Written answers
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
- Disability Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with a disability who are currently supported by State-funded care packages to live in housing provided by private or for-profit... - Health Services Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the HSE to recruitment companies in each month in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the specific areas for which these... - Medical Cards
230. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding eligibility for a medical card. [47352/22] - Health Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47357/22] - Defibrillators Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if funding is available for a group to obtain and install a defibrillator; and if he... - General Practitioner Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from Monaghan County Council regarding general practitioner shortages in south County Monaghan; if he will investigate these... - Covid-19 Pandemic
235. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 20 September 2022, if he will provide details of the review commissioned by the HSE of the evidence regarding... - Healthcare Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he has considered the recommendations made in the report; and... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement his Department or the HSE has had with Mayo County Council regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied) from the HSE to Mayo County... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
238. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the administration of the front-line pandemic payment for private nursing home staff who either no longer work in that nursing... - Mental Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health the correspondence and instructions the HSE received from the Mental Health Commission regarding the centre for mental health care and recovery in Bantry... - Pharmacy Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health the date the European Union pharmaceutical cross-departmental group last met; the date it will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47402/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
243. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate treatment will be made available in the appropriate hospital location in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been treated in... - Medicinal Products
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement application for a treatment (details supplied); and when he expects this treatment will be made available to... - General Practitioner Services
245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a replacement general practitioner for Ballymore Health Centre, County Westmeath. [47428/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
246. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making continuous glucose monitors available on the long-term illness scheme for all those living with type 1 diabetes; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of placements provided for training across all healthcare disciplines in each of the past three years, by discipline, in tabular form; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
248. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the payment of the Covid-19 recognition payment to eligible workers in non-HSE and non-section 38 organisations; if he will guarantee payments... - Medicinal Products
249. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the approval of evusheld for the treatment of Covid-19 by the European Union; if he intends to fast-track approval of this... - Assisted Human Reproduction
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that when the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 is implemented, all assisted human reproduction treatments currently available... - Health Strategies
251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a commission for a new national cardiovascular health strategy that specifically includes heart valve disease; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit and train more cardiac physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
254. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for the critical diagnostic test for heart valve disease and most other cardiac conditions, known as an echocardiogram, to... - General Practitioner Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase direct access to echocardiography for general practitioners through community-based ambulatory care hubs, given 80% of private hospitals... - Disability Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing dedicated community neurorehabilitation teams for each CHO, as outlined in the National Strategy & Policy for the... - Health Services Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional nurse specialists across adult neurology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47466/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
259. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system was not provided to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with type 1 diabetes; the... - Substance Misuse
260. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the overall allocation to the drugs initiative budget in his Department has risen every year since 2017,... - Health Strategies
263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cardiac services review; when he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47493/22] - Hospital Facilities
264. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date for the second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford; the number of staff who have been recruited to date; the... - Health Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for paediatric speech and language therapy in Roscommon, east Galway and Galway as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes
266. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of calls for a public enquiry into nursing home deaths... - Pharmacy Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47514/22] - Mental Health Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Annual Report for the years 2013 to 2014 up to and including 2020 to 2021; and if he will make a statement... - Disabilities Assessments
270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for an assessment of need in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47536/22] - Disability Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical positions that are available throughout the children's disability network team in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disabilities Assessments
272. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has contacted all children who had a preliminary team assessment and were offered an assessment of need in the way the Disability Act 2005 outlines;... - Primary Care Centres
274. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all services currently provided in a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47555/22] - Mental Health Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the mental health sector in the HSE and in any other voluntary hospital group or organisation, by category of occupation, from... - Hospital Staff
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request all HSE hospitals and organisations to conduct exit interviews for staff members who have submitted notice of their intention to leave the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a decision will be made in 2023 to build a public elective hospital in the mid-west. [47614/22]
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