Written answers
Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Hospital Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health if patients in County Kerry with neurofibromatosis, nf1, who are currently receiving chemotherapy for inoperable benign bilateral optic pathway glioma will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that information in relation to endoscopy waiting times (details supplied) for patients at University Hospital Kerry has not been provided to this... - Departmental Transport
443. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the car and driver expenses in his Department that were claimed by junior and senior Ministers in 2021, in tabular form. [31392/22] - Health Services
444. To ask the Minister for Health when the previously established clinic in Naas for the Coombe Hospital will be re-established post-Covid-19 with a view to providing easy access to prenatal... - Health Service Executive
445. To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated to the cancer genetics department in St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31372/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are awaiting an appointment with the cancer genetics clinic in St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
449. To ask the Minister for Health if there are outstanding clinical or administrative posts unfilled in the cancer genetics department in St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting on prophylactic mastectomies following a positive breast cancer gene diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
452. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to provide a multidisciplinary approach and central referral mechanism for positive breast cancer gene patients to access surgeons for... - Hospital Facilities
458. To ask the Minister for Health the medical settings to which positive breast cancer gene patients of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, are referred for surgical... - Hospital Services
459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who tested positive for breast cancer gene one and two in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31386/22] - Health Services
460. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to allow persons who are on a waiting list for urgent cataract operations to avail of the same refund if they go to a private... - Covid-19 Pandemic
461. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which all extra and promised Covid-19 related payments to front-line staff have been paid to those to whom it was promised; and if he will make a... - Health Services
462. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is intent on providing funding for day expenditure for the running of a facility (details supplied). [31400/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31418/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
464. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date to have an operation in Tallaght Hospital. [31450/22] - Hospital Facilities
466. To ask the Minister for Health when the modular endoscopy unit in University Hospital Waterford was installed; the cost of installation; if the unit is owned outright; the ongoing incidental... - Hospital Staff
467. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing composition for the modular endoscopy unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tobacco Control Measures
468. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31462/22] - Care of the Elderly
469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the Department of Justice in order to address the shortage of carers who are available for elderly people in the State by allowing... - Disability Services
470. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which disability services for children are readily available throughout north County Kildare; the areas of deficiency in this regard that have... - Health Services
471. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department is engaged in the build-up of neurological services throughout the health system as highlighted by an organisation (details... - Health Service Executive
474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31479/22] - Birth Certificates
475. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update for the birth certificate application of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31485/22] - Medicinal Products
476. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by the Government to address the ongoing situation in which 35 children with a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis cannot access to the drug... - Covid-19 Pandemic
479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eligible healthcare workers that have already received the Covid recognition payment within County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ years on acute hospital waiting lists as of May 2022, by hospital and speciality in tabular form; and the number... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
484. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum waiting time across National Treatment Purchase Fund reported waiting lists for May 2022, by speciality and hospital in tabular... - Health Service Executive
485. To ask the Minister for Health when a payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [31519/22] - Health Services Staff
486. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee approved consultant posts as per Doctors Integrated. Management E-System by location, speciality, the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
487. To ask the Minister for Health if laundry workers at University Hospital Kerry will receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31531/22] - Hospital Overcrowding
488. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for male and female patients to be sharing six-bed wards at University Hospital Kerry; if this is considered best... - Disability Services
489. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals that have been forthcoming from relevant health service providers in relation to the repurposing of a campus (details supplied) for housing... - Departmental Funding
490. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding that he is providing to an organisation (details supplied) per annum; if he intends to improve the situation in view of the work being... - Health Services
491. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation whereby children with cancer from County Kerry must regularly travel very long distances to Cork and Dublin for less... - Medical Cards
493. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card, long-term illness provision can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31628/22] - Primary Medical Certificates
494. To ask the Minister for Health when reconsideration can be given to the provision of a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Facilities
495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence plans for an urgently needed 50-bed ward block extension at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe to meet the growing needs of the hospital and... - Hospital Acquired Infections
496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims that have been lodged in respect of hospital acquired infections from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by hospital and by infection... - Health Services Staff
508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working with the national healthcare associated infection and anti-microbial resistance team since its establishment in 2017 to date broken... - Hospital Acquired Infections
509. To ask the Minister for Health if a patient has a right to request an MRSA swab upon admission to hospital or prior to a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Reviews
513. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reviews of healthcare-associated infection incidents published since 2016, broken down by month and review type; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Acquired Infections
514. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted a hospital acquired infection as a result of being in a hospital ward from 2019 to date, broken down by month, by... - Hospital Facilities
516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds that were funded and open in each month from 2019 to date, broken down by bed type as in acute, sub-acute, intensive care unit bed,... - Hospital Acquired Infections
517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted a hospital acquired infection as a result of being in an intensive care unit bed from 2019 to date broken down by month,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital acquired infections that have been recorded from 2019 to date; the number of patients infected and transferred from a bed in a ward to a... - Departmental Data
521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on a CHO or community care waiting list in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month; the number waiting longer... - Hospital Waiting Lists
523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting in emergency departments in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month, by the number of patients... - Departmental Data
524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations for January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he will... - Health Services
526. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which the two super-regional specialist centres for complex endometriosis care will be located; the areas in which the six hospital-based teams... - Departmental Data
527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnostic test cancellations in January, February, March, April and May 2022, broken down by month and by hospital in tabular form; and if he... - Emergency Departments
528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented to an emergency department and were either not seen or who were referred elsewhere for care in January, February, March,... - Hospital Services
530. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that provide local injury units, urgent care centres or rapid injury clinics broken down by the catchment area each unit serves; the number of... - Emergency Departments
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of warnings issued by hospitals advising patients with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from other parts of the health service and to not... - Hospital Services
532. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a full and Independent clinical review of operations at University Hospital Limerick; if such a review will evaluate the pressures on... - Hospital Acquired Infections
533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital acquired infections recorded in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by hospital, hospital group and infection type for... - Primary Care Centres
538. To ask the Minister for Health when the decision was made to close the Castlemartyr health centre and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31708/22] - Departmental Investigations
539. To ask the Minister for Health the review team that was appointed for the Kerry CAMHS investigation; the exact process of appointment undertaken for the entire team; when the appointment... - Medicinal Products
541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take measures to ensure the availability of cariban medication for pregnant persons given that the medicine is not subsidised and the price places... - Health Services Staff
542. To ask the Minister for Health when a full complement of staff will be recruited for a children’s disability team including physiotherapists and speech therapists; the reason that... - Covid-19 Pandemic
544. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was paid to a professional body (details supplied) from 29 December 2020 which was the commencement of the Covid vaccination programme to 30... - Health Services
545. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on the practice by the HSE in relation to the hiring of couriers and taxis to transport abortion pills to a woman through... - Departmental Policies
550. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place...
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