Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Health Strategies
589. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to initiate an approach to the challenge of drugs in parts of Dublin south west, such as the Jobstown, Killinarden and parts of Tallaght, and... - Disability Services
590. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government plans to open the mobility allowance grant for people with disabilities to new applicants in the near future; if he will provide an update on... - Departmental Correspondence
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made representations to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the health outcomes of persons living in housing with... - Health Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend financial cover for stem cell therapy to patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8061/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an outpatient appointment for gynaecology services and treatment. [8064/23] - Nursing Homes
594. To ask the Minister for Health the support offered by the HSE to a nursing home (details supplied); the dates on which the support was first and subsequently offered by the HSE; and if he... - Health Services
595. To ask the Minister for Health when the tendering process will next open for the transport of patients for dialysis and other treatments to hospitals in the HSE mid-west region, particularly... - Nursing Homes
596. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that private nursing homes continue to refuse next-of-kin access to deceased persons records; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
597. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8086/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
598. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing home (details supplied) was refused additional staff or any other type of support from the Health Service Executive during the period of the... - General Practitioner Services
600. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of free GP cards for children beyond the existing age parameters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8107/23] - Hospital Procedures
601. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be arranged at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, for a person (details supplied). [8136/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
602. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (detail supplied) has been told they are not entitled to the pandemic bonus when their co-workers have been granted same; and if he will... - Hospital Facilities
603. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the respiratory assessment unit at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the current update on the project; and if a contract has been... - Vaccination Programme
607. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccination centres that are currently available in the Dublin north central area for the MMR vaccine programme; if additional and alternative test centres... - Nursing Homes
608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the regulations for the fair deal in respect to extra costs incurred by families, which nursing homes are invoicing for, outside of the flat... - Health Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended pigmented skin lesion clinics on a quarterly basis between 2013 and 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he... - Tobacco Control Measures
612. To ask the Minister for Health the projected annual cost to provide free nicotine replacement therapy to all those enrolled in HSE smoking cessation programmes; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
615. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount to the State to extend the HPV vaccination catch-up programme to males up to the age of 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Irish Sign Language
616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department.... - Abortion Services
617. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a gallium scan; the hospitals in which these scans are performed, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in each acute medical unit, acute medical assessment unit, medical short-stay unit and acute surgical assessment unit, broken down by unit... - Dental Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for HSE dental services in the past three years in counties Kilkenny and Carlow; the number of children waiting for dental services in Kilkenny and... - Health Promotion
621. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; the budget allocated in 2023 for same; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
622. To ask the Minister for Health the individual CDNT teams in each CHO area that has a dietitian on its team; and the case load per dietitian, per CDNT team, in tabular form. [8278/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
623. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital for a cataract procedure. [8287/23] - Disability Services
624. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available through the national service plan to develop a second respite house for adults with intellectual disabilities in south Kerry... - Hospital Appointments Status
625. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgery procedure for a person (details supplied) will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
626. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line workers employed by a company (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8329/23] - Mental Health Services
627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in Britain and the North of Ireland from 2014 to date in... - Health Services
629. To ask the Minister for Health if public adult ADHD services will be available in the CHO 4 area in Cork; if he will report on waiting lists for public ADHD assessments in CHO 4 and... - Hospital Staff
630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiothoracic surgeons working in the Mater Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8354/23] - Health Services Staff
632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with a special interest in psychiatry of learning disability based in County Kildare in 2022 and... - Medicinal Products
633. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the process for eligibility for the reimbursement of cariban under the drugs payment scheme is different from that for all other medications covered... - Ambulance Service
634. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date with the provision of a proposed ambulance base (details supplied); the reason for the delay in progressing this important and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
635. To ask the Minister for Health if he is familiar with a recent Cochrane study (details supplied) a meta-analysis of seventy-eight studies including over a million people, which has concluded... - Civil Marriages
636. To ask the Minister for Health if an issue (details supplied) in relation to appointment to register a marriage will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8453/23] - Hospital Procedures
637. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the reasons that all surgeries at Ennis Hospital in January 2023 were cancelled; if so, if he will provide those reasons; and if he will make... - Emergency Departments
638. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 339 and 340 of 19 January 2023, the average length of time a patient waited before leaving an emergency department, in... - Health Service Executive
639. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to use a facility (details supplied) as suitable accommodation for families or individuals; and if he will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a care plan in each month since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/23] - Disability Services
641. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of transitionary care for adults with intellectual disabilities upon attaining the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Reports
642. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 9 February 2023, if he will provide additional details in relation to his update on recommendation 9(ii) regarding... - Disability Services
643. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for his Department to complete and publish the Roadmap for Progressing Disability Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disabilities Assessments
644. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of assessment of needs applications overdue, broken down by CHO or other relevant geographical designation, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff
646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists and speech and language therapists working in Sligo University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in... - Care Services
647. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated current funding that would be required and the number of WTE, staff by job title that would need to be recruited before a facility (details... - Dental Services
648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sessions that are currently operating at Sligo University Hospital for dental services under anaesthesia per week. [8527/23] - Primary Care Services
649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietician vacancies currently within the primary care services in Sligo; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [8528/23] - Vaccination Programme
650. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that children in schools in Dublin north central are being asked to travel to Swords to receive their MMR vaccines; the rationale for this; the... - Mortality Rates
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his information in relation the extent and causes of the current excess mortality rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8563/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
652. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it takes KOSI to process and issue payment on employer claims for the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting their first appointment to the adult outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the UL Hospital Group... - Hospital Appointments Status
654. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery in St. James’s Hospital. [8605/23] - Legislative Reviews
655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately publish the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [8614/23] - Disabilities Assessments
656. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to regulate private providers of assessment of need for children and young people. [8615/23] - Hospital Facilities
657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of beds available at Ennis medical assessment unit; the number of those that have been ringfenced for 999 transfers; and if he... - Covid-19 Pandemic
658. To ask the Minister for Health given that the paid leave for the Public Health Service employees unfit for work post Covid infection is due to finish in the coming months, if Covid-19 will... - Health Service Executive
659. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 918 of 8 November 2022 and 299 of 19 January 2023, if he will provide the information already sought and not provided... - Departmental Funding
660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of NGOs to which he and the HSE suspended funding and-or grant aid due to their failure to file accounts and-or concerns arose in... - General Practitioner Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for the vacant GP position in Blarney; if a successful candidate has been chosen; and when the surgery will reopen. [8667/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
662. To ask the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to PSRP eligibility to include day service section 39 staff, including an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make... - Public Sector Pensions
664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the increase in the HSE pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8676/23] - Health Services
665. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a funding request received from HSE south for community ophthalmology services at a location (details supplied); if funding will be provided for... - Departmental Advertising
666. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he... - Departmental Staff
667. To ask the Minister for Health the number of communications staff currently employed in his Department; the cost of these staff for 2022; the expected cost for 2023; and if he will make a... - Public Sector Pay
668. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that some lifeline paramedics are only earning the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8731/23] - Ambulance Service
669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the average response times of ambulances in County Roscommon; and the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location, in tabular... - Pharmacy Services
670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the level of staffing of clinical pharmacists in the HSE; the optimum target staffing in this area; and if he will make a statement on the... - Healthcare Policy
671. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that proper assessments, procedures and treatments were afforded to in excess of 200 young children referred from Ireland to a clinic... - Air Quality
672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on his representations to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of poor air quality. [8741/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason day service staff in section 39 organisations have not been included in the issuance of the pandemic special recognition payment, given they faced... - Emergency Departments
674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the extension project to the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital; the timeline for the commencement of... - Hospital Equipment
675. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on update on the replacement of the CT scanner at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8748/23] - Hospital Staff
676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of vacancies of medical professionals in Mayo University Hospital; the amount of time the position has been vacant, in tabular form;... - Data Protection
677. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE requires photographic ID to access information concerning breached data; and where the data processing plan for these IDs can be found. [8751/23] - Medical Cards
679. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication can be made available to a person (details supplied) under the medical card. [8760/23] - Disability Services
681. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum capacity of residential beds for people with intellectual disabilities in Dublin; and the number of those bed currently occupied broken down by... - Health Services Waiting Lists
683. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been referred to the public waiting list for a cataract procedure. [8776/23] - Dental Services
684. To ask the Minister for Health if a general anaesthetic could be provided to a person (details supplied) who needs dental work carried out in a hospital setting; and if he will make a... - Health Services
686. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the fact that two adults must go into residential care due to the lack of services; and if he will make... - Health Services Staff
690. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in implementing agreed pay rises for current and retired healthcare workers; the number of healthcare workers this affects; when he... - Vaccination Programme
691. To ask the Minister for Health the latest HPV vaccine uptake rates for the 2021-2022 school year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8808/23] - Cancer Services
692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons aged 0-24 years of age who have travelled outside of the Republic of Ireland for specialised cancer treatment not available in... - Bereavement Counselling
694. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is dedicated to providing bereavement support to families who have lost a child to an illness; if services are provided in an equitable manner... - Hospital Waiting Lists
695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for a mastectomy in each of the years 2018 to 2022, by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular... - Home Help Service
701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the contracts for private homecare companies currently contracted by the HSE for home help hours (details supplied); and if he... - Hospital Staff
702. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take urgent action to provide the resources to bring the current level of 80 neurological nurses to the European norm of 100 (details supplied); and... - Mental Health Services
703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the seven audits into CAMHS that were referenced at the Oireachtas sub-Committee on Mental Health recently; the stages they are at; when... - Departmental Data
704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who received voluntary and involuntary electroconvulsive therapy from 2020 to 2022; the hospitals that perform this therapy; and if he... - Information and Communications Technology
705. To ask the Minister for Health the interim ICT system that CAMHS will be operating for electronic case file management; when this will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services
707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address urgent concerns relating to the dental health of a child (details supplied) and delayed access to treatment; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
708. To ask the Minister for Health if services currently situated at a site (details supplied) are to be moved to an alternative location; and the reason this is the case, given a guarantee was... - Disability Services
709. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 853 of 14 February 2023, if a timeline will be provided for the review of the implementation of the PDS service model.... - Ukraine War
711. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the supports that his Department has provided for Ukraine and for Ukrainian people since February 2022, whether in Ukraine or within the State;... - Departmental Legal Cases
712. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and... - Health Services Staff
713. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the decision basis on which of the 24 integrated consultant posts in enhanced community care hubs, only 12 were funded, with 12 unfunded; and... - Community Care
714. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all enhanced community care hubs; their purpose; the full staffing list of each hub, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
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