Written answers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Health Services
1152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mothers and babies who were discharged from maternity hospitals directly into homeless services in 2022, broken down by month and by region; and... - Hospital Services
1153. To ask the Minister for Health further to his response to questions on promised legislation on 30 November 2022 regarding the long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital, the current status of... - Health Services Staff
1154. To ask the Minister for Health when the community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6 (details supplied) will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63143/22] - Medicinal Products
1155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of the drug cariban used in pregnancy to treat hyperemesis gravidarium (details supplied). [63144/22] - Health Services
1156. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that some patients with cancer coming to Ireland from Ukraine, who were undergoing chemotherapy treatments in the... - Mental Health Services
1158. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the early intervention psychosis national clinical programme in the HSE for developing three new early... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1159. To ask the Minister for Health when the staff at a facility (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63155/22] - Health Services
1161. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements that are available for children under seven years of age in terms of early intervention healthcare such as dental checks, hearing tests, eye... - Ambulance Service
1162. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that ambulances are coming from as far away as Rathkeale in response to emergency calls from patients in Limerick city;... - Disease Management
1163. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the services and specialists available in Ireland for persons diagnosed with EDS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63163/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic
1164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding provided to long-Covid clinics, per clinic, including details of funding spent on the long-Covid clinic itself and... - General Practitioner Services
1166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time GPs operating in each county for the years 2012 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63172/22] - Medicinal Products
1167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the drug ozempic available on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied). [63185/22] - Health Services
1168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will define the term 'blue-light' distance when used in the context of maternity service, in particular the provision of home birth supports; if this is... - Dental Services
1172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide approval for a patient (details supplied) to be fitted with chrome cobalt palate free dentures. [63212/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1173. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which workers employed by organisations (details supplied) will be paid the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
1174. 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. [63243/22] - Ambulance Service
1175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in relation to the recruitment drive by the National Ambulance Service for qualified paramedics (details supplied); and if he will... - Departmental Inquiries
1176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when he... - Health Services
1177. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63265/22] - Ambulance Service
1180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of external Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council-registered qualified paramedics who applied for positions with the National Ambulance Service; the... - Irish Sign Language
1181. To ask the Minister for Health if there are adequate numbers of Irish sign language interpreters to provide services for persons with hearing difficulties in hospital; the process involved... - Health Services
1182. To ask the Minister for Health when the routine eye examinations and glasses for persons with medical cards under the community ophthalmic services scheme fee increase will come into... - Departmental Funding
1188. To ask the Minister for Health if money raised from the sale of Dundrum Hospital is earmarked for services; if so, the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63313/22] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1189. To ask the Minister for Health the State investment that was given toward the construction of a facility (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
1190. To ask the Minister for Health the State investment that was given toward the renovation of a specialist intellectual disability service at a facility (details supplied); and if he will... - Primary Medical Certificates
1191. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63316/22] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1192. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed 96-bed medical ward block at Wexford General Hospital is at a detailed design stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63323/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
1195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who has been referred to see a neurologist at Temple Street Children's Hospital and has yet to receive an... - General Practitioner Services
1196. To ask the Minister for Health if access to a local GP will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63332/22] - Residential Institutions
1197. To ask the Minister for Health when consistent access and visitation will be facilitated between persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63338/22] - Departmental Schemes
1198. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision will be reviewed to not award all or the majority of the costs to be reimbursed to a person (details supplied). [63343/22] - Medical Cards
1199. To ask the Minister for Health if an emergency medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63344/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
1200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following a referral one year ago to the orthopaedic unit at University Hospital Limerick, has yet... - Disability Services
1201. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE region in the country that has the lowest ratio of whole-time equivalent clinicians as per 100 children of any children’s disability network... - Legislative Measures
1203. To ask the Minister for Health if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections that are outstanding; the number of Acts that have review... - Medical Research and Training
1204. To ask the Minister for Health if the Saolta group accepts the serious consequences to a hospital (details supplied) if the withdrawal of college trainees occurs on 1 July 2023 due to a... - Hospital Staff
1205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on HSE national funding through the national clinical programme and acute hospitals for four new consultant anaesthesiology posts... - Mental Health Services
1206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the staffing complement at the CAMHS facility in Drogheda, County Louth covering south Louth and east Meath as of 1 December... - General Practitioner Services
1209. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process through which a person can be allocated a GP in order for the person to avail of combined care in circumstances (details supplied).... - Departmental Reports
1210. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish the report into the secondment of the former Chief Medical Officer to a position in Trinity College Dublin; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
1211. 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. [63422/22] - Health Services
1214. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access services within their... - Care Services
1215. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of respite care; and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes
1216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 27 September 2022, if the necessary administrative and operational changes have been made to the fair deal scheme... - Gender Recognition
1218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct an independent review of the national gender service and of related healthcare capacity in the State to unwind the reliance on outsourcing... - Mental Health Services
1219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for an appointment in CAMHS; the number waiting circa July 2020; the average waiting times per CHO, in tabular form;... - Work Permits
1223. To ask the Minister for Health the avenues that are available to qualified non-EEA citizens to apply for roles in the HSE in order to apply for a critical skills work permit; if non-EEA... - Health Services
1224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) has waited for 24 months for their developmental check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63474/22] - Vaccination Programme
