Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Regulatory Bodies
671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that CORU social care worker registration status has not been given to the BA in professional social care (disability) degree from Open Training... - Medical Cards
672. To ask the Minister for Health the list of schemes that qualify under employment incentive schemes or education opportunity schemes that entitle medical card holders to retain their medical... - Pension Provisions
673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person did not receive a 1% increase in their pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51098/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
674. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recognition of long Covid by the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work as an occupational disease for healthcare workers, if he... - Health Services
675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on radiation therapy since January 2022 until the end of September 2022, by county and radiotherapy centre in tabular form; if... - Medicinal Products
676. To ask the Minister for Health if NDT thyroid tablets have been removed from the reimbursement list for the drugs payment scheme and medical card; is so, the reason for same; if they will be... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
677. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 recognition payment will issue to health care workers who work for organisations funded under section 39; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
678. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of radiation therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51113/22] - Health Services Staff
679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the setting-up of the independent radiation therapist review, in addition to his commitment to... - Health Services
680. To ask the Minister for Health the status of all local health centres in County Tipperary that closed during Covid-19; the centres that have re-opened; the centres that remain closed; when... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
681. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which workers in the section 39 organisation Brampton Care Home, Oranmore, County Galway, will receive the pandemic recognition payment; and if he... - Cybersecurity Policy
682. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by his Department and the agencies under his remit on cybersecurity measures since 2019 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
683. To ask the Minister for Health if supplements (details supplied) will be included under the medical card scheme given that those on waiting lists for transplants rely on such medication.... - Cybersecurity Policy
684. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of his Department’s IT data stored in the cloud; the proportion of the data held by all agencies and subsidiaries of his Department in... - Social Welfare Payments
685. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can provide clarity as to the outcome in the matter of the double welfare payment due where nursing homes have automatic access to and... - Industrial Relations
686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that a review (details supplied) will proceed without delay. [51229/22] - Health Services Staff
687. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the staffing crisis in radiation therapy is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51230/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a bed in the Dún Laoghaire acquired brain injury unit; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
689. To ask the Minister for Health the current average processing time for the payment of completed applications under the EU cross-Border Directive; the date when current applications being... - Health Services Staff
690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists employed by the HSE working in County Donegal in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the locations where... - Medical Research and Training
691. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2023 if the number of training places for GPs increased to 293. [51237/22] - Mental Health Services
692. To ask the Minister for Health if access to out-of-hours and weekend cover for mental health services is available in the County Donegal catchment area of the HSE, including nursing,... - Hospital Staff
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time radiographers based at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51245/22] - Hospital Admissions
695. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a place in NRH Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51247/22] - Departmental Staff
696. To ask the Minister for Health the names of all special advisers working in his Department; the Minister and Minister of State who each adviser is associated with and their respective... - Nursing Homes
697. To ask the Minister for Health his views on patients in public nursing homes being charged €100 for transport between one hospital and another for a scope, especially in light of the... - Disability Services
698. To ask the Minister for Health when therapies will be reinstated for two children (details supplied) through either an organisation or the east Meath disability team in Ashbourne. [51277/22] - Care Services
706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people inappropriately living in nursing homes who were supported to move to appropriate living options in each month to date in 2022, in tabular... - Disability Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €29.3 million budget 2023 disability funding for new developments, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Responsibilities
709. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the transfer of disability functions from his Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration... - Healthcare Policy
711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the way in which existing commitments such as publication of the Action Plan on foot of the Disability Capacity Review and the establishment... - Disability Services
712. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department will interact with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to psychosocial... - Housing Policy
713. To ask the Minister for Health when a change, subject to a recent Regional Group Private Members’ motion that houses within the fair deal scheme could be made available to the rental... - Hospital Staff
714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of endometrioses specialists who are employed in the Coombe Hospital endometriosis clinic; the number of clinical nurses who are employed in the... - Hospital Services
715. To ask the Minister for Health if the Coombe Hospital endometriosis clinic can receive electronic results of MRI scans from outside hospitals and clinics, including a particular clinic... - Health Service Executive
716. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and attendees of any meetings which HSE officials had with any Oireachtas Members from the mid-west, counties Tipperary, Limerick or Clare from 1... - Healthcare Policy
717. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland will be participating in the European Union joint action on diabetes and cardiovascular disease initiative; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Service Executive
718. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to set targets for green procurement in 2022 and in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51321/22] - Health Services Staff
719. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 6 October 2022, the reason that the Government is funding one cohort of trainees but not another, even though both... - Medical Cards
720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application by a doctor (details supplied) to be added to the medical card list. [51348/22] - Healthcare Policy
721. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 840 of 5 July 2022, if he will give a date for when the evaluation of the obesity policy and action plan undertaken by... - Departmental Reviews
722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work being undertaken by his Department in relation to the restructuring of the NIAC in order to facilitate its continuing... - Departmental Data
723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to support women who were impacted by mesh implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51387/22] - Departmental Reviews
724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline that the working interdepartmental group established to review the report of the Special Oireachtas Joint Committee on... - General Practitioner Services
725. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) whose key worker submitted an urgent request to the HSE for them to be assigned a GP could be assigned to one as a matter of... - Hospital Staff
726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time nurses in St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5 in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number... - Hospital Waiting Lists
727. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for radiology reporting across all hospitals in the Saolta University Hospital care group for September 2020, 2021 and 2022, in... - Hospital Staff
728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently at Mayo University Hospital; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [51406/22] - Hospital Services
729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of theatre time available in public hospitals by hospital group and hospital in tabular form. [51407/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists for grommet insertions in CHO6 by wait times (details supplied). [51408/22] - Departmental Projects
731. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a new chronic disease clinic in Sligo-Leitrim. [51409/22] - Hospital Staff
732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time advanced nurse practitioners in urology oncology services in Beaumont Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if... - Health Services Staff
735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members that are currently employed and working in children's disability network teams in County Laois by role and by team in tabular form;... - Hospital Staff
736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant plastic surgeons working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51414/22] - Departmental Data
737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish sign language interpreters currently available to assist deaf or hard-of-hearing patients attending Wexford General Hospital. [51415/22] - Health Services Staff
738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychologist posts in Donegal CAMHS teams in 2021 and to date in 2022. [51416/22] - Departmental Data
739. To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital funding required for a second cataract theatre at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [51417/22] - Health Services Staff
740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time autism therapists and autism support workers in the Finglas children's disability network team in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular... - Departmental Data
741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours provided at each of the locations in north Dublin in which D-Doc services operate in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in... - Hospital Staff
742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of international recruitment fairs where staff from Letterkenny University Hospital were in attendance in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in... - Vaccination Programme
743. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department have ever received any data, evidence or information from a drug manufacturer (details supplied) that indicates that its Covid-19... - Industrial Relations
744. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in getting a review (details supplied) up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51422/22] - Hospital Staff
745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists who have been recruited by the HSE in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
746. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a medical recommendation to make a second booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine available to the broader public; his views on this; and if he will... - General Practitioner Services
747. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which GPs are charging menopausal women fees well in excess of normal rates for appointments relating to the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51428/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
749. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a public appointment with a cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital; the average waiting time for a public appointment with a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
750. To ask the Minister for Health when a former agency worker (details supplied), now permanent HSE employee, will receive their pandemic bonus payment. [51432/22] - Care Services
751. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place to continue the care of a person (details supplied) who requires home support services but cannot avail of it due to the lack... - Hospital Facilities
752. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1575 of 14 June 2022, if he will provide an update on the delivery of beds and planned for delivery under the given... - Healthcare Policy
753. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that mammograms cease for women at the age of 69 years when the incidents of breast cancer are higher over the age of 70 years; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointments Status
754. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51461/22] - Seirbhísí Sláinte
756. To ask the Minister for Health an féidir leis an t-eolas is déanaí a chur ar fáil faoin dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh chun an post buan mar dhochtúir... - Citizens' Assembly
757. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Citizens’ Assembly on drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51481/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of long-Covid care for young persons and children. [51482/22] - Mental Health Policy
