Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Health Service Executive
608. To ask the Minister for Health if he is setting up a group within his Department to look at the issue of siloing within the HSE; and if this group will agree to meet with therapy... - Health Services Staff
609. To ask the Minister for Health if a child who is assessed privately for a speech and language disorder can seek access to HSE supports based on the opinions of a private medical... - National Children's Hospital
611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests and monetary sums requested in respect of the ongoing completion of the National Children's Hospital in 2022, and to date in 2023.... - Health Services Waiting Lists
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware there is currently a wait of 12 months, or more, for an initial community occupational therapy appointment in an area (details supplied); and... - Health Strategies
613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the National Clinical Programme for ADHD in adults; how many ADHD clinics have been opened; when the Programme is set to be... - Health Services Staff
622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe on an application by a person (details supplied) for registration with the Irish Medical Council; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health if the condition fibromyalgia has been recognised as a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14704/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for an appointment for the endometriosis clinic in the Coombe Hospital; the average waiting time at present; and if he will make a... - Cancer Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any differential in survival rates for cancer between persons who were diagnosed in a public versus private hospital or... - Mental Health Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health if the mother-and-baby inpatient perinatal mental health unit will be in place in Q4 of 2024, as outlined in Sharing the Vision; if a site has been chosen;... - Hospital Facilities
627. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has made accommodation for the provision of a new 10-bed impatient adult eating disorder service; if a location has been found; when it will open;... - Public Procurement Contracts
630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14726/23] - Official Travel
631. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St... - Health Strategies
632. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the review and revision of Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland: the HSE Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 – 2021; if a new plan will be... - Health Promotion
633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a five-year hypertension awareness and behaviour change campaign led by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make... - Health Strategies
634. To ask the Minister for Health what funding has been allocated to the national stroke strategy so that its recommendations are implemented in full. [14773/23] - Healthcare Policy
636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds for stroke patients in Ireland; the deficit that exists for the population on the basis of recommendations contained in the UK’s... - Departmental Data
641. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring that staffing and... - Health Services
642. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make available under the drug payment scheme or medical card scheme the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and... - Health Services Waiting Lists
643. To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for an MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of whole-time equivalent (WTE) positions at University Hospital Limerick and within the UL Hospitals Group on 31 January 2020... - Hospital Facilities
646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any tree-removal contracts worth in excess of €5,000 awarded by CHO4 HSE services since 1 January 2018, in tabular form,... - Covid-19 Pandemic
647. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 recognition payment will be paid to a qualified person (details supplied) who has supplied their information as requested in November 2022.... - Health Services
648. To ask the Minister for Health f he will ensure that a wheelchair will be urgently provided to a patient (details supplied) who is receiving palliative care treatment in their home from... - Health Services Waiting Lists
650. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are in place to reduce audiology lists in Limerick for those under the age of 4 years and those over the age of 4 years; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours delivered, by CHO, by month, in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form. [14811/23] - Hospital Services
654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical hubs which will be established; the number of surgical hubs already established; the cost, staffing requirements and capacity of... - Health Services Waiting Lists
655. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by speciality and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [14814/23] - Health Services
658. To ask the Minister for Health if he has listened to and consulted with the trans community in relation to their healthcare needs and the provision of that care currently; if he will... - Dental Services
659. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for the use of the €5 million funding announced in Budget 2023 to address backlogs in the HSE public dental service; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
661. To ask the Minister for Health if a mechanism will be established to enable workers who have not yet received their pandemic bonus payment to claim the payment; and if he will make a... - Health Services Waiting Lists
662. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait until June 2023 for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14833/23] - Hospital Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a hospital's (details supplied) policy regarding medical students' involvement in patient care. [14836/23] - Medical Inquiries
664. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14839/23] - Pandemic Bonus Payment
665. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the pandemic bonus payment; the options available to them to secure the payment; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
666. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with a disability (details supplied) can apply for a computer with accessible software under the technical aids grant; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
667. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the medical assessment unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24-hours-a-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
668. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide appropriate levels of staff in the SouthDoc facilities in Castletownbere, Bantry, Skibbereen, Dunmanway, Clonakilty and... - Health Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all the details on the SouthDoc website are up-to-date and correct. [14871/23] - Disability Services
670. To ask the Minister for Health the respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families; the number of respite facilities available; the capacity of each... - Medical Inquiries
672. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14897/23] - Health Services Staff
673. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to include nurses studying and training under a sponsorship scheme in the travel and subsistence scheme; and if he will make a... - Health Services Waiting Lists
675. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
676. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14920/23] - Healthcare Policy
678. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis patches will be reinstated for medical card or long-term Illness patients with multiple sclerosis as it is only available on schemes if the patient... - Home Help Service
680. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home care assistants (details supplied) in north Kerry are being asked to submit their sick pay and travel expenses online; and if he will make a... - Health Services Waiting Lists
681. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting list at the University Hospital Limerick diabetes outpatients clinic; the number of people currently on the... - Health Strategies
682. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national register in respect of diabetes; and the date on which the national diabetes strategy was amended and-or updated. [14952/23] - Healthcare Policy
683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify who is eligible to access chronic disease hubs. [14953/23] - Medical Cards
684. To ask the Minister for Health when the Budget 2023 announcement that GP visit cards will be extended to children aged six and seven years will be met in view that the announced target of... - Health Services Waiting Lists
685. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant nursing posts at the National Forensic Mental Health Service; the estimated full-year cost of filling these vacancies; and when these... - Hospital Charges
687. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges from public car parking at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular... - Health Services Staff
688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the HSE National Antimicrobial Resistant Team; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when will... - Health Service Executive
689. To ask the Minister for Health the name of companies in CHO7 and CHO9 that currently have a contract with the HSE to install stairlifts, downstairs toilets and so on in a person’s own... - Health Services Staff
690. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting additional one WTE information scientists with a MSc in genetic counselling and additional one WTE information... - Health Services
691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of podiatrists, including addresses, that are accepting new medical card holders aged over 65 within CHO9, in tabular form.... - Hospital Staff
692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency nurses at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this... - Public Sector Pensions
693. To ask the Minister for Health when a retired nurse (details supplied) who worked at Ennis General Hospital can expect to receive her increased weekly pension as per the €1.6 billion... - Hospital Appointments Status
694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following a diagnosis of lung cancer at St. James's Hospital, Dublin was referred for a second... - Tobacco Control Measures
699. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations that are in place for vaping products; if there is any intention of further regulating these products; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Service Executive
700. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not provide information to a group (details supplied), in view of the very serious implications for the group; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
703. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with dementia, who is in receipt of maximum 22.5 hours home help per week, could also avail of the dementia home support scheme; and if he will... - Nursing Homes
704. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing a redress scheme for people who have been impacted by being overcharged for nursing home care for their loved... - Care Services
705. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the National Carers’ Strategy, promised under the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
706. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the responsibility of staff of a nursing home to provide a third party (details supplied) with copies of their payslips to facilitate the pandemic... - Medical Consent
707. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 14 February 2023, and the written reply from the HSE dated 20 February 2023, his views on whether any amendment is... - Departmental Reviews
708. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department's review of the rationale for the disclosure of counselling notes as part of court proceedings, including a victim or survivor perspective,... - Health Service Executive
709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current HSE infrastructure relating to maternity healthcare services in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Admissions
710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women referred to the Rotunda Hospital from north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15217/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
712. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pandemic bonus has not been paid to a person (details supplied); if provision has been made for pay increases for Section 39 workers; and if he... - Home Help Service
713. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the home help package they were awarded; when home care support will start as offered; and if he will... - Health Services Waiting Lists
714. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for 8-16 year olds in CHO8, per test centre, age, and the length of time on the list, in tabular form. [15237/23] - Hospital Services
715. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the injury unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24 hrs a day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
716. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for women to access public gynaecological services, with particular reference to women diagnosed with... - Assisted Human Reproduction
718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether retrospective declarations of parentage can be dealt with prior to the establishment of an Assisted Human Reproduction Regulator... - Hospital Appointments Status
719. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15269/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
720. To ask the Minister for Health if the IHREC submission (details supplied) requesting a human rights-based inquiry into residential care during Covid 19 has been reviewed; and if so, his... - Dental Services
721. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) cannot have a procedure carried out by the HSE school dentist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15276/23] - Meals-on-Wheels Services
722. To ask the Minister for Health if supports will be provided to the operators of the Tuam meals on wheels service, County Galway to prevent its closure at the end of the March 2023; and if he... - Ukraine War
723. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the proposed facilities at a facility (details supplied) are suitable for traumatised people fleeing war and the additional trauma of... - Medical Cards
724. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter can be reviewed urgently, given the medical circumstances of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
725. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to access an appointment in a long-Covid clinic; how many people are currently waiting for an appointment; the current staffing in... - Pension Provisions
726. To ask the Minister for Health when retired nurses will receive their two overdue pay rises as per the building momentum pay deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/23] - Health Services
727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule by CHO area of the number of primary school patients in the backlog and or have not had their in-school eye, hearing and dental... - Abortion Services
728. To ask the Minister for Health if possible links between coercion to have an abortion and telemedicine abortion has been examined by his Department or any agency on behalf of his Department;... - Medical Qualifications
730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all medical professions that require a clinical placement as part of their education and qualification in the respective... - Medical Internships
732. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to increase the number of clinical placements in the healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/23] - Cancer Services
733. To ask the Minister for Health when the BreastCheck programme for 52- and 53- year-olds who were never called for their initial BreastCheck appointments, due to Covid restrictions at the... - Hospital Staff
734. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary staffing levels will be approved to allow for the MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar to become fully operational; the... - Alcohol Sales
735. To ask the Minister for Health the role his Department has undertaken in consulting on, or drafting, the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15375/23] - Primary Care Centres
738. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15383/23] - Health Services
739. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the services that can be accessed via the treatment abroad scheme for children facing unacceptably long waits for assessment of... - Departmental Meetings
742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether he has met with transgender representative groups in respect of consultation with regards to transgender health care in Ireland; if... - Hospital Transfers
743. To ask the Minister for Health when the urgent transfer of a patient (details supplied) from Letterkenny University Hospital to the Mater Hospital will take place; and if he will make a... - Hospital Equipment
744. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that are currently operating the Da Vinci surgical system; and if there are plans to expand the robotics programme in hospitals. [15485/23] - Hospital Staff
745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant transplant surgeons based at each hospital that is part of the South, South-West Hospital Group in 2022 and to date in 2023, in... - Hospital Facilities
747. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have a helipad within their grounds and that is in use, in tabular form. [15488/23] - Mental Health Services
748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in each primary care centre within CHOs 3 and 5 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15489/23] - Departmental Meetings
749. To ask the Minister for Health if he visited The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto during his recent visit to Canada for St. Patrick’s Day events. [15490/23]
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