1225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current situation regarding the HPV vaccination programme and in particular catch-up clinics that specifically target males under 25... - Medical Cards
1226. To ask the Minister for Health the method used to decide the discretionary medical card applications that are assessed before others; if applications for patients with conditions that... - Hospital Transfers
1227. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital to the Mater public hospital; and if he will make... - Health Services Staff
1228. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to recruit more neurologists given the unacceptable and potentially dangerous length of time that patients are forced to spend on... - Health Services Waiting Lists
1229. To ask the Minister for Health if the attention of his Department has been drawn to reports that neurologists in private practice have closed their lists to new patients such is the extent... - Nursing Homes
1231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 65 years who are inappropriately living in nursing homes that have been successfully moved out of nursing homes and onto a... - Health Services Staff
1233. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for speech and language therapy in the medical centre, Ballyminion, Longford will issue to a person (details supplied). [63496/22] - Health Services Waiting Lists
1234. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for speech and language therapy appointments in County Longford. [63497/22] - Health Services Staff
1235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists assigned to County Longford; if that number is sufficient to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63498/22] - Health Services
1236. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to dermatology services; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
1237. To ask the Minister for Health if financial and other supports will be made available to those who have who have been adversely affected by the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
1239. To ask the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided for a school (details supplied). [63525/22] - Nursing Homes
1240. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the external audit of temporary assistance payments scheme to nursing homes was received by the NTPF; the cost of this audit to date; the... - Health Services
1242. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 13 December 2022, if there is a timeline for a resolution from the engagement between his Department, the HSE and... - Dental Services
1243. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department is taking to secure dental services for medical card holders in counties Roscommon and Galway; the services that are... - Primary Care Services
1252. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) was moved from Meath primary care unit to Louth primary care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
1253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) has not received any appointments in the past three years for their autism; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
1254. To ask the Minister for Health when families affected as part of the south Kerry CAMHS review and identified as being a family that will receive redress, will receive payment from the... - Disabilities Assessments
1256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who received a preliminary team assessment in place of a full assessment of needs; of those who received a PTA which was found to not... - Disability Services
1257. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will reconsider the request to transfer the care of a person (details supplied) to an alternative team in an area in order for the person to access... - Healthcare Policy
1262. To ask the Minister for Health if women who have hyperemesis gravidarum and are prescribed Cariban by their general practitioner which will be funded from 1 January 2023, will receive... - General Practitioner Services
1263. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the former health centre in Delgany, County Wicklow; if it is proposed to sell the building; if any meetings have been held with... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1264. To ask the Minister for Health when Section 38 health workers who are due their pandemic bonus payment can expect to receive same. [63611/22] - Medical Qualifications
1265. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department will take to address the fact that applications to CORU for registration by key healthcare workers are taking three years to... - Medical Cards
1266. To ask the Minister for Health if terminal cancer patients are automatically entitled to a medical card and free medical treatment for their cancer care. [63613/22] - Health Services Staff
1267. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised community neuro-rehabilitation teams for each CHO area, currently only two out of nine initiated, which will allow persons living with... - Health Strategies
1268. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made in the establishment of a national hearing plan, as recommended by the World Health Organization. [63626/22] - Disability Services
1269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe for the addition of adult ADHD services in HSE area CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63631/22] - Medicinal Products
1270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in respect of the approval process for Oxycontin and drugs containing oxycodone by the HPRA; if the guidance has changed since it... - Vaccination Programme
1274. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe to move the HPV programme from a two-dose programme to a single dose programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63639/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
1279. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63649/22] - Dental Services
1281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Wexford which have ceased providing medical card services to persons with disabilities in the past 36 months; the... - Care Services
1293. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 23 November 2022, if the next-of-kin of the residents of the centre (details supplied) have, with consent from... - Health Services
1294. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE universal guidelines on bras, prostheses and wigs will be published; the funding to be allocated for the implementation of the guidelines; and if... - Departmental Data
1312. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for recorded community-acquired pressure sores and hospital-acquired pressure sores in Tallaght University Hospital for the years 2015 to 2020.... - Health Services
1313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a speech therapy appointment for a person (details supplied). [63701/22] - Health Services Staff
1314. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate staff to speech therapy services in County Longford (details supplied). [63703/22] - Dental Services
1315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of dentists and dental technicians in County Kildare who accept medical card patients in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
1317. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for applications for a medical card; the number of persons awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63714/22] - Care Services
1318. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of home care provision by the HSE in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63723/22] - Dental Services
1319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of dentists and dental technicians in County Laois who accept medical card patients in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Care Services
1320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the application for home care supports for a person (details supplied) who has had a leg amputated and is in need of assistance in their... - Health Promotion
1321. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there should be an awareness campaign to deter vaping in public spaces, such as in bars and nightclubs; the steps that he is taking to... - Health Services
1322. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to a query raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to supports for visually impaired people; and if he will make a... - Substance Misuse
1323. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains focused on enabling rehabilitation and methadone treatments for those who have been adversely affected by drugs; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
1324. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to roll out Covid vaccines to children under five years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63827/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1325. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid bonus will be paid to healthcare staff (details supplied) who have been waiting for almost a year; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
1326. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63838/22] - Disability Services
