Written answers
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Disability Services
472. To ask the Minister for Health when a full complement of therapists will be provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [3369/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists for each care service for December 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by... - Disability Services
475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams by CHO-CDNT for December 2022, in tabular form; the... - Mental Health Services
477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO, and by age and length of wait for December 2022, in tabular form. [2696/23] - Disabilities Assessments
478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need; the number overdue for completion; and the average length of wait. [2697/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
479. 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. [2698/23] - Emergency Departments
480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended the accident and emergency department at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in... - Disabilities Assessments
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between 0-8 years of age who were diagnosed with autism in each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form. [2702/23] - Nursing Homes
482. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ever-rising costs of nursing home care, with relatives reporting significant extra costs in addition to the basic... - Hospital Appointments Status
483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2705/23] - Health Services Staff
484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the adult community services in County Laois; the number of vacancies that exist; and his plans to recruit... - Health Services
486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for January 2020 to December 2022, the number of people in South Tipperary CHO Area 5 who have a diagnosed neurological... - Medical Cards
489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the qualifying thresholds for a medical card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2715/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
490. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2722/23] - Substance Misuse
492. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE since the cessation of the Midlands Youth Drug and Alcohol Services Extern service on 31 December 2022; the timeline for... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
493. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive will provide an update on the planned new 60-bedroom residential unit on the campus of Saint Patrick's... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
494. To ask the Minister for Health when the staff in organisations (details supplied) will be paid the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2732/23] - National Children's Hospital
495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision has not been taken yet on the new National Children's Hospital; and if he has given any serious consideration given to naming it in... - Departmental Properties
496. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for the hospital complex sites that currently host Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s... - Ambulance Service
497. To ask the Minister for Health if the results of a pilot scheme launched on 1 October 2022 was a feasibility study of the ambulance service bringing patients to Mallow General Hospital... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
498. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the construction of hospitals devoted exclusively to elective-only procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products
499. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners are permitted to prescribe paxlovid for vulnerable people with Covid outside of a hospital setting and, if not, if this can be... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
500. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment will be issued to TTM healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting dermatology service in each of the main hospitals; the extent to which modern services continue to be made available... - Hospital Appointments Status
502. To ask the Minister for Health when tonsillectomy might be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2771/23] - Health Services Staff
503. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing safeguarding team staffing levels by 20%, including employers' PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2782/23] - Hospital Services
505. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future development of Kilcreene Hospital Campus, Kilkenny; if services provided at this hospital will be expanded; if new services will be... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
506. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in a centre (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2785/23] - Legislative Process
507. To ask the Minister for Health when section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will come into effect. [2805/23] - Primary Care Centres
508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists working in Grangegorman primary care centre in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [2806/23] - Emergency Departments
509. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the emergency department activity at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2022; the number of presentations and admissions; and... - Health Services Staff
510. To ask the Minister for Health the international recruitment campaigns that took place in 2022 for healthcare workers. [2808/23] - Hospital Staff
511. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit three extra WTE acute oncology services nurses for Beaumont Hospital. [2809/23] - Health Services Staff
513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on his plans to fully resource all existing community neuro-rehabilitation teams; when it is expected that community... - Disability Services
514. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent positions allocated to Clonmel CDNT; the number of the positions that are vacant; the number of children attached to the... - Ambulance Service
515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which waited longer than standard procedure would dictate outside of a hospital to decant a patient, in the full year of 2022 by... - Medical Aids and Appliances
517. 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. [2855/23] - Health Services Staff
518. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions have and will be made by his Department to provide direct funding for nurses in an organisation (details supplied) to support motor neurone... - Medical Aids and Appliances
520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a ceiling track hoist for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2870/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issuing of a pandemic bonus payment for a healthcare worker (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
522. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to increase the threshold for medical card holders in line with increases in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
523. To ask the Minister for Health when nursing home staff (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2889/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2892/23] - Hospital Admissions
525. 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 the full year of 2020 and... - Emergency Departments
527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the full year of 2020 and for each month, by hospital in tabular... - Hospital Admissions
529. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-9, 0-9, 9-24 and 24+ hours for admission via an emergency department for each emergency department in... - Emergency Departments
531. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of presentations, registrations and admissions at each emergency department and the state-wide total for the full year of 2020 and for each... - Hospital Appointments Status
533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for the full year of 2021, and for each month, by hospital group and... - Hospital Procedures
537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location in each month of 2021, in tabular form. [2905/23] - Hospital Services
539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost by location in each month of 2021, in tabular form. [2907/23] - Ambulance Service
541. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less... - Health Services Staff
543. 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... - Hospital Appointments Status
545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will endeavour to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives an urgent outpatient appointment at the orthopaedic clinic in Cavan and Monaghan... - State Bodies
546. 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... - Dental Services
547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each of the years 2017 to 2022, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists... - Hospital Services
548. To ask the Minister for Health the difference between a model 2 and model 2s hospital; the measures required to upgrade a standard model 2 to model 2s; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time emergency department staff, by grade and profession, employed at hospitals (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 to 2022 at year... - Health Services Staff
552. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE carries out exit interviews for staff leaving its employment; if the HSE will consider investing in exit interviews as a way of identifying... - Hospital Procedures
553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures cancelled in each month of 2022, by hospital, including both HSE and voluntary hospitals, in tabular... - Dental Services
554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of 2022, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular... - Hospital Admissions
560. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department for each week in December 2022 and to date in January 2023, in tabular... - Health Services Waiting Lists
561. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum waiting time across National Treatment Purchase Fund-reported waiting lists, by speciality and hospital, for December 2022, in... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
569. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the outstanding Covid pandemic recognition payments for persons working with private healthcare providers who have submitted self-assessment... - Nursing Homes
570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason discussions have taken place with a nursing home (details supplied) in Roscrea regarding possible integration into the public nursing home network;... - Employment Rights
571. To ask the Minister for Health when the process of bringing in an employment regulation order will commence for home care workers, given the recent confirmation by the Taoiseach. [2954/23] - Hospital Admissions
572. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 24 February 2022, the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for... - Home Care Packages
575. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2964/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
576. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an endocrinology appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the routine or... - Departmental Reports
577. To ask the Minister for Health the financial amount that was allocated by his Department for the purposes of carrying out an ESRI report into the costs of extending GP care to the whole... - Departmental Reviews
578. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national review of cardiac services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2987/23] - Health Services Staff
579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fully resource existing community neuro-rehabilitation teams, such as the one in Limerick; if he will set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team... - Hospital Staff
580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3004/23] - Dental Services
582. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE for primary care orthodontic services in County Mayo by year from 2018 to date in 2023, in... - Health Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a walk-in warfarin clinic in County Mayo. [3007/23] - Primary Care Centres
584. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a project (details supplied); if progress has been made by the legal team in pursuing a resolution; and if he will... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
585. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected work will commence on the new development at St. Vincent’s Community Hospital, Mountmellick, County Laois; and if he will make a... - Family Support Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health the current supports available to parents and families bereaved by sudden unexplained death in childhood. [3020/23] - Health Strategies
587. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that the Government is undertaking to research, raise awareness and collate information regarding sudden unexplained death in... - General Practitioner Services
588. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of moneys that have been paid to GP practices for the services rendered under the general medical services scheme agreement of 2019 - payments in... - Vaccination Programme
589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeline of the HIQA assessment report on the proposal to add the chickenpox vaccine to the national vaccination schedule... - Medicinal Products
590. To ask the Minister for Health if Sunosi, which is produced in Ireland and has a successful record treating persons with narcolepsy, is or will be made available on the medical card; and, if... - Hospital Appointments Status
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied), a terminal cancer patient who is suffering from dysphagia, who was referred to... - Home Care Packages
592. To ask the Minister for Health if an increased home care package can be provided as soon as possible in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify that the contract for the national standardised list of community-funded aids and appliances and prescribing criteria is in place; and if he... - Medicinal Products
594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to address the ongoing risk of medicine shortages. [3127/23] - Patient Deaths
595. To ask the Minister for Health if a group has been established by his office or any other institution of his Department or HSE for the purpose of carrying out investigations into maternal... - Mental Health Services
596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately provide the necessary capital funding to retain 18 beds in the acute mental health unit in Bantry Hospital. [3129/23] - Abortion Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data compiled by the HSE of recorded protests against abortion including the date, time, number present and any other recorded information... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
598. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 15 November 2022, the length of time 'it takes an assessor to complete an overseas completed application from... - Legislative Reviews
599. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for when the review into the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be concluded; if the research that was... - Medicinal Products
600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3176/23] - Hospital Staff
601. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to fill the vacant consultant neurologist post at University Hospital Waterford; and when the selected candidate is expected to be in... - Medical Aids and Appliances
602. To ask the Minister for Health the current repair times in place for wheelchair users when repairs are required to their wheelchairs in the Waterford city area; the recommended and average... - Hospital Appointments Status
603. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue to a person (details supplied). [3187/23] - Primary Care Centres
604. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide the construction costs and running costs for the respective primary care centres located in Grangegorman, Summerhill and the Navan Road; the... - Hospital Staff
605. To ask the Minister for Health to outline plans to appoint consultant paediatric rheumatologists to Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3201/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
606. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/23] - Care Services
607. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential place can be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3215/23] - Medicinal Products
608. To ask the Minister for Health the way persons who need continuous supplies of insulin are expected to maintain their health while the supply is difficult to access other than by very... - Disability Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive support from the Donegal north children’s disability network team; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
610. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn the unavailability of certain prescription drugs (details supplied) and the effects this is having on patient care; and if he... - Disability Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the full authorised staffing numbers and positions for County Wexford’s children’s disability network team; the staff... - Medicinal Products
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of sunosi, which is used to treat narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnoea in Ireland; and if he will make a... - Health Services Waiting Lists
613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young adults on the waiting list for respite services in County Longford. [3247/23] - Hospital Staff
614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthopaedic staff nurses working at both CHI Crumlin and Temple Street in the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if... - Capital Expenditure Programme
615. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding provided to each level 4 hospital in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3249/23] - Hospital Staff
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE genetics nurses working in the cancer genetics department of St. James's Hospital in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3250/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
617. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment will be issued to workers of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
618. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to address the shortfall requiring an additional seven emergency consultant positions at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private beds allocated to public patient overflow at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3255/23] - General Practitioner Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the GPs operating under the aegis of Shannondoc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3259/23] - Medicinal Products
624. To ask the Minister for Health what his Department is doing to address medicine shortages across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3261/23] - General Practitioner Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a timeline for the conclusion of GP contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3268/23] - Health Services Staff
627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE carers working in community healthcare organisation CHO 3, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3270/23] - Health Services
628. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE winter plan will be produced at an earlier stage for winter 2023-24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/23] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
629. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the 96-bed ward block in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3281/23] - Departmental Reports
630. To ask the Minister for Health if the evaluation report of the pilot on the statutory home support scheme is completed; the timeframe for when the report will be made public; and if he will... - Care Services
631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the current unmet need with regard to home care provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3301/23] - Disability Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health the name and contact details of the liaison officer attached to each children's disability network team, CDNT; the name and contact details of the assessment... - Health Services Waiting Lists
636. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form, who await home care [3310/23] - Care Services
637. To ask the Minister for Health the respite options that are made available to patients being discharged from a hospital (details supplied); and the respite services available in the area.... - Health Services Waiting Lists
639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO 2 awaiting all therapies in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form. [3313/23] - Care Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were referred to a facility (details supplied); and the number of these persons who were seen in 2022. [3314/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
641. To ask the Minister for Health when eligible employees of a healthcare provider (details supplied) will be paid the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
642. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application by a person (details supplied) was closed; if it will be reopened in view of the fact the documents requested were... - Pharmacy Services
643. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce greater prescription powers to pharmacists to reduce the burden on GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3349/23] - Disability Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health the positions in HSE intellectual disability services whereby applicants with a driving conviction are disqualified from and fail to meet the criteria; and if... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
646. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant refuses to prescribe medical cannabis for a patient when they are not familiar with the Medical Cannabis Access Programme, what recourse a... - Vaccination Programme
647. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to the memo from the HSE sent to early learning, childhood service providers and schools to be distributed to parents and... - Medical Qualifications
648. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any support or contact available to occupational therapists returning to the profession, in order to facilitate them completing the 420 hours of... - Business Supports
649. To ask the Minister for Health the total monetary amount of non-repayable moneys provided by his Department through grants, funding supports, tax breaks or other means to businesses in each...
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