Written answers
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
- Departmental Meetings
454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that all local TDs in County Tipperary were not invited to the meeting he convened with relevant local stakeholders and some local public... - Health Services Staff
456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the current position in relation to supports available to public health service employees who cannot return to work due to the ongoing... - Hospital Appointments Status
457. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44361/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
458. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which all of the eligible Section 39 workers (details supplied) will receive the Covid recognition payment. [44369/22] - Health Services Staff
459. To ask the Minister for Health if further details will be published regarding the announcement of 136 new therapist appointments; if those details will be communicated to families; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
460. To ask the Minister for Health when all health workers, including agency workers who are entitled to the €1,000 recognition payment for their work during the Covid pandemic will be... - Hospital Appointments Status
461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44388/22] - Health Strategies
462. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030 in line with a report (details supplied);; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
463. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all Irish hospitals that currently provide a childcare facility for staff; the hours that each childcare facility is operational in tabular... - Covid-19 Pandemic
464. To ask the Minister for Health when eligible agency staff and non-HSE health care professionals can expect to receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Assisted Human Reproduction
465. 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. [44398/22] - Medical Cards
466. To ask the Minister for Health if income received by those who avail of the rent-a-room relief allowing up to €14,000 per year to be earned tax-free if a person rents out a room in... - Disability Services
467. To ask the Minister for Health the services that a child (details supplied) is entitled to; and the community support that they can avail of.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
468. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons entitled to the pandemic bonus payment have now received it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/22] - Medicinal Products
469. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 11 May 2022, when the HSE will approve the reimbursement under the high-tech drug arrangements for kaftrio for... - Health Services Staff
470. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take regarding pay disparity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers, as in the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he... - Medicinal Products
471. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that hormone replacement therapy has been taken off the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44408/22] - General Practitioner Services
472. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that his Department has in place to alleviate the shortage of general practitioners in rural Ireland in cases in which practices are unable to find... - State Claims Agency
473. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include section 39 bodies in the national incident management system [44410/22] - Primary Care Services
475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in County Galway who have eyesight issues and who are entitled to an annual eye examination at Tuam... - Hospital Staff
476. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent radiographer sonographers for Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
478. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; when each of the capital works will be completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
479. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorders for Tallaght University... - Hospital Facilities
481. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the €2.7 million allocation in 2022 to support the development of Cork University Hospital as a major trauma hospital was spent; and if he... - Care of the Elderly
482. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on older persons services in CHO9 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/22] - Ambulance Service
483. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/22] - Dental Services
484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE employed dentists working in County Carlow as of 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff
485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time trained emergency department nurses employed at University Hospital Kerry in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he... - Health Services Staff
486. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists and orthoptists employed by the HSE in CHO6 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Staff
487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time theatre nurses working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
488. To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing infrastructure improvements works to the neo-natal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Care Services
489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time dieticians working in Coolock primary care centres in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further... - Health Services Staff
490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the management structure by grade and organisational chart for speech and language therapists working in County Louth; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service
494. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing one additional HSE air ambulance on a 24/7/365 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/22] - Hospital Services
495. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was made available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to upgrade its four operating theatres; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
496. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting two additional full-time chiropodists and two additional full-time senior chiropodists for CHO7; and if he will make a... - Pension Provisions
497. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) who are in receipt of HSE pensions can expect to have their pensions increased or arrears paid in respect of the October 2021... - Primary Care Centres
500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44469/22] - Health Services Staff
501. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on medical agency staffing in 2019, 2021 and to date in 2022. [44472/22] - Medicinal Products
502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his position and agree to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of kaftrio to a cohort of 35... - Health Services Staff
503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent approved consultant positions that are not filled on a permanent basis and are either vacant or filled on a temporary, agency or other... - Hospital Appointments Status
504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy referral list at Cork University Hospital who are waiting for treatment; the number of... - Health Services
506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer who are currently recommended to undergo regular follow-up mammograms; the number... - Medical Aids and Appliances
512. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide funding in budget 2023 to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over... - Hospital Waiting Lists
515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on initial and further waiting lists in County Tipperary by speciality in tabular form; the number of children by wait length; the... - Sexually Transmitted Infections
516. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of sexually transmitted infection testing kits in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44504/22] - Medicinal Products