1327. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for disability services in Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63841/22] - General Practitioner Services
1328. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for North-East Doctor On Call, NEDOC, in Meath to attend to a patient in view of the fact that parents in south County Meath seeking a... - Medicinal Products
1331. To ask the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to secure a supply of the drugs rivotrol and zarontin for the treatment of epilepsy-related seizures, given the current international... - Mental Health Services
1332. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate official within the mental health services can contact a person (details supplied) with respect to their views on the provision of mental... - Primary Care Services
1334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that no physiotherapy services have been established in the Cahir primary care centre in County Tipperary; if he will list all of the public... - Health Services
1335. To ask the Minister for Health the way that those who qualify for free nappies for their children can access the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63860/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
1336. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63861/22] - Mental Health Services
1337. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 8 December 2022, if he will outline the 35 recommendations from the Maskey Report to improve service delivery; the... - Health Services Staff
1339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 237 whole-time equivalent public health nurse vacancies by CHO; the number of these that were filled by CHO; and if he... - Health Services
1341. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a monthly limit on the number of nappies that can be supplied for children and or adults with disabilities by a public health nurse. [63876/22] - Hospital Appointments Status
1343. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery. [63880/22] - Care Services
1344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 612 of 6 December 2022, when the person (details supplied) will be moved to a suitable facility; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
1345. To ask the Minister for Health when a child will be seen for therapies (details supplied); and the dates for same. [63884/22] - Health Services Staff
1346. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to fast-tracking the medical registration of Ukrainian health care professionals in order to ensure that any available... - Dental Services
1347. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available for a medical card holder to get a new dentist when their previous dentist has stopped taking medical card holders as patients;... - General Practitioner Services
1348. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the rules in relation to children who require after-hours Caredoc or Shannon Doc services but have been told that they cannot be treated or... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1349. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large cohort of front-line staff in healthcare settings under section 39 who provide a service on behalf of the HSE who... - Departmental Expenditure
1350. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid from his Department or other bodies funded by his Department to a company (details supplied) for services in the past two years; if these... - Hospital Services
1351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the hospitals that will benefit from a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63904/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
1352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63905/22] - Disability Services
1353. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in CDNT appointments in County Tipperary due to staffing issues; if his Department has plans in place to resolve... - Home Care Packages
1354. To ask the Minister for Health when a full home care package as required in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63907/22] - Vaccination Programme
1355. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans in place for those who are under 12 years of age who wish to receive a Covid-19 booster; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1356. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment of €1,000 will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
1357. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 15 December 2022, if he will confirm that the registration of residential services with HIQA is done on a... - Hospital Services
1361. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to ensure that the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital are extended to include weekends in 2023; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
1362. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63933/22] - Health Services
1365. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within... - Dental Services
1366. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that is being made in 2023 to fund waiting list initiatives for child orthodontic work; and if new categories will gain access to the option of... - Hospital Appointments Status
1367. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated an appointment. [63956/22] - Medical Aids and Appliances
1368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the issues in supply of ConvaTec Combihesive Natura REF (GB) S7247 57MM (Flanges used for Stomas) are resolved without delay (details... - Health Service Executive
1369. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the strategy adopted by the HSE in terms of correspondence with individuals whose personal information was hacked from HSE databases;... - Disability Services
1370. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any supports available for businesses that provide sensory experience for persons with disabilities and mental health issues. [63965/22] - Dental Services
1371. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that contracts have not been awarded by the HSE to two dentists (details supplied) in order for them to offer services to medical card holders in... - Medical Aids and Appliances
1372. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the freestyle libre sensor is not covered on the medical card; if consideration will be given to this for a person (details supplied); the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1373. To ask the Minister for Health the projected completion date for the Killarney Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63980/22] - Health Services
1375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63993/22] - Personal Injury Claims
1377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases and the total amount paid out in compensation for screening errors, perceived and actual, relative to the CervicalCheck screening... - Hospital Appointments Status
1378. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1000/23] - Hospital Services
1379. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to integrate any planned virtual home hospital services with community care services and GP services to facilitate supported early hospital... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out a clear timeframe for the payment of the pandemic bonus to all eligible front-line healthcare workers, both in the public and private... - Medicinal Products
1382. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the health technology assessment dossier covering kaftrio in combination with ivacaftor for the cohort of 35 children aged 6 to 11... - Hospital Appointments Status
1383. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an operation in Beaumont Hospital given that they have been waiting for five years for this operation... - Health Service Executive
1384. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken by the HSE to ensure that there is no loss of accreditation of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
1385. To ask the Minister for Health when approval of posts at a location (details supplied) will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1032/23] - Hospital Services
1387. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which are being taken to decant services from the St. Brigid's Hospital Campus in Ballinasloe; if he will outline the remaining services on the... - Covid-19 Tests
1388. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered implementing mandatory Covid-19 tests for inward visitors from China to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1076/23] - Departmental Reviews
1389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of the framework for smaller hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1084/23] - Ambulance Service
1390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the pilot project involving Mallow General Hospital whereby some ambulance patients are treated in Mallow General Hospital instead of at... - Primary Care Centres
1391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress in delivering the primary care centre in Lucan; the services that may be provided there; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Overcrowding
1394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the documentation that he has received from the HSE relating to overcrowding in all Irish hospitals from 1 November 2022 to 4 January 2023.... - Hospital Admissions
