Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
- Magdalen Laundries
616. To ask the Minister for Health when Magdalene survivors can receive their Health (Amendment) Act 1996 cards as promised in the redress package; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Properties
617. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department has in place to have a bike station installed on the grounds of Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Transport
618. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22] - Health Services
619. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) is likely to be offered an urgent tonsillectomy having had eight infections in five months; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Aids and Appliances
620. To ask the Minister for Health if Coaguchek meters and self-test strips will be provided free of charge for warfarin patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49469/22] - Hospital Admissions
621. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission to Limerick University Hospital. [49471/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
622. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49472/22] - Dental Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are being put in place for children who require urgent orthodontic care as a result of a specific issue (details supplied) where the HSE have... - Mental Health Services
624. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations with regard to children and young people who are discharged from CAHMS where these patients are referred to a HSE... - Health Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided for trainee educational and child psychologists; if a working group to examine the funding of educational and child... - Care Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details provided); if he will request additional care to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - A Vision for Change
627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide updated figures on the number of whole-time equivalent psychologist positions filled in CAMHS given that only 92.3 of the 190 positions... - Health Services
628. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that his Department and HSE are putting in place to ensure that sufficient educational and child psychologists are being trained and retained to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
629. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who worked in the frontline as an unpaid trainee in the child psychology and disability services during Covid and who has... - Primary Care Centres
631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a project (details supplied); if the construction work has recommenced; the estimated timeframe for when the... - Mental Health Services
632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on plans to fund counselling psychology training; when the funding will be made available; the areas that the funding will cover;... - Departmental Schemes
633. To ask the Minister for Health if fees paid by families under the fair deal scheme will be reviewed given the high costs for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49535/22] - Mental Health Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that are in the mental health unit at Roscommon County Hospital; if there is a waiting list; the extent of same; the average time spent by a... - Medical Cards
636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the withdrawal of a medical card of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49538/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
637. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been wanting for a hospital appointment since October 2019; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Homes
638. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed changes to the fair deal arrangements regarding the treatment of rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49568/22] - Medicinal Products
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49572/22] - Health Strategies
640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove any roadblocks to the setting-up of the independent radiation therapist review; if he will commit to implementing the recommendations, if... - Mental Health Services
641. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to providing persons above the age of 16 years suffering with long-term mental illness, to be included in the HSEs... - Covid-19 Pandemic
642. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic bonus payment for frontline workers will be rolled out to all eligible workers in the State, including those in private nursing homes; and if... - Budget 2023
643. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the National Cancer Strategy in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49585/22] - Health Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health the no-show rates at chemotherapy appointments at each of the designated cancer centres in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form. [49586/22] - Health Services Staff
645. To ask the Minister for Health the barriers to training and provision of doctors, general practitioners and consultants in Ireland; the number of students who are studying each discipline of... - Medicinal Products
647. To ask the Minister for Health pursuant to Budget 2023, the timeline for when cariban will be made available on the drugs payment scheme and through the medical card; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of when non-HSE workers entitled to the Covid bonus payment will receive this payment. [49637/22] - Vaccination Programme
649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the way young women who did not receive the HPV vaccine in schools can access the vaccine. [49638/22] - Mental Health Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health beds within County Tipperary; his further plans to ensure that persons in need of secure psychiatric beds are not... - Disability Services
651. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current 12 month wait times for each children's disability network team in CHO9 that is, the number of children that are waiting for one,... - Hospital Appointments Status
652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delay in a family (details supplied) receiving an appointment for a replacement paediatric neurology consultant; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Staff
653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for the post of paediatric neurology consultant at University Hospital Limerick; the length of time that these positions have been... - Primary Care Centres
656. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently being provided in each primary care centre in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/22] - Health Services Staff
657. To ask the Minister for Health the annual salary of a trainee clinical psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49665/22] - Health Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health if his proposed exclusion zones of 100 metres surrounding abortion-providing buildings would have the impact of banning a pro-life march, such as an annual... - Health Services Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered funding trainee HSE child psychologists as is done for clinical psychologists and those on counselling doctorate courses; and if he will... - Health Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to increase medical card thresholds in line with the recently announced increase in social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
666. To ask the Minister for Health the status of nursing registration for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49735/22] - Medical Cards
667. To ask the Minister for Health when an emergency medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who suffers from a life-threatening illness; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
