Written answers

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

  • Health Services Staff
    1325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm information received by parents of young children in Newcastle, County Dublin that no public health nurse service is available in their...
  • Hospital Services
    1327. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to upgrade and enhance paediatric care and services in Cork University Hospital, CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Facilities
    1328. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in relation to the installation of a helipad at Cork University Hospital, CUH (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Patient Transfers
    1329. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent transfer will proceed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16060/23]
  • Mental Health Services
    1330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by Community Healthcare Organisation, CHO, and Local Health Office,...
  • Health Services Staff
    1331. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16067/23]
  • Health Services
    1332. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to improve the resourcing of genetic services in Ireland for the detection and treatment of rare diseases; and if he will...
  • Defibrillators Provision
    1334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the locations of defibrillator machines in areas (details supplied). [16084/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1335. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding of clinical staff required supplemental to general funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16100/23]
  • Departmental Data
    1337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people attending the diabetes clinic in Dundalk who are living with type 1 diabetes; the number of people with type 1 diabetes on a waiting list...
  • Health Services Staff
    1339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline how many diabetes specialist nurses, DSNs, and dietitians are currently working in the diabetes clinic in Dundalk, both full-time and...
  • Health Services
    1341. To ask the Minister for Health when a new pump clinic will be provided at Dundalk’s diabetes clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16324/23]
  • Disease Management
    1342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16325/23]
  • Medical Cards
    1343. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders can be charged for having blood samples taken at their GP clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16334/23]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1344. To ask the Minister for Health when an individual (details supplied) will be seen for an appointment with the Orthopaedics Section of UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Staff
    1345. To ask the Minister for Health if the CHO3 adult ADHD clinic is fully staffed; the number of vacancies, if any, that exist in CHO3, adult ADHD services; what the current caseload of the...
  • Health Services
    1346. To ask the Minister for Health if there are active policies and procedures in place in CHO3 to guarantee a smooth transfer from CAMHS to adult ADHD services for children with ADHD who reach...
  • Hospital Staff
    1347. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a Parkinson’s nurse specialist for Waterford and Tipperary University Hospitals, following a funding...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1348. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all costs associated with the removal of trees in Merlin Woods, Galway to date in 2023; the name of the companies or persons...
  • Health Service Executive
    1349. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE decision-making process leading to tree-felling works carried out in Merlin Woods, Galway in 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1350. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid recognition payment has been issued to an organisation (details supplied) for payment to its staff. [16357/23]
  • Hospital Services
    1351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the services provided at St. Brigid's Hospital Carrick-on-Suir; the plans to provide other services at this location; his views on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1352. To ask the Minister for Health what steps should be taken by nursing home workers where a former employer sought and was paid the Covid bonus payment on their behalf, but the worker has not...
  • Industrial Relations
    1353. To ask the Minister for Health the progress if any in resolving the pay issues arising from the section 42 report and the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16376/23]
  • Nursing Education
    1355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reinstating the €100 placement grant that was available to students on placement as a result of the pandemic, particularly for...
  • Departmental Data
    1356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with scarlet fever and hospitalised due to same in the months October 2022 to March 2023, inclusive, broken down by...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    1357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release correspondence he has received for 2023 relating to the operation of all facilities of an out-of-hours service (details supplied). [16388/23]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1358. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the phone service for a facility (details supplied) in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the costs paid out by the HSE for each facility in 2022 and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1360. To ask the Minister for Health the position of his Department regarding pay for those healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid and who have been and are still certified as medically...
  • Health Services
    1361. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to provide adequate resources for genetic services in CHI Crumlin; the steps he will take to reduce waiting lists for genetic testing...
  • Hospital Staff
    1362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's disease nurse specialists working in neurology centres in Tipperary University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1364. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to transition the current Covid-19 vaccine roll-out programme from being administered at vaccine centres to being solely administered...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1365. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and appropriate treatment expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16406/23]
  • Pension Provisions
    1366. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pension increments; the reason former HSE staff are awaiting over a year for these increments to commence;...
  • Health Services Staff
    1367. To ask the Minister for Health to outline where the two new roles, the national clinical lead for mental health and the assistant director for youth mental health, will fill into the...
  • Health Services
    1368. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the access criteria for someone to enter one of the three pilot projects for dual diagnosis; the capacity of each project; and if he will make a...
  • Food Safety
    1369. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of carcinogenic substances present in oranges (details supplied); the steps his Department intends to take to address the issue; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    1370. To ask the Minister for Health what progress is being made with regards to reinstating public health nurse check-ups for infants and children in Newcastle, County Dublin; and if he will...
  • Patient Transfers
    1372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will get transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital, LUH, to Galway University Hospital, GUH; and if...
