Written answers
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
579. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of an application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is insisting on a peace... - State Bodies
580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish the office of an independent commissioner for ageing and older people. [4572/23] - Disability Services
581. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum qualifications necessary to be employed as an assessment officer within a children’s disability network team; to detail the minimum... - Emergency Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed the accident and emergency services in Dublin as a result of alcohol and drug misuse in the past 12 months; and if he... - Hospital Appointments Status
584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following an MRI at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, has been referred to St. John’s... - Disability Services
585. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to persons wishing to provide and train an autism assistance dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3943/23] - General Practitioner Services
586. To ask the Minister for Health when free GP visit cards will be made available to children aged 6 and 7 years and to children in other age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of the proposed sodium valproate stakeholder group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3945/23] - Research Funding
588. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has commissioned research into the reasons persons travel abroad for surgery, and the potential associated risks; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
589. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to date for a service (details supplied) in tabular form. [3948/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
590. To ask the Minister for Health when workers in an out-of-hours health service (details supplied) will receive the pandemic bonus. [3949/23] - Mental Health Services
591. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that... - Medicinal Products
596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicines that are in short supply; the name of each in tabular form; the reason for the shortage of each medicine; and if he will make a... - Suicide Incidence
597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died by suicide by county, in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3974/23] - Hospital Overcrowding
598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the proposal by St. John's Hospital, Limerick, to build a new bed block which would address the critical requirement to... - Health Service Executive
599. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Corlough health centre, County Cavan was sold by the HSE; if efforts were made to re-establish health services at the centre; the sale price agreed... - Hospital Facilities
600. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change in where patients are sent for a cardiologist outpatient appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes
601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the level of consultation with private nursing homes to determine the ratio, in relation to statements made by his Department concerning... - Hospital Appointments Status
603. 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. [4016/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
604. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently in place or that are planned to provide professional support to persons who are suffering with long-Covid and who are having... - Vaccination Programme
605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child flu vaccine doses acquired by the HSE for the 2022-2023 winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/23] - Health Services Staff
609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payment of pay increases under the terms of the public pay deal to home care assistants in County Wicklow; and if he will... - Medicinal Products
610. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has calculated the additional cost burden on the healthcare system due to an increase in hyperemesis gravidarum patients presenting at emergency... - Hospital Appointments Status
612. 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. [4043/23] - Departmental Funding
613. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available to assist a person (details supplied) in receiving treatment in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/23] - Primary Care Centres
614. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new primary care centre for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4047/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
615. To ask the Minister for Health if incontinent pads will be provided by the HSE to a person (details supplied) given that the ongoing cost is a burden on the family and there is financial... - National Children's Hospital
616. To ask the Minister for Health his views on naming the new national children’s hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. [4051/23] - Cancer Services
617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics, by month, in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [4052/23] - Community Care
622. To ask the Minister for Health when the payments due to community care homes will be made; and the reason for the delay, given that a commitment was issued to have the payments made before... - Hospital Appointments Status
623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4059/23] - Cancer Services
624. To ask the Minister for Health the total number and overall proportion of persons who attended lung rapid access clinics within ten working days of receipt of referral in designated cancer... - Cancer Research
627. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Cancer Strategy 2022 implementation report will be published. [4065/23] - Hospital Staff
628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant nurse oncologist posts each quarter across all hospitals in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [4066/23] - Departmental Properties
629. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will purchase a property (details supplied) in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4068/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
630. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) has not received a hospital appointment in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Facilities
631. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment and refurbishment investment by the HSE at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2016 to 2023.... - Ambulance Service
633. To ask the Minister for Health when the new National Ambulance Service base at Buncrana, County Donegal will open. [4102/23] - Hospital Staff
634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions for health professionals, in particular nurses, doctors and physiologists, created and filled, respectively, in each hospital during... - Hospital Facilities
635. To ask the Minister for Health the type and location of beds he plans to open during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4106/23] - Ambulance Service