519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the inclusion of the drug Praluent for reimbursement in the drug payment scheme; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will... - Health Services
520. To ask the Minister for Health if will provide an update on the day care services in north Sligo, Cliffoney and Mougherow; when those services will resume to meet the demand in the area; the... - Nursing Homes
522. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he intends to take to provide financial support to small family-run nursing homes which are being forced out of business due to the failure by... - Hospital Waiting Lists
523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting orthopaedic surgery at each of the Children’s Health Ireland hospitals in tabular form. [44525/22] - Medical Cards
525. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a review should be carried out on the ceiling on income for qualifying for a medical card considering the rising cost-of-living at... - Hospital Waiting Lists
526. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in completing 67 additional spinal fusion surgeries and 28 additional spinal procedures for children with scoliosis as well as... - Hospital Staff
527. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide assistance in a case in which student nurses have been refused the pandemic bonus payment by the hospital in which they... - Departmental Funding
528. To ask the Minister for Health if the additional current and capital funding for orthopaedic activity at Children’s Health Ireland which includes various sections (details supplied)... - Departmental Projects
529. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to open the new ophthalmology unit in Ballincollig, Cork as part of the overall development in the South and South West HSE area; if... - Departmental Reviews
531. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review and if he will provide a date for its publication [44564/22] - Budget 2023
532. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include an accessible budget announcement for disability as part of Budget 2023 in order that persons with disabilities and their supporters can... - Primary Care Centres
533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of a fully funded primary healthcare facility for Freshford and Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, given the extensive rural area... - Departmental Data
534. To ask the Minister for Health the vacant posts by position and community mental health area in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway in tabular form; the current status of recruitment for... - Mental Health Services
535. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list to see a psychologist in each community mental health area in counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway; the average waiting time to access... - Disability Diagnoses
536. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism available to an adult to secure an ADHD diagnosis; the current waiting times for access to such a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Staff
537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his... - Departmental Schemes
538. To ask the Minister for Health if a fair deal application by a person (details supplied) will be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/22] - Disability Services
539. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of additional therapy hours that would be generated with a 20% increase in whole-time equivalent therapy positions to children's... - Health Services Staff
540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists recruited per CHO in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [44608/22] - Emergency Services
543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a response to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44611/22] - Nursing Homes
545. To ask the Minister for Health the position concerning the case of two elderly persons (details supplied); if one of the homeowners can refuse to sign fair deal scheme forms resulting in the... - Medical Cards
547. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis that his Department has carried out into extending the provision of medical cards to all persons with a serious spinal cord injury; his plans to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
548. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [44653/22] - Home Care Packages
549. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive analysis has been conducted of the estimated cost of the HSE providing homecare directly to care recipients on an hourly basis; if so, if he... - Health Service Executive
550. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for urgent and non-urgent patients at the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients on... - Covid-19 Pandemic
552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have issued letters of claim and taken cases against the State regarding the deaths of persons from Covid-19 in hospitals or nursing... - Health Service Executive
553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken cases against the State and HSE and who have issued letters of claim regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests in... - Departmental Data
554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have made claims via the Cervical Check Tribunal; the number for whom claims have been settled; the number for whom claims have been... - Nursing Homes
561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 22 June 2022, the reason for the delay in the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff of... - Health Service Executive
562. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that has been made by the HSE for incoming Ukrainian refugees into Limerick to be given access to general practitioner services [44702/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
563. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44722/22] - Medical Cards
564. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount it would cost to provide medical cards to all those 80 years of age and above; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/22] - Health Service Executive
565. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter in which a Section 39 care provider who could not provide consistent and regular care to two women with... - Vaccination Programme
566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 26 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on a timeframe for the commencement of a catch-up HPV vaccination... - Departmental Expenditure
567. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in organisations (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus payment. [44764/22] - Departmental Data
568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the average waiting time for an appointment; the... - Health Service Executive
569. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that will be made for a person (details supplied) to ensure that they will receive essential therapy services given that they have been... - Mental Health Services
570. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1775 of 26 July 2022, the details of the mentioned enhancement of mental health services through the allocation of... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
571. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a procedure in a hospital may be eligible to avail of the procedure under the National Treatment Purchase Fund;... - Departmental Data
574. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time psychiatrist is assigned to St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; if so, the number of hours per week and the number of days per... - Disability Services
575. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation plan for the Disability Capacity Review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44847/22] - Tobacco Control Measures
576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the banning of flavoured-vaping products in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44856/22] - Departmental Data
577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds available in the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Emergency Services
