Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
426. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic bonus payment has been paid to firefighters and paramedics to date; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
427. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be recognising the recommendation of the European Commission and the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work to recognise... - Primary Care Centres
428. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the building of primary healthcare centre in Drimnagh, Dublin; the timeframe for the commencement of building work; the... - Health Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be granted for a person (details supplied) in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46587/22] - Dental Services
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fourth-class children who will receive dental screening services under the Health (Amendment) Act 1994 during the current academic year by CHO... - Medicinal Products
432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 2021 application by the HSE to have products (details supplied) included for reimbursement on the long-term illness scheme. [46605/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were approved for roche accu-chek insulin pumps through the HSE's aids and appliances community funds in each of the years 2016 to... - Hospital Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements that are needed to be put in place in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group to offer insulin pump therapy as a treatment option for... - Medicinal Products
437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the process to include the cancer medicine, verzenios for reimbursement under the medicine access scheme for persons diagnosed with breast... - Health Services Staff
438. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board is conducting a scoping review for his Department on advanced practice physiotherapy grades and physiotherapists as referred to... - Budget 2023
439. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-Budget 2023 submission by an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to its recommendations;... - Hospital Staff
440. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 24 May 2022, the status of the current staffing levels for paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital... - Health Strategies
441. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will author a national diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46628/22] - Medicinal Products
442. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the cystic fibrosis drug kaftrio will be made available for children once they turn six years of age; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
443. To ask the Minister for Health when the early-intervention youth service for counties Sligo and Leitrim will be finalised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
444. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen under CAMHS. [46632/22] - Health Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health if water birth will be made available in Ireland; the reason that the facilitation of water births has ceased; if the necessary reviews on this issue have been... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
446. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for the pandemic bonus payment for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
447. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Substance Misuse
449. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1814 of 26 July 2022, if his officials have concluded their consultation with all members of the north inner-city drug... - Nursing Homes
450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe for when rental income from renting out the family home will be deemed exempt under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances
451. To ask the Minister for Health if he proposes to introduce a financial assistance scheme in order that persons who rely on machines to stay alive, for example for oxygen, dialysis etc., will... - Health Services
452. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be given access to occupational therapy in County Monaghan as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
453. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the many anomalies in the payment of salaries, premiums and overtime in the CHO 1 area in disability services since the adoption of a new system... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
455. To ask the Minister for Health if paramedics and firefighters in the Dublin ambulance service qualify for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46700/22] - Hospital Services
456. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the establishment of a haematology day ward in University Hospital Kerry, equipped for ten patients, to facilitate the delivery of chemotherapy... - Hospital Facilities
457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the installation of an isolator in University Hospital Kerry to facilitate load balancing between University Hospital Kerry and Cork... - Hospital Staff
458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expand the laboratory staff in University Hospital Kerry from a rota of one to five to one to ten to ensure that laboratory staff have sufficient... - Hospital Services
459. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that haematology patients are often required to travel daily for prolonged periods of time, two hours each way,... - Medicinal Products
460. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out under the drug treatment scheme of the new prescription medication, inclisiran, which is used to treat high cholesterol in persons... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
461. To ask the Minister for Health when paramedics from the Dublin Fire Brigade will receive their Covid-19 bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46712/22] - Health Services
462. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to speed-up the process of genetic testing for confirmation of TTR genotype, wild-type or hereditary, for transthyretin... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
463. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the pandemic recovery payment due to 30 workers (details supplied) in private nursing homes in County Clare.... - Medicinal Products
464. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of the provision of evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46754/22] - Health Services
465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the full implementation of the Chief Medical Officer’s report on The Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
466. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the National Treatment Purchase Fund’s €150 million allocation that has been spent with private hospitals to date in 2022, as... - Disability Services
467. To ask the Minister for Health the number of judicial review cases that have been taken against the State in relation to both delays in assessment of needs process’ as well as... - Health Service Executive
468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of each annual S13 reports received from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 since 2014; his views on instances where such reports... - Mental Health Services