637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulance dispatches that were recorded in County Clare during 2022; the number of occasions where ambulances arrived at scenes where the... - Hospital Staff
639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors who were employed in HSE-run hospitals in December 2022; the corresponding figure for December 2019; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip and or knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. [4111/23] - Departmental Staff
641. To ask the Minister for Health the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they are being paid;... - Mental Health Services
642. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter involving the Mental Health Commission interim report into CAMHS (details supplied); if similar risks have not been... - Medicinal Products
652. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national standard for the monitoring of antipsychotic medication; if he will outline the process by which a national standard could be developed;... - Mental Health Services
653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of key workers within CAMHS; the percentage of CAMHS users who have a key worker assigned to them; the percentage of users who have a care plan in... - Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for assistive communication devices to be supplied to non-verbal children diagnosed with autism; the reason the parents of such a... - Primary Medical Certificates
657. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an individual may reapply for a primary medical certificate following a past refusal; if a certain time period must lapse; and if... - Assisted Decision-Making
658. To ask the Minister for Health what the policy of Letterkenny University Hospital was regarding the determination of next-of-kin and capacity prior to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity)... - Health Services Waiting Lists
659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age in each CHO by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the... - Health Services
660. To ask the Minister for Health if there are future plans to roll out dialectical behavioural therapy in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4171/23] - General Practitioner Services
662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of general practitioners charging patients with medical cards for individual blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional non-consultant hospital doctors that have been recruited in CH03 in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4176/23] - Mental Health Services
666. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new consultant-led multidisciplinary CAMHS hub in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4177/23] - Hospice Services
668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that visited the neurofibromatosis clinic at CHI Tallaght in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4199/23] - Primary Care Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians working in each primary care centre in CHO9 as of 24 January 2023, in tabular form. [4200/23] - Hospice Services
670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of warnings issued by hospitals advising patients with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from other areas of the health services and to... - Hospital Charges
671. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges in public car park areas within St. James's Hospital in 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form.... - Hospital Staff
672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons attached to St Vincent's University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4203/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Medtronic continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; and the number who were over 21... - Mental Health Services
675. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reinstatement of the HSE's national director of mental health as reported in the media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Legislative Measures
677. To ask the Minister for Health the date that he will bring the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 to Cabinet for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4228/23] - Disability Services
678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that transport is not provided to young adults with a disability attending day services (details supplied); the facilities that are in place to... - Mental Health Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the length of time that persons... - Official Travel
680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his Department (details... - Disability Services
681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an increase of the mobility allowance payment for a person (details supplied). [4263/23] - General Practitioner Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the plans to provide replacement GPs in a practice in County Tipperary when two GPs retire; the efforts being made to arrange new GPs for... - Hospital Appointments Status
683. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
684. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1645 of 18 January 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff assigned to each CHO by an organisation... - Disability Services
685. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation plan following on from the Disability Capacity Review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/23] - Health Services Staff
686. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any current investigation ongoing into the crisis facing recruitment in Carlow and Kilkenny’s children’s disability network teams;... - Pharmacy Services
687. To ask the Minister for Health when the working group on community pharmacies is scheduled to come forward with proposals for his consideration. [4311/23] - Healthcare Policy
688. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a governance structure for breastfeeding in primary care and acute hospitals divisions; if he will appoint dedicated full-time lactation... - Covid-19 Pandemic
690. To ask the Minister for Health if workers on community employment schemes who worked in nursing and care homes throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as support staff (details supplied) are... - Mental Health Services
691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of a youth mental health lead within the HSE, as committed to in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement... - Healthcare Policy
693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will reconsider issuing European health insurance cards to Irish citizens who... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update with regard to the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to workers in a location (details supplied) in County Dublin; and... - Nursing Homes
696. To ask the Minister for Health the position of nursing homes charging additional money to clients who are in the fair deal scheme (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate community mental health community services to assist a person (details supplied). [4353/23] - Substance Misuse
698. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent closure of a resource centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4354/23] - Legislative Measures
