Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
- Health Strategies
576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the impact that junk food marketing is having on children in Ireland (details supplied); if he will take steps to stop the... - Hospice Services
577. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current position of the south Westmeath Hospice facility. [57263/22] - Medical Cards
578. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place or that are planned to streamline the processing of medical card applications for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances
579. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which an application can be submitted for a communication device for a person (details supplied); the timeframe for processing and making a... - Mental Health Services
580. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the establishment of the national psychology placement office as recommended in the HSE psychology report of... - Disability Services
581. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy for the management of urgent cases within children’s disability network teams; if a CNDT can carry out a diagnostic assessment... - Official Travel
582. To ask the Minister for Health if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the... - Health Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any legal claims brought by women following consultations by telemedicine under section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of... - Dental Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 15 September 2022, if he will provide an update on the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment and appointment of a spinal surgery for Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin. [57371/22] - Mental Health Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists to access CAMHS by CHO area in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and the waiting times involved to access these appointments.... - Health Services Staff
588. To ask the Minister for Health the speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy positions allocated and filled in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and... - Home Help Service
590. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive home support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57382/22] - Health Services Staff
591. To ask the Minister for Health the number and grade of staff hired to work in the 91 CDNTs since the beginning of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57385/22] - Home Care Packages
594. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the 'in loco parentis' rule in place for families availing of home nursing care; if he intends to abolish this rule; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
595. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of consistency in psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language and physiotherapy appointments for children with physical and... - Health Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the restoration of funding to the North Inner City Taskforce. [57411/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
600. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of staff in CHO8 who are still awaiting their bonus pandemic payment of €1,000. [57425/22] - Health Services
605. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for Midlands Youth Drug and Alcohol Service, given that the contract with an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of services... - Nursing Homes
606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants in receipt of the fair deal scheme who opted to rent out their homes since the change in how this would affect their own contribution;... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
607. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57465/22] - Healthcare Policy
608. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has been ranked the worst for transgender healthcare in the EU; if he will provide details of the... - Disability Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved for a person (details supplied) with disabilities to take-up a residential placement in County Tipperary; the reason for the... - Health Services Staff
610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that plans for the redeployment of those working as Covid swabbers and testers for the HSE, who are due to finish up on 21 November 2022,... - Disability Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention places available in an area (details supplied) in County Cork. [57542/22] - Health Services
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the cutbacks in services (details supplied); when further funding will be allocated in order that those centres can reopen; when additional... - Hospital Appointments Status
614. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect an appointment for their awaited CT scan which is urgently required; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at early intervention in each CHO and LHO; and the cost of filling all vacancies, in tabular form. [57556/22] - Health Services
616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a matter; if a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
617. To ask the Minister for Health if agency workers in the HSE will still be able to receive the pandemic bonus payment if their employer does not apply for the funding for it; the way that... - Home Care Packages
618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive homecare packages delivered in CHO8 in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form. [57581/22] - Health Services Staff
619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff vacancies by job title in orthodontic services in County Meath; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form.... - Hospital Staff
620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time tracheotomy nurses working in the Mater Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be... - Health Services Staff
621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to children’s disability network teams in the past 12 months, in tabular form by CHO and CDNT; and if he will make a... - Health Services
622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1497 of 26 April 2022, if he will provide an update on the project delivery for each item; the timeframe for delivery of... - Tribunals of Inquiry
623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal’s... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the timeframe for delivery of the project; the cost of the... - Departmental Data
625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer screenings conducted by the HSE by type, by location for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of screenings which have... - Health Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to cancer screening services to date in 2022. [57591/22] - Emergency Departments
628. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and for each location for October 2022; the average... - Dental Services
637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on public dental and orthodontic waiting lists in October 2022 by county, region and CHO, in tabular form; the numbers by... - Community Care