668. To ask the Minister for Health when agency staff that are still waiting on their Covid bonus payment will receive same (details supplied). [49739/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
669. To ask the Minister for Health the average length spent on the waiting list for PrEP after a referral has been sent to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes
670. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for when rental income from renting out the family home will be deemed exempt under the fair deal scheme, given the significant number of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
671. To ask the Minister for Health when the special pandemic recognition award will be paid to the eligible private sector and section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remedy the lack of services provided to a child (details supplied) after being privately diagnosed with ASD; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Reviews
673. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent radiation therapist review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49817/22] - Health Services Staff
674. To ask the Minister for Health when the review process in relation to the role of radiation therapists will be concluded; if his attention has been drawn to there being no review of the... - Mental Health Services
675. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding that is available within his Department for charitable organisations that provide support for persons suffering from... - Hospital Appointments Status
677. 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. [49831/22] - Departmental Funding
678. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding the PhD in educational psychology to emulate the subsidised training for clinical psychologists during which trainees and related... - Hospital Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking in order to ensure that there is consistency across all level 4 hospitals in relation to the provision of insulin pump... - Disease Management
680. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49836/22] - Hospital Staff
681. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of a diabetes podiatrist in University Hospital Waterford, given the estimated three-year waiting list to see a... - Hospital Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider building a public elective hospital in the mid-west given recent comments by the Taoiseach on the issue in Dáil Éireann on 4... - Infectious Diseases
683. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that would be given by his Department and the HSE to screening for vancomycin resistant enterococci in respect of all hospital patients on... - Health Services
684. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 21 September 2022, if the families of residents whose files were sent to a legal firm (details supplied) were... - Health Services Staff
685. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure vacancies are filled at and additional resources are provided to the Health Service Executive Human Resources National... - Departmental Staff
686. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to create a chief health and social care professionals officer in his Department; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Correspondence
687. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49850/22] - Health Services Staff
689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community... - Dental Services
690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2022 to date, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if... - Health Services
691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each primary care service for July, August and September 2022 in tabular form; the breakdown... - Disability Services
692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists by CHO; and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [49855/22] - Mental Health Services
693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting list by CHO and by length of wait, in tabular form. [49856/22] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been removed from National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting lists as a result of validation for the months of January to... - Departmental Data
695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations by appointment type, in the months of July, August, and September 2022 by hospital group and hospital in tabular... - Hospital Waiting Lists
701. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for an orthopaedic or urology procedure at the end of August and at the end of September 2022; the number... - Departmental Data
702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer related appointment by appointment type cancelled in July, August and September 2022, for each hospital in tabular form; if he will... - Hospital Admissions
704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of July, August and September 2022, by hospital in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people under 18 years and the number of persons over 65 years on national T-recorded hospital waiting lists, by inpatient and outpatient lists... - Covid-19 Pandemic
706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of care workers employed by the voluntary and private sector who have yet to receive the €1,000 bonus payment for frontline workers during... - Home Help Service
707. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria in the next phase of the upcoming HSE tender for homecare in order to ensure the best offers of quality care services from homecare providers; if... - Legislative Programme
709. To ask the Minister for Health when the Human Tissue (Transplantation Post-mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; and if he will... - Hospital Services
710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending University Limerick Hospital Group adult diabetes service and using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
714. To ask the Minister for Health the process employed by UL Hospitals Group in moving persons from the waiting list to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic list; the way in which the waiting... - Hospital Staff
715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent posts in consultant endocrinologists, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and dietitians... - Health Services
717. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the adult diabetes clinic is run; and the number of speciality diabetes clinics that are run, including a young adult clinic, type 1... - Hospital Waiting Lists
719. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for each of the children's disability network teams in CHO8. [49986/22] - Hospital Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of scans and x-rays awaiting reading by a radiologist at the Ireland East Hospital Group by hospital. [49987/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
721. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish in full the report that he received from a person (details supplied) into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic; the date that he received... - Health Services
722. To ask the Minister for Health when guidelines (details supplied) were rolled out by the HSE; if any service provider has adapted them and set up family forums since in their community; and... - Departmental Reviews
723. To ask the Minister for Health the status of setting up an independent review within a profession (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50039/22] - Health Services
725. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that home help hours for a person (details supplied) were reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50041/22] - Departmental Reviews
726. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Independent Review of Radiation Therapy as agreed at the Workplace Relations Commission between an organisation (details supplied), the HSE... - Budget 2023
727. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the health budget for 2023 that has been designated towards health promotion and prevention measures for conditions such as obesity, cancer... - Medicinal Products
The Department is not in a position to confirm the 2023 allocation towards such measures until the Revised Estimates are available, similarly allocations toward such measures within the HSE... - Capital Expenditure Programme
728. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the business case in respect of the proposed new national maternity hospital; if the external assurance process for major capital projects... - Disability Services
729. To ask the Minister for Health the name, address, service provider and area served for each of the children's disability network teams in CH09. [50062/22] - Dental Services
730. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 919 of 19 October 2021, the updated number of adult medical card holders presently eligible for dental services under the... - Health Services Staff
731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time faecal immunochemical test teams in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50074/22] - Disabilities Assessments
732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 18 years with an intellectual or sensory disability currently referred and waiting to be seen by HSE disabilities and special... - Ambulance Service
733. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered replacing the ambulance on Arranmore island for a newer model in order that the ambulance can spend more time on the island... - Health Services Staff
734. To ask the Minister for Health when Arranmore island will be assigned a full-time public health nurse to replace the island’s full-time public health nurse who retired in 2021; and if... - Health Services
735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting on the receipt of an occupational therapy report from Ballynanty Health Centre... - Mental Health Services
736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of female patients in Dóchas suffering with mental health conditions awaiting a specialist bed; the length of time that each has been waiting;... - Medicinal Products
737. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government will support the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021; if he will support this Bill through the remaining... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
738. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department and the State will publicly acknowledge the wrongdoing that occurred to pregnant women who were prescribed thalidomide in the 1950s and... - Departmental Communications
739. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50161/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
740. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements which need to be met in order that the University of Limerick Hospitals Group can offer insulin pump therapy as a treatment option for adults... - Health Services Staff
741. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding a new procurement process and funding stream for private companies to tender to help with recruitment of much needed nurses and... - Care Services
742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in north and east Cork by institution and setting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50182/22] - Medical Research and Training
743. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays encountered by Ireland-based medical technology companies in obtaining certification under the EU medical device... - Ambulance Service
744. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for the months of July, August, and September 2022 nationally... - Health Services
745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of services in an area (details supplied); if alterative arrangements are being made to provide the services in that locality; and... - Disability Services
746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on a CDNT appointment in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50223/22] - Health Services
747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on a primary care speech and language therapy appointment in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on a CAMHS appointment in CHO DNCC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50226/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
750. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a patient referred for oncology care in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50227/22] - Health Services
753. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a patient has to wait for a procedure before being included in the NTPF scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50230/22] - Departmental Reviews
756. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to an interdepartmental working group involving the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration... - Hospital Appointments Status
757. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an outpatient appointment at the orthopaedic clinic in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital given the discomfort that they... - Departmental Data
758. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for a chest x-ray in Nenagh General Hospital, from the point of referral until the x-ray is carried out; the reason that the time... - Health Services
759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider offering adult medical card holders the option to be assessed and treated by community audiologists who already provide care to working age... - Departmental Reviews
760. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will establish an independent review to examine issues of recruitment and retention of radiation therapists in Ireland; and if he will make a... - Departmental Functions
761. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that educational and child psychology doctoral students, were not included in the €700,000 investment in psychology training announced as... - Hospital Staff
762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put adequate staffing and contingency plans in place to ensure that there is no recurrence of the closure of the Ennis injury unit (details... - Ambulance Service
763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time National Ambulance Service staff based in County Wexford in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if... - Hospital Staff
764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time theatre nurses working in Wexford General Hospital in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if the... - Home Care Packages
765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports in County Wexford who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours; and if he will make a statement... - Psychological Assessments
766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on waiting times for assessments of children with autism in Dún Laoghaire; the number of children waiting for such an... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
767. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendations for future planning and pathways of care for thalidomide survivor’s health care needs; the engagements that he has had... - Medicinal Products
768. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2069 of 8 September 2022, if he will undertake to review the guidelines for the sale of codeine products to protect... - Departmental Properties
769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and... - Disability Services
770. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the 12 newly established CDNTs for the Dublin north city and county service serve the areas of Drumcondra, Phibsboro, South Glasnevin, Smithfield and... - Departmental Policies
773. To ask the Minister for Health if any national guidelines and circulars or other written instructions related to best practice exist in relation to the way that individual CDNTs should...
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