1395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations for children and older adults afflicted with respiratory syncytial virus infection, recorded by hospital and month from... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline of when works are due to commence on the development of a helipad at the Cork University Hospital site; and if he will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances
1397. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand the reimbursement for the freestyle libre continuous glucose monitoring sensor to over-21s under the HSE's community funded... - Medicinal Products
1399. To ask the Minister for Health the action that his Department is taking to provide reimbursement of required medicines for women with gestational diabetes to help protect both the mother... - Healthcare Policy
1400. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the introduction of a national diabetes patient register considering the lack thereof has made it difficult for policy... - Mental Health Services
1402. To ask the Minister for Health if a timeline can be provided for the delivery of a dialectical behavioural therapy team for the mid-west region (details supplied). [1127/23] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction the development of an elective-only hospital for the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1128/23] - Medical Cards
1405. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to increase the income threshold for medical cards for people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1137/23] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1406. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 15 November 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the payments agreed by the HSE to each of the companies and... - Mental Health Services
1407. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE's use of Glenwood House as a mental health facility, two years after its purchase (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
1412. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the hyperemesis gravidarum drug, cariban, for pregnant women in Ireland; and... - Dental Services
1413. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of moneys provided by the HSE to dentists under the dental treatment services scheme contracts for services provided to medical card holders... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1414. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the pandemic recognition payment. [1157/23] - Dental Services
1415. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in relation to private dental practices which no longer offer services to medical card holders; if there has been any further update on... - Health Services
1416. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their reimbursement under the cross-Border directive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1165/23] - Disability Services
1417. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in CHO 8 which have an ‘access officer’ assigned to oversee and ensure that those with a disability have easy access to all... - Primary Care Centres
1418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the disposal of land by the Department of Education to his Department to provide a primary health care centre in Collinstown, Dublin 22; and if... - Hospital Facilities
1419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the strategic assessment report for the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1174/23] - Nursing Homes
1420. To ask the Minister for Health if the indexation-up of outstanding amounts under the fair deal scheme is being reviewed in view of the fact that the rate of inflation is now far in excess... - Disability Services
1422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the Children's Disability Network Team Staff Census and Workforce Review 2022; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
1423. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to extend the enhanced travel and subsistence scheme for student nurses and midwives to student doctors also known as medical students, who face... - Hospital Staff
1426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vacant nursing posts at Naas General Hospital as of 4 January 2023; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular... - Health Services
1427. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fund four additional contingence clinics to tackle the wait list for surgery through specialised small units and enable... - Disability Services
1428. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the urgent need to recruit additional staff for children's disability network teams in order to address lengthy waiting lists... - Emergency Departments
1429. To ask the Minister for Health the role that Nenagh Hospital can play in meeting the demand for emergency department treatment given the record number of presentations to UHL recently. [1237/23] - General Practitioner Services
1430. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking and intends to take to enable Shannondoc to meet the demand for its services as witnessed over the Christmas period; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
1431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment. [1243/23] - Medicinal Products (1 comment)
1432. To ask the Minister for Health if the supplementary medications and treatment required for chronic Lyme disease will be covered by the general medical scheme and the drug treatment scheme;... - General Practitioner Services
1433. To ask the Minister for Health if he is in a position to indicate a start date from which free GP care will be extended to those under eight years of age. [1250/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
1434. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for an outpatient appointment at the orthopaedic clinic in Cavan and Monaghan hospital given the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1435. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid bonus will be paid to those persons who were in employment with an employer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
1437. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects HSE staff to be assigned to the important and necessary role of access officer in HSE facilities across County Offaly, falling within the... - Home Care Packages
1438. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their full provision of care hours following their allocation of a full home care package; and if he will make a... - Dental Services
1439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in counties Louth and Meath respectively who are or were in the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2019 to... - Primary Care Services
1440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update on the provision of podiatry services at the HSE Boyne primary care centre and at the Community Services Building, Dublin... - Vaccination Programme
1441. To ask the Minister for Health when the next round of booster Covid vaccinations will be available for the over-70s who have received their second booster in recent months; and if he will... - Health Services
1442. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the new regional health areas which determine the introduction of community neurorehabilitation in CHO 9; when these regional health... - Disability Services
1443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care facilities and the numbers of places within each, for children with disabilities in each county in tabular form; his proposals to... - Emergency Departments
1445. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been agreed upon to provide the appropriate resources to the accident and emergency department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda,... - Home Care Packages
1446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new persons approved for HSE home care support hours who are currently awaiting delivery of support hours in County Wexford; the number of... - Hospital Services
1449. To ask the Minister for Health when fibronectin tests will be available to expectant mothers at UHK; when approval was given for this; if and when a supplier (details supplied) has provided... - Departmental Expenditure
1450. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department pays to sponsor a television programme (details supplied); the length of time the contract is for; the amount paid to date; and if... - Hospital Admissions
1451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to emergency departments with self-harm and-or intentional poisoning by CHO area in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to... - Suicide Incidence
1453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died by suicide in each of the years 2017 to 2022, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/23] - Health Services
1454. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be given for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1304/23] - Eating Disorders
1455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have presented to the HSE looking for treatment for eating disorders who received specialist inpatient treatment in a dedicated... - Departmental Staff