700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the transport support Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/23] - Health Service Executive
701. To ask the Minister for Health the date the HSE received its commissioned report from an organisation (details supplied) into the running of St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park,... - Emergency Departments
702. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open the accident and emergency and ICU in Nenagh hospital. [4462/23] - Abortion Services
704. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4499/23] - Medicinal Products
705. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement application for a treatment by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when he expects this... - Mental Health Services
706. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the provision of services (details supplied) in Waterford; if so, when these plans will be put in place; and if he will make a statement... - Legislative Measures
707. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017; when it is likely to move to the next stage of the legislative process; if he will acknowledge that... - Mental Health Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on staffing at a facility (details supplied); and whether there will be a reduction in bed numbers in the facility. [4531/23] - Hospital Services
709. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to two-day surgery theatres at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a... - Primary Care Centres
710. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the additional staffing... - Mental Health Services
711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on mental health staff numbers in a facility (details supplied); the reported number of staff leaving; if CAMHS beds will be... - Legislative Reviews
712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of his Department's cross-departmental agency group that was set up to monitor the European Commission's upcoming revision of... - Bullying in the Workplace
714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the Health Service Executive sanctioned, suspended, terminated, or otherwise reprimanded a manager, employing body, or member of staff... - Mental Health Services
716. To ask the Minister for Health if a guarantee be given that no CAMHS beds will be closed in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/23] - Health Services
717. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that under-16s cannot currently be referred for a free MRI through the HSE; and if he plans to rectify this anomaly with immediate action. [4562/23] - Medicinal Products
719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the prescribing practices for risperidone, the number of children prescribed the drug, the average prescribed dose; the number... - Care of the Elderly
721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent commissioner for aging and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4571/23] - General Practitioner Services
722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a GMS panel might be frozen when a doctor relocates retires or resigns from the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
726. 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. [4637/23] - Mental Health Services
727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services and associated services in the HSE that are in the north east, broken down by grade and category in... - Medicinal Products
728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suppliers of the contraceptive pill that have not yet signed up for the HSE’s contraceptive reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a... - Home Help Service
731. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a standard list of work for those working as home helps that should be carried out in the care of the person they are caring for; if so, if the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
732. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of a day-care centre (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the centre will be ready; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic bonus payment given that they were a front-line worker at a nursing home until... - Mental Health Services
734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were admitted to adult mental health facilities per month in 2022, per CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
735. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 19 January 2023, the children’s disability network teams that have been provided with an information... - Hospital Appointments Status
736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery date for a person (details supplied). [4707/23] - Disabilities Assessments
737. To ask the Minister for Health the further timeframe that is expected for an assessment of need appointment for a child (details supplied) given the timeframes set out in the Disability Act... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
739. To ask the Minister for Health the current status on the appeal for payment of the pandemic recognition payment to home support resource managers in CHO5; the further timeframe that is... - Departmental Schemes
741. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the introduction of a statutory home care scheme as promised in the Programme for Government; the timetable for its introduction;... - Care of the Elderly
742. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the establishment of a commission for care as promised in the Programme for Government, which will examine care and supports for older... - Nursing Homes
743. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by him to date on implementing the Programme for Government promise to ensure that no nursing home support scheme resident is charged for... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
744. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the €1,000 pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4733/23] - Health Services
745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 1,000 extra beds recently reported by the HSE in terms of hospitals involved and types of bed; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
746. To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe that an approval for reimbursement of the cost of Cariban takes after a consultant completes an initial application form for an... - Health Services Staff
748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to reform the ‘atypical working visa’ to enable doctors providing locum... - General Practitioner Services
749. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that out-of-hours GP services can recruit and retain doctors, including non-EEA locums, to cover the service requirements.... - Medicinal Products
750. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the drug cariban is not available free of charge to pregnant women who are suffering with sickness during pregnancy; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
751. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HPV vaccine is not available to some unvaccinated males who are in sixth year; the reason that the eligibility criteria are not set by age...
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