Written answers
Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Hospital Services
397. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to restart the children’s ophthalmic clinic in Portlaoise Hospital as at present parents have to arrange transport to get their... - Health Services Staff
398. To ask the Minister for Health when the frontline health workers with Locum Link will receive the one-off Covid bonus payment. [33266/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
399. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for COPD assessments at the hospitals within the Saolta Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33267/22] - Health Services
400. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised (details supplied) in relation to children undergoing chemotherapy in County Kerry will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to a community-based counselling and psychotherapy service (details supplied) in Galway city, that provides counselling services... - Pension Provisions
402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pension given that they retired November 2022 and have been waiting for their pension papers to be... - Nursing Homes
403. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure that should be followed and the potential repercussions regarding the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
404. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1814 of 14 June 2022, the breakdown of validation figures by month and by category; the processes used in and process of... - Disability Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with autism and special needs who have been referred to an organisation (details supplied) for an assessment for the years 2021 and to... - Pharmacy Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community pharmacists employed in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33339/22] - Home Help Service
411. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the inclusion of home-help workers on the critical skills occupations list; if he has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and... - Disability Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the inclusion of speech and language and occupational therapists, child psychologist and physiotherapist positions on the critical skills... - Pharmacy Services
413. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change prescribing rules to better empower community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33344/22] - Healthcare Policy
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will develop a scheme to enable women access contraception directly from their community pharmacist without prescription and without charge, regardless... - Pharmacy Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the role of pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/22] - Emergency Departments
418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will halt plans to close the emergency department at Navan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33349/22] - Medicinal Products
420. To ask the Minister for Health if the epilepsy drug nifedipine will be added to the medical card scheme. [33351/22] - Health Services
421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding spinal muscular atrophy to the new-born heel prick test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33363/22] - Disability Services
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a business proposal submitted by a club (details supplied). [33375/22] - Health Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to an additional palliative care bed for a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their medical appliance; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33379/22] - Public Inquiries
425. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1568 of 14 June 2022, if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss an inquiry given that at the last... - Nursing Homes
426. To ask the Minister for Health the details of waiting lists for a public nursing home bed in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33398/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that meters manufactured by an organisation (details supplied) and self-test strips will be made available free of charge to persons... - General Practitioner Services
428. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners are being permitted to charge medical card holders for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33402/22] - Nursing Homes
430. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to address the impact of the extraordinary inflationary costs upon private and voluntary nursing homes; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
431. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether persons in the mid-west who need neurology services should have to wait for a number of years for this service to be developed and the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
432. 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. [33417/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
433. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the €1,000 HSE pandemic bonus payment. [33419/22] - Disabilities Assessments
434. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs appointment will be given to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33423/22] - Medicinal Products
435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding asthma to the long-term illness scheme to allow sufferers access to their inhalers which can cost up to €110 per month and... - Vaccination Programme
436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that young people who do not receive a vaccine (details supplied) when offered are being prevented from getting it due to the enormous cost; his... - Alcohol Pricing
437. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to introduce regulations under section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; if the regulations in relation to labels will require... - Covid-19 Pandemic
438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is a provision in Budget 2023 to fund multidisciplinary clinics in all counties to provide treatment and care for persons... - Health Strategies
439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to reform trans healthcare in Ireland. [33454/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
441. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33467/22] - Medicinal Products
442. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding luxturna; and if he will consider making provision for reimbursement in respect of the drug. [33468/22] - General Practitioner Services
443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that his Department and the HSE give urgent consideration to the concerns outlined by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the... - Health Services Staff
444. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the payment of long-term sick payments to frontline healthcare workers who suffer from long-Covid; the plans that are in place... - Mental Health Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health the dates that the HSE Estates Department carried out its condition survey of the Owenacurra centre, Midleton leading to its recommendation that the centre be... - Disability Services
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to statements from the Clinical Lead for the National Clinical Programme for People with Disabilities at the Oireachtas Disability Matters... - Hospital Waiting Lists
449. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full breakdown including the type of procedure of all persons currently on a HSE waiting list in County Tipperary, including those waiting up to 3... - Suicide Prevention
450. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1728 of 19 January 2022 if he will provide an update on vacant suicide resource officer posts in counties Louth and...
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