469. To ask the Minister for Health if CAMHS is currently accepting new patients in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46772/22] - Dental Services
470. To ask the Minister for Health if action will be taken to ensure that orthodontic treatment is provided for a child (details supplied) with cerebral palsy who has been assessed as category... - Health Services
471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently awaiting an occupational therapy assessment in each LHO area in CHO8; the number waiting for treatment in each LHO area... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
473. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for when those in the health sector who have not yet received their pandemic bonus payment will receive same in tabular form; the sectors within... - Medical Aids and Appliances
475. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive medical equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46794/22] - Mental Health Services
476. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each of the thirty-five recommendations contained in the Maskey Report for South Kerry CAMHS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services
484. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46812/22] - Home Help Service
485. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be offered home-help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46818/22] - Health Services
486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46819/22] - Hospital Services
487. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in the acute medical assessment unit at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown per day in August 2022. [46831/22] - Ambulance Service
489. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2023 of providing five additional ambulances in each HSE region. [46833/22] - Health Services
490. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46842/22] - Disability Services
491. To ask the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) will be provided with respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46843/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
492. To ask the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) will be provided with the necessary funding for a magnetic attachment for a car seat; and if he will make a... - Health Strategies
493. To ask the Minister for Health the status of implementing the neurorehabilitation strategy in CHO6 and CHO7; when the service will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46848/22] - Home Help Service
496. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46860/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line workers who have received the pandemic bonus payment to date; when all payments are expected to issue to front-line workers eligible... - Health Services Staff
498. To ask the Minister for Health the current average processing time for a nursing licence; if his attention has been drawn to any delays in the processing of such licences; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
499. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a specialist will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46894/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
500. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the Covid-19 special recognition payments for home help workers have still to be processed; when these vital front-line workers will receive... - Medical Aids and Appliances
502. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 20 September 2022, if he will provide details of the significant work done to date in relation to the... - Mental Health Services
503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnosed and suspected neuro-diverse children under the care of the CAMHS; the number of those who are currently prescribed medication; the... - Health Services
504. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive their two-years old developmental check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46945/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) cannot obtain a device which is necessary for their health issue; when the device will be made available to them;... - Healthcare Policy
507. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken any research into the avian flu HPAI; if the flu poses a risk to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/22] - Home Care Packages
508. To ask the Minister for Health the steps and arrangements that are being put in place to recruit staff members for home care packages and home care hours to ensure that eligible persons are... - Hospital Staff
509. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE to ensure that the current staffing numbers for neurology nurse specialists in the neurology department in University Hospital... - Medicinal Products
510. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make the drug evusheld available in Ireland given that it has been approved by the European Medicines Agency and is currently in use in... - Disability Diagnoses
512. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) who was assessed by an agency over the summer and whose parents were verbally informed that they meet the criteria... - General Practitioner Services
513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently establish a high-level working group on future general practice, to help find innovative solutions, and work collectively to address... - Hospital Procedures
518. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing a standardised approach to electronic hospital discharges on a nationwide basis, to be delivered using health-mail... - General Practitioner Services
519. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be applied to general practices to enable sessional psychological and counselling services to be financed; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
520. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in the number of allied primary care professionals, including psychologists, community psychiatric nurses and mental health... - Dental Services
522. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47001/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
523. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €200 million allocated to the HSE for waiting lists has been spent to date in 2022; the amount spent in private and public hospitals;... - Medical Cards
524. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to support general practitioners and dentists to begin to accept new patients covered by medical cards; and if he will make a statement on... - Ambulance Service
525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of a new ambulance base in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47017/22] - Medical Cards
526. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which medical card patients are exempt from charges for phlebotomy services; if he finds it acceptable that medical card patients are... - Hospital Equipment
527. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to upgrade the radiology machine in a centre (details supplied); if there are plans to ensure both machines there are in full working order;... - Primary Care Centres
528. To ask the Minister for Health when Tullow, County Carlow, will get a primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47020/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payment of the pandemic bonus to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47021/22] - Health Services