639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each care service for October 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by... - Health Services
641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason that an aspect of an agreed programme of care and rehabilitation for a person (details supplied) with a brain injury has been... - Departmental Funding
642. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57618/22] - Health Strategies
643. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will refer the concerns to the HSE; and if the HSE will provide an update on this... - Covid-19 Pandemic
644. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce a mechanism for frontline workers to register for their pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
645. To ask the Minister for Health when the pain clinic at Sligo University Hospital will return to full capacity; the plans that are in place to deal with the extremely long waiting lists for... - Health Services
646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a health centre unit (details supplied) does not provide x-ray services to the local population for injuries to the body; the person or body... - Ambulance Service
648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reform the recruitment processes for the National Ambulance Service to give greater recognition to prior learning and or prior experience; and if he... - Hospital Facilities
650. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment proposals at St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny in order to enlarge the footprint to support new and increased services; and if he... - Health Services Staff
651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric dermatologist attached to CHI, Temple Street in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of payment of the pandemic recognition payment to non-HSE employees; if all eligible frontline healthcare employees... - Hospital Waiting Lists
653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on waiting lists for procedures, including those on suspension or other lists, at the end of October 2022, by location in... - Disability Services
666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT in tabular form; the average length of... - Mental Health Services
668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO, and by age; and the length of wait in tabular form. [57784/22] - Departmental Data
669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to a company (details supplied) regarding gastrointestinal scopes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57785/22] - Departmental Expenditure
671. To ask the Minister for Health the sum of payments made to a company (details supplied) in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57787/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57789/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type by hospital group and hospital in October 2022 in tabular form; and if he... - Ambulance Service
678. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for October 2022, nationally and by ambulance region, in... - Health Services Staff
680. 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
682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the DTSS for each month to date in 2022, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
683. To ask the Minister for Health if agency workers who worked in HSE vaccination centres will receive the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57803/22] - Hospital Services
684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location and by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57829/22] - Home Care Packages
694. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) who has recently been discharged from Blanchardstown Hospital and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
695. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent cranioplasty surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57898/22] - Health Services
696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE plans relating to the retention of telemedicine as part of the care pathway for early medical abortion; and if he will... - Departmental Funding
697. To ask the Minister for Health if the approved funding for residential care being provided by SOS Kilkenny for a person (details supplied) will be released immediately. [57908/22] - Health Strategies
698. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s strategy for protecting immunocompromised persons who cannot mount a response to a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Aids and Appliances
699. To ask the Minister for Health if plans and supports are in place to assist vulnerable persons living at home who are reliant on essential medical equipment in the event that there are... - Health Services
700. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a facility (details supplied) is not open; if his Department will grant funding for same; if his Department has received an application from an... - Dental Services
701. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made in relation to resolving the current impasse with dentists providing services to the HSE, as many patients across the country... - Health Services
702. To ask the Minister for Health if the support of a dietitian is available to persons living in Newcastle, County Dublin and Clondalkin, Dublin 22 who have recently been diagnosed as... - Vaccination Programme
703. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that first-year students from a school (details supplied) are being asked to travel to a HSE facility in Cherry Orchard to avail of the HPV vaccine... - Departmental Reviews
704. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the failure in leadership and management, the failure to tell the whole truth, the false reassurance and attempts to... - Health Services
705. To ask the Minister for Health when a reimbursement will be finalised for a person (details supplied) who has applied for the Cross Border Directive reimbursement; and if he will make a... - Departmental Correspondence
706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57979/22] - Health Services
707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [57989/22] - Disability Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting services in network 4 of the community disability network teams, broken down by the age of children and the number of years... - Qualifications Recognition
709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the registration of qualifications for a person (details supplied). [57997/22] - Health Services
710. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be expedited as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58001/22] - Nursing Homes
711. To ask the Minister for Health the totality of the amount drawn down of the temporary inflation payment scheme by the nursing home sector to date. [58003/22] - Medical Cards
715. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place or planned to streamline the processing of medical card applications for international protection applicants, similar to that... - Health Services
716. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for an assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58018/22] - Fire Safety
717. To ask the Minister for Health the last time that an in-person external fire safety audit was carried out on behalf of the HSE in each hospital part of RCSI group; when the next in-person... - Hospital Staff
718. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant neurologist with a special interest in neurocognitive disorder for the... - Dental Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that persons should be afforded dental treatment and appliances by the dental hospital in accordance with function 4 (b) of its... - Departmental Funding
722. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any reduction in funding to the Midlands regional taskforce in Budget 2023. [58035/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
725. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect an appointment for their awaited CT scan which is urgently required. [58038/22] - Ambulance Service
726. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant ambulance waiting times experienced by constituents in the Tipperary region; the average length of time... - Dental Services
727. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 990 of 8 November 2022, the way in which members of the public can access HSE assistance if they are unable to secure... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
729. To ask the Minister for Health if contracted services, including contract cleaners, catering staff and security personnel, working in public hospitals will receive the Covid-19 recognition... - Primary Care Centres
730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a planned new primary care centre in a location (details supplied); the stage that this development is at; and if he will make... - Mental Health Services
731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies at a centre (details supplied); and the length of time that each vacancy has existed. [58053/22] - Hospital Waiting Lists
732. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in a centre (details supplied); the number of these beds currently occupied; the current waiting list for a bed in the unit; the current... - General Practitioner Services
733. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allocate a HSE-contracted GP to a town (details supplied) on a short-term basis given the increased population since 2017;... - Health Services Staff
734. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment was given to put in place a healthcare professional at a location (details supplied) in 2017; the reason that this did not happen; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of complications related to the most recent Covid-19 vaccine by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Correspondence
736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a particularly serious matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58058/22] - Disability Services
737. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a meeting request from an organisation (details supplied); if so, the response that he has issued; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
738. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to close any community mental health care setting in north Dublin (details supplied); if so, the timeline for its closure; his plans for... - Suicide Incidence
739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have died by suicide under the age of 60 years by age and county in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular... - Alcohol Advertising
741. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of the broadcast watershed given that it has been four years since the passage of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018... - Hospital Services
742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the schedule of delivery for the 321 acute beds due to be delivered in 2022 and 2023, as per the Winter Plan... - Health Services
744. To ask the Minister for Health If he will provide a detailed breakdown of the schedule of delivery for the 202 public community beds due to be delivered in 2022 and 2023, as per the Winter... - Departmental Reports
745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the final report of the expert group on tort reform and the management of clinical negligence claims, published in December 2020; if he intends... - General Practitioner Services
746. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that those experiencing homelessness can access GP services (details supplied); his plans to develop appropriate... - Dental Services
747. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a new medical card scheme for dental treatment; the timeline that he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on... - Disability Services
752. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff in each children's disability network team in Dublin north and county, including social workers,... - Hospital Overcrowding
753. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a bed will be made available in Galway University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
754. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a walk-in warfarin clinic in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58115/22] - Departmental Schemes
756. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add antiphospholipid syndrome to the list of medical conditions that qualify under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement... - Medicinal Products
759. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for persons who require long-term oral... - Health Services
760. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by his Department on a project for Galway University Hospital (details supplied) that was forwarded to his Department for approval... - Health Service Executive
762. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason no response has issued from the HSE to this query which was sent to them on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
763. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to the waiting times in pain management clinic in Sligo University Hospital; if there are plans to address the capacity... - Primary Care Services
766. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the general practitioner who runs the practice in Dunkineely Health Centre, Dunkineely, County Donegal, has... - Health Services
767. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will ensure that a response issues; and if he will address the... - Medical Cards
768. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction that all medical card holders be entitled to the entresto heart drug, regardless of their LVEF level, given that a person (details... - Medicinal Products
769. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to approve the drug (details supplied); the criteria used to disapprove the drug; and his views on the lack of access to the drug in Ireland,... - Covid-19 Pandemic
770. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation that persons who are immunocompromised and who are prevented from ending the quarantine face, despite the lifting of Covid-19...
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