578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the training procedures for emergency call operators; when the last review of training processes was undertaken; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
579. To ask the Minister for Health if clinical posts are vacant in the cancer genetics department of St. James’s Hospital; the length of time that these posts have been vacant; and if he... - Hospital Staff
580. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund and recruit more permanent genetic counsellor posts to the cancer genetics department in St. James’s Hospital, in line with... - Health Services
581. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on implementing recommendation 19 of the National Cancer Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44867/22] - Cancer Research
583. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons diagnosed with the genetic condition of lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer; and if he will... - Dental Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence which he received from an orthodontist (details supplied) on 5 September 2022 in relation to the children... - Hospital Appointments Status
585. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment to meet with their orthopaedic surgeon given the urgency of the case. [44885/22] - Disability Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a swimming pool (details supplied) at an organisation is not open; if his Department will grant funding for same; if his Department has... - Hospital Facilities
587. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the long-promised extension of facilities at Naas General Hospital; the extent, if any, to which the originally planned-for... - Hospital Waiting Lists
588. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that plans to meet the requirements of scoliosis patients cannot be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
590. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
591. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing a scheme of paid leave for health service employees with long-Covid in the public health sector. [44923/22] - Disability Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be reviewed; when a bus escort will be made available for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
593. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in relation to use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; if the house will be rented beyond 2022; if not, if the house will be... - Mental Health Commission
594. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE management consulted with the Mental Health Commission prior to transferring a resident of a centre (details supplied); if the resident has been... - Mental Health Services
595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of a centre (details supplied) who have been transferred to shared rooms in other facilities since June 2021; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Policy
596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the ongoing issues and needs of the diabetes community in Ireland, that is, living with one of the top-ten most-challenging health... - Covid-19 Pandemic
597. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish information for additional healthcare employees that are covered by the Government decision on the pandemic special recognition payment,... - Health Services
599. To ask the Minister for Health if children who require high index lenses in their glasses can avail of funding under the children's optical voucher scheme to cover the additional cost of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
600. To ask the Minister for Health when all of the remaining groups that are eligible for the pandemic recognition payment but have not received it to date, will be able to apply for the... - Hospital Procedures
602. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to ending the pause on the use of mesh for urinary stress incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgeries in Irish public... - Pharmacy Services
603. To ask the Minister for Health if FEMPI cuts imposed on community pharmacists will be reversed; if these pharmacies will be awarded a fee increase given the fact that their running costs... - Covid-19 Pandemic
604. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44985/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will secure an urgent appointment to meet with a consultant immunologist. [44990/22] - Disability Services
606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make full-time residential care available for a disabled person (details supplied). [44993/22] - Hospital Facilities
607. To ask the Minister for Health the number and locations of hospital beds, broken down by acute, non-acute and ICU beds that are in place in HSE-run hospitals in September 2022; the... - Disability Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health the additional staffing resources that are being provided to the Clare children's disability network team for the purpose of reducing waiting lists in County... - Health Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre, Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; when the centre will be fully... - Hospital Waiting Lists
610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip, cataract and knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary; the average waiting time... - Health Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the delivery of podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Clare; the status of the service going forward; the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
612. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for radiology reporting across all hospitals in the UL Hospitals Group for August 2021 and August 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make... - Hospital Staff
613. To ask the Minister for Health the level of radiology reporting undertaken by contracted companies within the UL Hospitals Group; if any HSE-employed consultants are undertaking radiology... - Hospital Services
614. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for post-mortem examinations at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45028/22] - Health Services
617. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to establish a working group to develop a gender identity service model of care for young persons; if so, the timeline that he is working towards... - Covid-19 Pandemic
618. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
619. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1399 of 8 September 2022, the members that were appointed to the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board; and... - Nursing Homes
620. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate steps that he will take to ensure that the departure of a large number of private nursing homes from the market due to the severe underfunding of... - Health Services
621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45091/22] - Nursing Homes
622. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to streamline the process for the recruitment of non-European Union healthcare workers for the nursing home sector; and if he will make... - Mental Health Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking in response to a finding from a State body (details supplied) to reduce the number of beds in the acute mental health unit in... - Health Services
624. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide chiropody services for public patients in CHO4. [45137/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
627. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the examination by the HSE and the Department of Health into progressing the roll-out of the pandemic recognition payment to the list... - Home Help Service
628. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for home-help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45148/22] - Departmental Schemes
629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the review of the governance structures around the HSE's drug reimbursement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45174/22]
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