1456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons, if any, working in his Department who have a qualification in the area of genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1323/23] - Hospital Charges
1457. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the publication of reimbursement levels, costs of procedures and hospital charges to enable patients to make informed... - EU Directives
1458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the right to reimbursement under the EU Cross-Border Directive on Healthcare is based solely on the care and treatment received,... - Medicinal Products
1461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a breast cancer treatment (details supplied) which is already licensed by the European Medicines Agency; if he expects this product to be... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of the former employees of a nursing home (details supplied) who are eligible to receive the pandemic bonus payment,... - Vaccination Programme
1465. To ask the Minister for Health if special schools are included in the HSE's schools vaccination programme; if so, if all three vaccines under the schools vaccination programme are... - Health Strategies
1467. To ask the Minister for Health the national breastfeeding guidance that is in place in non-maternity adult acute hospitals; the steps that he will take to ensure support to breastfeeding... - Hospital Facilities
1468. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the opening of the 12 step-down beds in Abbeyleix Hospital, County Laois, for the use of patients who have been discharged from acute hospitals.... - Ambulance Service
1469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the National Ambulance Service to put a second ambulance in place in Tuam, County Galway, on a full 24/7 basis to deal with the demand in... - Health Services Staff
1470. To ask the Minister for Health the status of paramedics in the HSE who are categorised as support staff rather than having the same employment status and rights as health staff; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when staff in private and voluntary nursing homes will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Aids and Appliances
1472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make equipment and medications for sleep apnoea available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1392/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
1473. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an orthopaedic appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the urgent or... - Care Services
1474. To ask the Minister for Health if an assurance will be given that the day care centre at Abbeyleix Hospital will remain on the site where it is operating successfully. [1394/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
1475. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined a submission from Children's Health Ireland to provide a chest-bracing service for children under the public healthcare system as of... - Hospital Facilities
1476. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the progress on a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, as of January 2023; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
1477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the adult diabetes service in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group; and the number who attended more than once in each... - Hospital Facilities
1479. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new accident and emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1406/23] - Health Services
1480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/23] - General Practitioner Services
1481. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted any analysis with respect to the impact of the roll-out of universal access to GPs for under-sixes and over on the ability of... - Dental Services
1482. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with representatives of an association (details supplied) in an effort to address the crisis in access to dental and orthodontic care that... - Abortion Services
1483. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 should be completed and published; the engagements that... - Patient Transport
1484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the patient transportation that is available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1437/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
1485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21... - Hospital Closures
1489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently move to reopen St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir to reduce pressures from the acute services; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
1490. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting on a procedure at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appeals that have been received in his Department for the HSE pandemic bonus payment; the timeline for a decision on these; and the reason that... - Medical Aids and Appliances
1492. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Freestyle Libre 2 application for HSE reimbursement through the national framework application process; when it will be added to the CGM... - Hospital Services
1493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the adult diabetes clinic takes place in University of Limerick Hospitals Groups; the speciality diabetes clinics, such as a young... - Health Strategies
1494. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the plan to create a population-based community neurorehabilitation team in CHO 2 or the associated new regional health area; and if he will... - Hospital Services
1495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the spending that a hospital made to a company (details supplied) for each month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Reviews
1496. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is accepting the recommendations of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery; if he will provide a timeline for the implementation of... - Health Services
1498. To ask the Minister for Health if a community neurorehabilitation team will be provided to HSE area CHO 6; his views on the need for the establishment of community neurorehabilitation teams... - Ministerial Responsibilities
1499. To ask the Minister for Health the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1472/23] - Medicinal Products
1500. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the way that the Government is actively addressing the serious shortage of penicillin-based antibiotics along with a significant number of... - Departmental Funding
1502. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to Cork City Council under a funding stream (details supplied); and the way that organisations can apply for same. [1490/23] - Mental Health Services
1503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who is awaiting a CAMHS assessment in Limerick for over one year and has been advised... - Departmental Data
1505. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to him from 1 January 2021 to date; the costs incurred; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eligible front-line workers who have yet to receive the pandemic bonus payment; and the number who have received the payment, in tabular form.... - Care Services
1507. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential care place will be approved for a person (details supplied). [1519/23] - Hospital Staff
1508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant plastic surgeons working in Roscommon University Hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular... - Hospital Services
1509. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and staffing resources that would be required to increase the opening hours of the complex menopause clinic at Galway University Hospital from one... - Dental Services
1511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the dental clinic in Navan is being closed down; the reason that the four dental clinic surgeries in Navan are being replaced with only two... - Health Services Waiting Lists
1512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1573/23] - Substance Misuse
1513. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials have submitted their report regarding the north inner city drug and alcohol task force to him; and when he intends to publish it. [1574/23] - Dental Services
1514. To ask the Minister for Health if a full paediatric dental service has been restored at Roscommon University Hospital [1575/23] - Medical Qualifications
1515. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 29 November 2022, if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing applications by Ukrainian dentists to... - Patient Transport
1516. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent decision to transport patients via ambulance directly to the medical assessment unit in Ennis General Hospital instead of University Hospital... - Patient Safety
1517. To ask the Minister for Health if additional measures will be taken in 2023 to address patient safety concerns in University Hospital Limerick (UHL), as outlined in a HIQA report; the steps... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1518. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a model 3 hospital in the UL Hospitals Group region; if so, if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