761. To ask the Minister for Health if he and or the HSE plans to modernise and or update the mental health protocols for public health nurses in the course of engaging mothers of newly born... - Healthcare Policy
762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will have this reviewed in view of recent tragic events; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
763. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details with respect to a previous statement on Section 56 organisations that pay restoration in relation to organisations funded through... - Nursing Homes
764. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding beneficiaries of the nursing home support scheme; the way in which the balance of nursing home fees under the scheme... - Departmental Data
766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the figures for occupancy and waiting lists for a palliative care bed at a hospital (details supplied) in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if... - Hospital Staff
767. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit more radiotherapy nurses in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51515/22] - Disability Services
768. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to there being no adult speech and language therapy for adults with intellectual disabilities in south Tipperary resulting in... - Medical Cards
769. To ask the Minister for Health if a disabled person will lose their entitlement to their medical card if they are accepted for the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if he will make... - Disability Services
770. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Information Management System for the CDNT’s will be in operation; the timeline; the reason this is taking so long; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
772. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department have carried out a review of the reason staff are leaving the HSE; if not, if he will establish a review team to carry out such a review and... - Health Strategies
773. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce an independent complaints body to investigate complaints of failures by the HSE particularly in relation to disability services;... - Medicinal Products
774. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will fund coaguchek meters and self-test strips for patients who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin in order to... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
775. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the building project at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick, County Laois; and the projected timescale for it to be up to total planned... - Disability Services
776. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available to a child (details supplied) with Down Syndrome and moderate or severe hearing loss; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
777. To ask the Minister for Health if CAMHS provide treatment for young people experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51579/22] - Medical Inquiries
778. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the crisis in radiotherapy in Ireland’s hospitals with lengthening waiting lists due to a chronic shortage of... - Departmental Data
779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born with life-limiting conditions in each of the past ten years in Mayo University Hospital. [51584/22] - Health Services
783. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a service (details supplied); what is being considered by his Department by way of extending the hours of this service; and if... - Health Strategies
784. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the setting-up of the independent radiation therapist review; and if he will commit to implement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
785. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting 14 months for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Policy
786. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding funding inequity for trainee educational psychologists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Cards
787. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug semaglutide will be made available to a person’s (details supplied) medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51752/22] - Health Services Staff
788. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date of negotiations on a special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees with long-Covid; the expected timeline for the... - Medicinal Products
789. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs pentoxyphylline and clasteon are available in Ireland; if so, if there is a shortage of these drugs; if his attention has been drawn to the fact... - EU Regulations
790. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken around the new medical device regulation, MDR, which came into effect on 26 May 2021 (details supplied); the specific actions which he is... - Health Services Staff
791. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE roles that will be put forward for social care worker registration; and the level three qualifications that will be approved; and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff
792. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric neurologist will be assigned to University Hospital Limerick, appreciating that the last paediatric neurologist left UHL in December 2021;... - Ministerial Staff
793. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the names of each special adviser employed by his Department since 2015, the relevant Minister they worked under and the date that... - Disabilities Assessments
794. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be assessed by CDNT as they have yet to receive an assessment and post-primary application dates are quickly approaching;... - Health Services
795. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the work of his Department towards enhancing the provision of community-based vasectomy services; if he will provide an update on the work... - Children in Care
796. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the waiting lists times for children in foster care for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51793/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
797. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51794/22] - Mental Health Services
798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS pharmacists throughout Ireland; the location that each pharmacist is based; if there is any data on the number of people each pharmacist... - Hospital Facilities
802. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new 96-bed ward block at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51818/22] - Hospital Equipment
803. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new MRI scanner for Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51819/22] - Departmental Funding
804. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding for radiographers to staff the new MRI scanner for Wexford General Hospital has been ringfenced; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Reviews