  • Health Services
    1373. To ask the Minister for Health if pain management patches can be supplied to a person (details supplied). [16440/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1374. To ask the Minister for Health when a public health nurse will be available for residents in Newcastle, County Dublin; the current and levels of public health nurses by area in Dublin...
  • Medicinal Products
    1376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application for reimbursement being considered by the HSE in relation to Voretigene Neparvovec (Luxturna); and if he will...
  • Ambulance Service
    1377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all Delta calls received by the DFB Dispatch (ERCC) and the National Ambulance Service in Dublin that were responded to beyond...
  • Emergency Services
    1380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of court cases pending against the Dublin Fire Brigade and the National Ambulance Service relating to the ambulance service it provides; and if he...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1381. To ask the Minister for Health when an individual (details supplied) will receive their Covid bonus. [16474/23]
  • Hospital Services
    1383. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department is supporting the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, as committed to in the...
  • Health Services Staff
    1384. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacant position of public health nurse in the Newcastle area has not been filled for some time, which is...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether private security staff that worked at public hospitals during the first waves of Covid-19 are eligible for the Covid recognition...
  • Health Services Staff
    1387. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing healthcare services with comparable workers in the HSE. [16510/23]
  • Nursing Homes
    1391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review an application for nursing home support by a person (details supplied). [16519/23]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1392. To ask the Minister for Health when the €1,000 workers pandemic recognition payment will be paid to agency workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/23]
  • Health Services
    1393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently reassess transgender healthcare; if he will consider the model of informed consent led by GPs in local communities; the consultations he...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new GP to a surgery (details supplied) in Blarney, County Cork. [16528/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1395. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to review the pay of Section 39 workers, given that they have not received a pay rise since 2008; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Nursing Homes
    1396. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for fair deal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    1398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland; the status of the development of the...
  • Health Services Staff
    1399. To ask the Minister for Health further to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland, the status of recruitment of the recently approved posts of...
  • Disease Management
    1400. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a revised National Rare Disease Plan; the timeline for the development of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Dental Services
    1401. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16542/23]
  • Healthcare Policy
    1402. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); the actions he is taking to address the concerns raised in relation to the diagnosis of rare...
  • Health Services
    1403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate his latest assessment of the extent of long Covid, of the optimum services to meet the challenges for such patients, and of the extent to...
  • Departmental Staff
    1404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts...
  • Departmental Data
    1405. To ask the Minister for Health following the introduction of free contraception for women aged 17 to 26 years and the anticipated roll out to women under 30 years from 1 September 2023, if...
  • Hospital Staff
    1408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the current work placement system and the issue of pay for trainee midwives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1410. 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. [16589/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation ten from the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants; the...
  • Health Services
    1413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason local social services groups are currently being denied access to the HSE clinic at 81 Derrygreenagh Park, Rochfortbridge,...
  • Health Services Staff
    1414. To ask the Minister for Health how long a vacancy (details supplied) has existed; and when it will be filled. [16641/23]
  • Medical Cards
    1415. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring forward legislation to expand the GP card scheme to children under six and seven years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1416. To ask the Minister for Health if the suitability of the current site of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel for a new 60-bed community nursing unit has been determined in light of a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a pathway to payment of the pandemic special recognition payment for a front-line healthcare agency ex-staff member who is unable to get a...
  • Dental Services
    1419. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the restoration of self-referral access to primary dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16653/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west by area; the number of vacancies by area; the recruitment plan for public health nurses in Dublin...
  • Health Services
    1421. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the mobile breast screening units that will not return to Mullingar and Athlone until the end of 2023, the number of women who were scheduled...
  • Departmental Funding
    1422. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated by his Department for 2023 to the National Treatment Purchase Fund to provide for the scheme to provide autism assessments for children....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1423. To ask the Minister for Health when a cohort of agency workers (details supplied) can expect to receive their pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16660/23]
  • Departmental Meetings
    1424. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into the situation of families affected by a medication, sodium...
  • Disability Services
    1425. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all HSE psychiatrists are operating on the basis that patients with an ASD diagnosis will be given a timely assessment and treatment...
  • Health Services Staff
    1426. To ask the Minister for Health if current trainee counselling psychology students will be funded in line with incoming first year students in the same course; the plans by his Department to...
  • Ambulance Service
    1428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the expansion of ambulance services in Athlone, County Westmeath. [16678/23]
  • Hospital Inspections
    1429. To ask the Minister for Health when the last HIQA site inspection was carried out at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16683/23]
  • Hospital Staff
    1430. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a WTE consultant nephrologist with a special interest in glomerulonephritis at University Hospital, Waterford; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    1433. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make the non-invasive prenatal tests available free of charge to all pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Data
    1434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO5 awaiting respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16688/23]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1435. To ask the Minister for Health if those working as Covid vaccinators are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; if so, when they can expect to receive same; and if he will...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1436. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a required surgery carried out; if a guarantee can be provided regarding a date, given the surgery has been...