1519. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on recruiting a permanent consultant ophthalmologist post for County Galway who will provide a service at the Tuam primary... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated timeline for when the remaining healthcare workers can expect to receive their Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a... - Departmental Reviews
1521. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 8 December 2022, if a timeline will be provided for the review of the community ophthalmic services medical... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pandemic recognition payments made to HSE employees in each of the months April to December 2022 and to-date in January 2023; the number of... - Hospital Admissions
1526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private insurance patient forms that were completed on admission to University Hospital Limerick in each of the years 2019 to 2022; the number... - General Practitioner Services
1527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Government’s plan to attract much needed GPs into the country notwithstanding the existing plan to train 350 GPs per year by... - Assisted Human Reproduction
1528. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that is available to persons who are in receipt of social protection payments and who are paying for IVF treatment; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown for each of the nine HSE regional capital and estates offices (details supplied) to carry out the delivery of the HSE Capital... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1531. To ask the Minister for Health when the healthcare workers outside of HSE staff will be paid the €1,000 pandemic recognition payment; if there is a schedule of payments and list of... - Health Services
1534. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way families can access these services within their... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 15 December 2022, the number of appeals received with regard to the pandemic recognition payment; the number of... - Health and Safety
1536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and instruct the HSE’s environmental health section to take urgent attention to... - Health Services
1537. To ask the Minister for Health if a cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for section 39 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1669/23] - Healthcare Policy
1538. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding Kennedy’s disease to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
1539. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for their surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1671/23] - Medical Cards
1540. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the increase in the pension in budget 2023 is pushing some pensioners slightly over the threshold for a... - Primary Care Centres
1542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each operational primary care centre per county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1685/23] - Health Services Staff
1543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will incentivise overtime work within the public health service; if he will consider making overtime pay for nurses tax free; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1544. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line workers in private nursing homes in County Carlow will receive their €1,000 pandemic payment. [1690/23] - Dental Services
1545. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that his Department will put in place to help parents and patients of a dental practice (details supplied) that has closed or have been left... - Health Services Staff
1546. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 6 December 2022, the number of trainee peer support workers per CHO each year since 2017; the plans for trainee... - Hospital Appointments Status
1547. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Reports
1548. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 725 of 4 October 2022, if he will publish the report into the abandoned secondment of a person (details supplied); the... - Departmental Staff
1549. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that his Department has made in the recruitment and or appointment of a dedicated official in his Department with responsibility for coordinating... - Healthcare Policy
1550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an updated national rare disease plan as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1712/23] - Vaccination Programme
1551. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 23 November 2022, when senior mental health management in Cork CHO 4 were offered their first dose of the... - Mental Health Services
1553. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021 and 691 of 29 November 2022, the reason that the HSE is not yet clear if a property that it is... - Emergency Departments
1554. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway. [1723/23] - Hospital Facilities
1555. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed capacity at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway. [1724/23] - Health Services Staff
1558. To ask the Minister for Health if each CHO has started conducting exit interviews for staff leaving the service; when these were started in each CHO; the early indicators of the reasons... - Ambulance Service
1559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that he will instruct the Commission for Public Service Appointments to conduct an immediate audit on the recruitment of qualified... - Hospital Admissions
1568. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of persons aged 75 years or more in each of the six hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1750/23] - Hospital Services
1569. To ask the Minister for Health the annual expenditure from all sources for each of the six acute hospital groups, broken down by individual hospital group per 1,000 of population; and if he... - Hospital Facilities
1570. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of acute hospital beds in each of the six hospital groups; the proportion of these that are dedicated to specialised national services, such... - Hospital Staff
1571. To ask the Minister for Health the total staffing level in each of the six acute hospital groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1753/23] - Hospital Services
1572. To ask the Minister for Health the change in the budgetary allocation and expenditure of each of the six hospital groups in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
1573. To ask the Minister for Health the change in the total bed numbers and single-room bed numbers in each acute hospital group over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
1574. To ask the Minister for Health the change in the total staff in each acute hospital group over the past two years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1756/23] - Hospital Services
1575. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual number of acute hospital, medical and surgical, emergency and elective, and day-case, discharges overall and per hospital consultant in each... - Hospital Facilities
1576. To ask the Minister for Health the national policy or strategy on single-room accommodation in acute hospitals in regard to preventing the spread of hospital-acquired infection and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
1577. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for bone density scans for patients at each hospital in the Saolta group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1771/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
1578. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for cognitive behavioural therapy in Letterkenny University Hospital;... - Medicinal Products
1579. To ask the Minister for Health the level of spending on new medicines and extension indications by the HSE in 2022; if the €30 million allocation was spent in full; if any unspent... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1580. To ask the Minister for Health when nursing home facilities can make additional applications to the HSE pandemic bonus scheme on behalf of former employees who are no longer employed at a... - Health Services
1581. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities and specialists that a GP can refer a person to by each CHO, in cases in which the person believes they have ADHD and wish to be diagnosed and... - Hospital Admissions
1582. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who attended the emergency department at Portlaoise Hospital in 2022; and the monthly breakdown of same. [1788/23] - Hospital Staff
1584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in Cashel Hospital in the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number... - Hospital Waiting Lists
1585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Tipperary awaiting an appointment for cardiology services, by wait times, in tabular form. [1805/23] - Disability Services
1587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists who are awaiting first contact with their children’s disability network team nationwide; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
