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the State did not acquire the Bessboro lands when they were in the control of NAMA given the likelihood of burials on the site. [28026/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
769. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cataract surgery at Nenagh Hospital for 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28032/22] - Medicinal Products
770. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that his Department has in relation to the provision of ivacaftor/kalydeco to children under 12 years of age in view of the European Medicine... - Hospital Appointments Status
771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure an early surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [28058/22] - Health Services
772. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full capital and current costs to achieve a 24/7 crisis intervention service. [28071/22] - Departmental Communications
773. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken to his United States counterpart since his appointment. [28072/22] - Health Services Staff
774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by job title in each of the chronic disease Community specialist teams; the number of whole-time equivalent staff... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
780. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE will not approve surgical interventions for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome under the European Union Cross-Border Directive or the treatment... - Disability Services
781. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available for wheelchair users who are in employment and whose wheelchair requires replacement or repair. [28100/22] - Hospital Overcrowding
782. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the expert team that is examining overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and the details of the persons who are on the expert... - Child and Family Agency
783. To ask the Minister for Health if TUSLA social workers are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment as is the case in respect of HSE social workers in recognition of their frontline work... - Medicinal Products
784. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 17 May 2022, when a review of the current eligibility framework of the long-term illness scheme, which includes... - Health Services Staff
786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists who are currently employed by the HSE in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28126/22] - Dental Services
792. To ask the Minister for Health when the issue of medical card holders being unable to access dental appointments will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28139/22] - General Practitioner Services
794. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to provide locum cover for rural based general practitioners, specifically within the HSE South CHO4 catchment, to cover for... - Health Services
795. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28159/22] - Disability Services
797. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time residential care place will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/22]
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