Written answers
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
155. To ask the Minister for Health given the paid leave for the public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid infection is due to finish in the coming months, if his Department has... - Health Services Staff
156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10290/23] - Care of the Elderly
158. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish a commissioner for ageing and older people. [10295/23] - Dental Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by... - Disabilities Assessments
164. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have their assessment of need carried out. [10327/23] - Departmental Correspondence
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10328/23] - Health Services Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of FTE public health nursing posts in County Cavan; the vacancy rate 2018 to date by year; if additional posts were provided for through budget... - Medical Cards
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the changes to income thresholds for medical card eligibility since 2013. [10357/23] - Mental Health Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health day services that are currently operating in Thurles, County Tipperary; how an individual may avail of such services; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of biopsy tests relative to cancer that were submitted to the laboratory at UHW for analysis from hospitals located in counties Kilkenny, Tipperary... - Health Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards in bringing forward proposals to enable young people under the age of 17 years to access the free contraception scheme, as... - Assisted Human Reproduction
171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline what the eligibility criteria will be for publicly funded fertility care, as outlined in the programme for Government, in terms of age,... - Medicinal Products
172. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the speed and efficiency of health technology assessments for new treatments that have already been approved by the European... - Alcohol Sales
173. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish an alcohol non-compliance list in accordance with section 31 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [10407/23] - Eating Disorders
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to develop a model of care for people with the eating condition of avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; if he intends to develop a model of... - Abortion Services
179. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of telemedicine abortion; if it is intended to revert back to the pre-Covid practice in this regard, now the Covid pandemic restrictions are... - Nursing Homes
180. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing homes that are part of the "nursing home subvention scheme" are entitled to charge a general daily "contribution charge" to the resident over and... - Hospital Appointments Status
183. 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. [10449/23] - Health Services Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason priority is given to CEO entry applicants within the HSE Internship placement programme in addition to or instead of percentile marking; the reason... - Home Help Service
185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE home help carers in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10477/23] - Health Services Staff
186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it has taken so long to fill a social worker post for a hospice (details supplied) in the Curragh, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - Food Labelling
188. To ask the Minister for Health if the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will see the introduction of warning signs on alcohol being provided in English and Irish; and if he will make a... - National Children's Hospital
189. To ask the Minister for Health if the figures for all elements in relation to the construction of the national children’s hospital, both mechanical and electrical, that is, lighting,... - Hospital Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to introduce a dedicated paediatric speech and language service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Care Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation eight of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants; and if he... - Alcohol Advertising
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 to include zero alcohol products in the restrictions on advertising and marketing; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a full independent review of service provision by a provider (details supplied) since publication of the Assurance Review; and if he will... - Capital Expenditure Programme
195. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Procedures
196. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the cancellation of elective surgeries on a number of occasions in the past week at Ennis hospital; the contingencies he will put in place to... - Patient Transport
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of funding for a service (details supplied) to bring patients from Cork South-West to CUH to receive cancer...
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