530. To ask the Minister for Health when a list of doctors providing free contraception will be made available by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47022/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received the pandemic bonus payment; and the number of applications received for same. [47023/22] - Medicinal Products
532. To ask the Minister for Health if a payment for approved application under the discretionary hardship arrangement in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated, which seems... - Disability Services
533. To ask the Minister for Health when the day care services will resume to five days per week at a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is a delay in issuing Covid recognition payments; when the Covid recognition payment will be made to agency healthcare assistants; and if... - Nursing Homes
536. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated to an applicant (details supplied) to the nursing home support scheme in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
537. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are under way to ensure that adequate support is provided to home dialysis patients in the context of the current crisis to ensure that they... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of care workers in both the voluntary and private care sectors yet to receive the pandemic bonus payment for front-line workers; when such... - Medicinal Products
539. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider adding desmopressin nasal spray to the general medical services scheme given that the tablet version of the same medication is... - Emergency Departments
540. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to close the accident and emergency department in Navan Hospital. [47114/22] - Dental Services
541. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to reduce the waiting list of 900-plus grade 5 patients who are awaiting orthodontic treatment in CHO9; and if he will make a... - Budget 2023
542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give detailed consideration to the pre-budget 2023 submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the south east regional drug and alcohol task force has not had a full-time co-ordinator for almost three years; if all parties are acting with... - Vaccination Programme
545. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the increase in respiratory syncytial virus cases in 2022; when RSV season will officially be opened; the date that vaccines will be rolled out;... - Medicinal Products
546. To ask the Minister for Health the total medicines budget over the period 2019 to date in 2022, by year; if he will provide details of the specific amount of expenditure which was allocated... - Healthcare Policy
548. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing trend of disposable e-cigarette use among teenagers; the measures that his Department and the HSE will implement... - Departmental Data
549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions and-or fines made against manufacturers or importers of e-cigarette products for breaches of restrictions within SI 271/2016 in the... - Mental Health Services
550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list to access CAMHS in counties Galway and Roscommon, respectively; the number of children directly engaged with each... - Hospital Services
551. To ask the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) will open; the staffing and bed complement at this refurbished facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
552. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to construction contractors by the HSE in respect of large infrastructure projects at Tallaght University Hospital in the past four years to... - Health Services Staff
553. To ask the Minister for Health the staff turnover of audiologists within children's disability services in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [47162/22] - Departmental Correspondence
555. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received an invitation to meet with the families who lost loved ones in a nursing home (details supplied) during the third wave of the pandemic at... - Home Help Service
556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider abolishing the consumer-directed home support grant, given that the criteria to fulfil the grant are too onerous for elderly and vulnerable... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
557. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1766 of 26 July 2022, the timeframe for paramedics employed by Dublin Fire Brigade to receive their pandemic special... - Health Services Staff
558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the appointment of a chief pharmaceutical officer; and if he will expedite the recognition of non-European Union pharmacy qualifications,... - Health Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on waiting lists for a genetic test for BRCA1; the number of persons who are waiting; the average waiting times per hospital in... - Health Services Staff
561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of genetic counsellors who are employed by the HSE; the plans, if any, to recruit more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47211/22] - Health and Safety
562. To ask the Minister for Health when a health and safety inspection was carried out on a premises (details supplied); and if he will request the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to visit the... - Hospital Staff
563. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant dermatologists based in each hospital that is part of the RCSI group as of 12 September 2022; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
564. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children awaiting appointments for HSE paediatric ENT services by hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he... - Health Services
565. To ask the Minister for Health the podiatry waiting list by location and waiting times by month in counties Cavan and Monaghan in August 2022; the number of HSE podiatry clinics by location;... - Nursing Homes
566. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [47253/22] - Medicinal Products
568. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47301/22] - Third Level Admissions
570. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for additional third level pharmacy student places; the proactive steps that he has taken to ensure that additional places are made... - Health Services Staff
572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on further information for agency roles working in the HSE; and their eligibility for the pandemic bonus payment. [47332/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
573. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be receiving the pandemic special recognition payment; and if a timeframe for same will be provided. [47334/22] - Mental Health Services
574. To ask the Minister for Health if an assurance will be given that no patient has attempted suicide or has succeeded in ending their life by suicide in the centre for mental health care and... - Mortality Rates
576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of natal and maternal deaths in each maternity hospital and unit annually since 1 January 2015. [47340/22] - Health Services
577. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that he has taken since taking office to facilitate women and pregnant people seeking home births. [47341/22]
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