1590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatrists currently in CAHMS in County Wicklow; the number of vacancies available; the timeline for filling them; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1592. To ask the Minister for Health when a nursing home worker (details supplied) can expect their Covid recognition payment. [1823/23] - Ambulance Service
1593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a recruitment campaign (details supplied) for qualified paramedics who are registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council includes... - Hospital Services
1597. To ask the Minister for Health the treatments that are available at the accident and emergency department or the minor injuries unit at Roscommon Hospital; and if he will make a statement... - Primary Care Centres
1625. To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the Tullow primacy care centre, serving Tullow, Rathvilly and Hacketstown, will commence; the current status of the project; and if he... - Mortality Rates
1626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics on excess mortality rates in Ireland for each of the years 2019 to 2022; if there is a clear and significant increase in excess... - Nursing Homes
1627. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for the fair deal scheme can be reassessed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1891/23] - Medicinal Products
1628. To ask the Minister for Health if the eligibility criteria under the drugs payment scheme will be widened for the drug known as saxenda in order that patients who meet two of four criteria... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that staff in dental practices have not yet been eligible for the HSE Covid bonus payment; and if he has plans to rectify this matter. [1900/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
1630. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for surgery in St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Legislative Reviews
1631. To ask the Minister for Health if he is in receipt of the independent review of the legislation on Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [1907/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1632. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for the special recognition pandemic payment award will be processed for staff at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
1633. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to extending access to paxlovid to groups at the highest risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, without the need for... - Hospital Charges
1634. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements, if any, that will be in place to offer significantly reduced or free car parking in the National Children’s Hospital for families... - Hospital Services
1635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of annual inpatient cases attending the Mater hospital for cancer services in the years 2019 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Dental Services
1636. To ask the Minister for Health if dentists who are struck off in the UK are permitted to practise in Ireland; the vetting procedures followed by the Dental Council of Ireland prior to... - Hospital Appointments Status
1637. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1936/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
1638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting for pain management at University Hospital Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; his plans to address... - Disabilities Assessments
1639. To ask the Minister for Health when a young child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an assessment of need; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
1640. To ask the Minister for Health if and when cataract surgery will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1943/23] - Mental Health Services
1641. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in accessing the CAMHS service in Galway city and county; the urgent action that is being taken to provide a quality service to young... - Hospital Staff
1642. To ask the Minister for Health when the senior dietitians that were promised on 24 June 2022 for the diabetic clinic at Portlaoise Hospital will be appointed; if he will further confirm... - Home Help Service
1643. To ask the Minister for Health when the allocated home support hours will be delivered in full on a weekly basis to a person (details supplied); if additional hours can be allocated... - Capital Expenditure Programme
1644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency capital works projects completed and the costs associated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1953/23] - Health Service Executive
1645. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the HSE's engagement with an operator (details supplied); the services that the operator provides; and the duration of any contract with the... - Health Services
1646. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1964/23] - Disability Services
1648. To ask the Minister for Health the action that he will take in 2023 to address the long waiting lists and ensure that children with autism spectrum disorder receive the necessary supports... - Dental Services
1649. To ask the Minister for Health if dentists in County Kerry are taking on patients with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1983/23] - Hospital Charges
1650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there are charges of up to €179 per week charged to patients who have been more than 30 days in hospital and are discharged to... - Departmental Correspondence
1651. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a letter from Clare County Council regarding a notice motion and resolution passed at the January meeting of Clare County Council (details... - Defibrillators Provision
1652. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated or actual number of automated external defibrillators in Ireland; the corresponding figure for the numbers that are publicly accessible; and if... - Ambulance Service
1653. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of automated external defibrillators registered with the National Ambulance Service; the number of cardiac first responder groups in Ireland;... - Health Services
1655. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy and supports that are being implemented or proposed, to enable communities to respond and improve the survival rate of cardiac arrest victims;... - Health Service Executive
1657. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE service plan for 2023 was approved; the funding provided in the 2023 service plan to address acute hospital bed capacity; and if he... - Hospital Staff
1658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vacant nursing posts in Kerry University Hospital as of 11 January 2023; when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular... - Health Services Waiting Lists
1660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology appointments in primary care in community healthcare organisation or CHO 4, by age category and time... - Medical Register
1661. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the backlog in re-registering Irish doctors who seek to return to work in Ireland; and if steps will be taken to urgently... - Health Services
1662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2021/23] - Medicinal Products
1663. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to expand access to paxlovid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2052/23] - Health Services
1665. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the chronic disease ambulatory care hubs in CHO 2; the location of the hubs servicing County Roscommon; when these hubs will become... - Health Services Staff
1666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent podiatrists working in CHO 2 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
1667. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the National Rehabilitation Hospital regional rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital; the current status of the... - Health Services Staff
1668. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends increasing or providing new rural allowances or other financial incentives for medical professionals to take up posts in rural areas in view of... - Medicinal Products
1669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider amending the eligibility criteria for this treatment on the... - Mental Health Services
1670. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taking to rectify the areas of non-compliance identified by the Mental Health Commission's report (details supplied) into the child... - Eating Disorders
1671. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 15 November 2022, if he finds it acceptable that the advice contained within the reply was incorrect (details... - Mental Health Services
1672. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 14 December 2022, when both workstreams will be completed; when the report will be published; and if he will... - Legislative Reviews
1674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to give full recognition to athletic therapists (details supplied). [2125/23] - Medicinal Products
1675. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug, phesgo, is available to patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/23] - Health Services Staff