805. To ask the Minister for Health when it is scheduled to begin the independent review of radiation therapy, as committed to by his Department at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2021; and... - Health Services Staff
807. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy rate, that is the number of WTE posts, for radiation therapists in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
808. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time to start radiation therapy in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51829/22] - Independent Review Mechanism
810. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the setting up of the independent radiation therapist review (details supplied) in addition to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
811. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the payment of the €1,000 pandemic payment to eligible healthcare workers who are not employees of the HSE; the total number of workers... - Vaccination Programme
815. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 31 March 2022, the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse... - General Practitioner Services
816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GP services that are available, by head of population, in counties Cavan and Monaghan between Monday and Friday, between 9am to 5pm; the way the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO7 waiting for a HSE approved shower chair; and the average waiting time for same. [51862/22] - Health Services Staff
819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant cardiologists at Naas General Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [51864/22] - Legislative Measures
820. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that "exclusion zones", as referred to in commitment in the Programme for Government, are now being referred to as "safe access zones" in the... - Abortion Services
821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out by general practitioners for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
823. To ask the Minister for Health if persons on public health waiting lists are impacted by refusing the option of taking care through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if their... - Hospital Facilities
824. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department officials are in discussions with any particular provider about an elective hospital being built in Limerick city or county; and if he... - Health Services
826. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials on his behalf, have met with an organisation (details supplied) recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51889/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
827. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any agreement that the HSE has with private providers in Limerick to treat patients off waiting lists. [51890/22] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
828. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from Limerick who have been treated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts in University Hospital Limerick; the specialities they are in; the number recruited over the past two years; and if he... - Health Strategies
830. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no nursing representative on the strategic advisory group on monkeypox; if there are plans to amend the membership of this group to... - Pharmacy Services
831. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 768 of 11 October 2022, the engagements that his Department has had with relevant stakeholders regarding the guidelines... - Ambulance Service
832. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the ambulance service for counties Offaly, Westmeath, Laois, Longford and Kildare, the number of ambulances serving each county; the ratio of... - Mental Health Services
833. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51909/22] - Health Services
834. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise which State body, if any. monitors the residential service providers to ensure if they are implementing the family forum guidelines (details... - Mental Health Services
836. To ask the Minister for Health the reason counselling psychologists have been favoured over educational psychologists for funding even though both trained and are qualified for work in... - Home Help Service
837. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated their full 28 home support hours in order that they may leave hospital step-down; if his attention has been... - Hospital Staff
838. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of radiation therapists which is leading to even longer waiting lists; the efforts that are being made... - Medical Aids and Appliances
839. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Freestyle Libre2 application for reimbursement on the HSE’s long-term illness scheme through the community-funded aids and appliances;... - Hospital Services
842. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending University Limerick Hospital Group’s paediatric diabetes service and using insulin pump therapy to manage their... - Dental Services
845. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no dental emergency treatment for adults with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51994/22] - Nursing Homes
846. To ask the Minister for Health if any emergency fund exists to assist with gaps in fair deal funding with particular reference to the case of a person (details supplied), who has no family... - Hospital Services
847. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the adult diabetes service in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52002/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
848. To ask the Minister for Health when the staff at a nursing home (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52007/22] - Medicinal Products
849. To ask the Minister for Health if any progress is being made to make the cariban medication free for pregnant women suffering from morning sickness; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
850. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to downgrade the services in Bantry Hospital centre for mental healthcare and recovery from an 18-bed unit to 12 beds; if resources have... - Covid-19 Pandemic
851. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which are still enforcing visiting rules which were brought into effect during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically relating to end-of-life... - Health Services
853. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate level of care at the highest possible level can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) whose case is considered a high... - Prescriptions Charges
854. To ask the Minister for Health if retired pensioners from the UK living in Ireland are exempt from paying the prescription charge under the EU Social Security/Bilateral Agreement with the... - Domestic Violence
855. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Government’s nationwide strategy on step-down accommodation when a person leaves a domestic violence refuge; and if he will make...
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