1676. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a chief pharmaceutical officer; if his Department is engaging with an organisation (details supplied) regarding this... - Disabilities Assessments
1677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the efficacy of the new standard operating procedures for assessment of needs since 2020; if this has been reviewed; if new... - Health Services Staff
1678. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the review process of the role of radiation therapists; when the recommendations will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on... - Civil Registration Service
1679. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the civil registration office for the register of births, deaths, and marriages in Thurles, County Tipperary is now closed; the reason the... - Hospital Appointments Status
1680. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent ophthalmology appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2167/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
1681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment of needs, psychology, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and dietetics; the... - Care Services
1682. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to implement all 16 recommendations of the workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home health care assistants in 2023; if he will... - Health Services Staff
1683. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed professions which have yet to be regulated by CORU; the timeline for the regulation of each profession; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
1686. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment date from the Mater Private Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
1688. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 13 December 2022, the cost of accommodating the telemedicine clinic in CHO 4, including the expenses for travel... - Medicinal Products
1689. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Health Service Executive is not meeting is obligations as set out in section 18 of the Health (Pricing and... - Dental Services
1691. To ask the Minister for Health if a rebate or grant is available to parents who avail of private orthodontic treatment for their children in time-sensitive situations; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
1692. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to categorise athletic therapists as a profession regulated by CORU, considering their... - Ambulance Service
1693. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in 2022 on private ambulances to transfer patients from Nenagh Hospital to nursing homes, when they were being discharged from the... - Dental Services
1694. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times in County Kerry for HSE dental appointments for children from 0 to 18-years-of-age, cross tabulated with the available age cohorts... - Medicinal Products
1695. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the availability of concerta methylphenidate in Ireland. [2245/23] - Health Services
1696. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the new HSE guidelines on the treatment of ADHD; the role of adult ADHD clinics; when he anticipates the clinics being fully operational; and the... - Nursing Homes
1697. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for the fair deal scheme will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2248/23] - Care Services
1698. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase the supply of home care workers to meet the level of approval of hours for home care by the HSE; and if he will... - Medical Aids and Appliances
1699. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget per month and the amount spent per year on paediatric aids and appliances by an organisation (details supplied) in CHO4 in each of the years... - Health Services
1701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his engagement with gynaecological experts and Down syndrome groups to develop specialist gynaecology services for individuals with Down... - Mental Health Services
1702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of autistic individuals with an intellectual disability who are currently listed as active CAMHS patients in each CHO, in tabular form. [2295/23] - Home Care Packages
1703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages; the number who are experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay in accessing... - Mental Health Services
1704. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately work with the HSE in CHO 4 to put in place a plan to ensure none of the acute mental health unit beds in Bantry General Hospital are... - Health Services
1705. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 322 of 10 November 2022 and 574 of 6 December 2022, the service developments that took place between 8 June and 15 June... - Health Services Staff
1706. To ask the Minister for Health if the Commission for Public Service Appointments was informed by the HSE in advance of the recruitment of psychologists to posts within the Cork Adult Mental... - Dental Services
1707. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding for HSE dental services in the past five years in CHO 4; the number of children awaiting dental services in CHO4, broken down per LHO; their... - Medicinal Products
1708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately ensure that all persons who require a medication (details supplied) are reimbursed regardless of whether the prescription comes from a... - Health Services
1709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the current availability of adult ADHD services in each LHO in CHO 4. [2303/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1711. To ask the Minister for Health when all outstanding Covid recognition payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2314/23] - Medicinal Products
1712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the reimbursement of the anti-nausea drug pyridoxine, doxylamine commonly known by the brand name cariban for those who are... - Hospital Appointments Status
1713. To ask the Minister for Health if the unfortunate experience and delay of a person (details supplied) in getting their hip operation will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
1714. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that sub-clause 7.2.2 of the 2021 IPHA Framework Agreement which requires off-patent brands to 40% of the... - Dental Services
1717. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss updating the dental treatment service scheme and upcoming legislation affecting their... - Departmental Meetings
1718. To ask the Minister for Health when he anticipates he will be able to accommodate the meeting request made to his office by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
1719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the dermatology waiting lists in Galway University Hospital; the number who have been on the list for between one and two years, and... - Vaccination Programme
1720. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the case for making the flu vaccine free to accelerate uptake at this time of acute pressure. [2370/23] - Pharmacy Services
1721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the FEMPI changes, which were introduced affecting the income of pharmacists; if there is a process in place for considering the... - Departmental Reports
1722. To ask the Minister for Health when the report by the Heredity Cancer Model of Care will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2372/23] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression of the new community nursing development at St. Mary's Hospital, Dublin Rd, Drogheda; when the project is... - Medical Aids and Appliances
1724. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the annual funding for the aids and appliances for persons who are blind or vision impaired in each CHO in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [2428/23] - Disabilities Assessments
1726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately cease the practice of preliminary team assessments as a waiting list measure to address the long delays in the assessment of needs... - Coroners Service
1727. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure that there are clear and compulsory communication channels between the HSE and families concerning postmortems,... - Medical Aids and Appliances
1730. To ask the Minister for Health the funding or provision of equipment that is available for persons who have been medically assessed as requiring mobility scooters. [2434/23] - Ambulance Service
1731. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the shortages of ambulances in Cork south west. [2435/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
1734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all individuals with diabetes are provided with medical equipment to monitor their sugar levels free-of-charge. [2444/23] - Disability Services
1735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his engagement with family members representing service users with physical and intellectual disabilities in a facility (details supplied);...
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