  • Disability Services
    1438. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a primary medical certificate will be finalised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16717/23]
  • Health Services
    1439. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any State-funded fertility treatment programme available in the State in the coming period; if his Department has plans in relation to same;...
  • Defibrillators Provision
    1440. To ask the Minister for Health the location of all automated external defibrillators local to Terenure, Dublin 6; if a national database of defibrillator locations can be provided for...
  • Departmental Data
    1442. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for people with a rare disease to access genetic testing and then to receive a subsequent diagnosis after a referral; and if he will...
  • Hospital Staff
    1443. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown in tabular form of staff numbers, rank and hours worked (full-time or part-time) at the Department of Clinical Genetics of Our Lady’s...
  • Departmental Data
    1444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the long wait times for processing applications in CORU; the issue regarding qualification requirements (details supplied) in circumstances...
  • Departmental Funding
    1445. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to providing much needed core funding to a charity (details supplied) for their counselling, well-being and emotional...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the Covid-19 recognition payment to eligible workers in non-HSE and non-section 38 organisations; the number of...
  • Housing Provision
    1447. To ask the Minister for Health about Clúid Housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16761/23]
  • Departmental Schemes
    1448. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to process an application under the discretionary hardship scheme to provide an explanation for the current delay in...
  • Medical Cards
    1449. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a person (details supplied) under the discretionary hardship scheme. [16765/23]
  • Health Services
    1450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on the waiting list for day-care services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16769/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1451. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 674 of 28 March 2023, if he will provide the following (details supplied) acknowledging that this information does not...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1452. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023 and 1151 of 21 March 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE known to be on...
  • Health Service Executive
    1453. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023, 204 of 15 February 2023 and 1153 of 21 March...
  • Mental Health Services
    1454. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022,...
  • Departmental Data
    1455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts awarded to company (details supplied) by the HSE; namely, the exact value of each contract, the details of works,...
  • Medical Cards
    1456. To ask the Minister for Health whether or not “unlicensed medicines” in pharmacies for medication where the regularly prescribed medication is unavailable (details supplied)...
  • Legislative Measures
    1457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the appropriate statutory instrument to allow suitable professionals registered with the Physiotherapists Registration Board to refer...
  • Health Service Executive
    1459. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 31 January 2023 and the subsequent correspondence of the HSE dated 14 February 2023, if the sale of Corlough...
  • Hospital Services
    1460. To ask the Minister for Health when the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be extended to include weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Abortion Services
    1461. To ask the Minister for Health whether reimbursement payments to abortion-providing GPs was included as part of the €11.5 million figure allocated in 2019 to abortion services; and...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1464. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [16807/23]
  • Departmental Reviews
    1465. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16810/23]
  • Health Promotion
    1466. To ask the Minister for Health why the evaluation of the sugar-sweetened drinks tax has not been completed almost five years since its introduction; the current stage of the evaluation;...
  • Dental Services
    1467. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) had to pay for dental work for their child when it should have been free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16812/23]
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    1468. To ask the Minister for Health if children with autism are eligible to apply for a primary medical certificate; and, if not, if he intends to change the eligibility criteria to include...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1469. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is waiting on a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16817/23]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed update of the HSE's plans for a final end use of 162-165 James's Street; if he will provide a copy of the business case or...
  • Dental Services
    1472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who provide services under the general medical card scheme, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [16826/23]
  • Disease Management
    1473. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis capacity and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/23]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    1475. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for individuals with rare diseases requiring genetic testing; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Legislative Process
    1477. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill to prohibit the use of nicotine inhaling products by persons under 18...
  • Hospital Staff
    1478. To ask the Minister for Health the action the HSE has taken to recruit a physiotherapist for the rehab unit at St. Columba's Hospital, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, since January 2023 when...
  • Home Help Service
    1479. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to a home care complaint by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16857/23]
  • Medical Cards
    1480. To ask the Minister for Health if a HAA card has been provided to all survivors of Magdalene laundries as recommended by the report on Magdalene laundries; if survivors of the New Ross...
  • Health Services Staff
    1481. To ask the Minister for Health if speech and language therapists, on registration with CORU, who received their training outside of the State but are missing components required by CORU,...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1482. To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe wheelchair users are waiting to receive their first wheelchair from application to handover; the average timeframe wheelchair users are...
  • Qualifications Recognition
    1483. To ask the Minister for Health the average processing period for the recognition of qualifications by CORU of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were previously diagnosed with breast cancer and who are waiting for a recommended follow-up mammogram appointment in the Saolta...
  • Health Services
    1496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people living in County Donegal who have attended Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry for treatment over the past year; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Staff
    1498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE plastic surgery registrars working in Beaumont Hospital in each of the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [16923/23]
  • Mental Health Services
    1499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists and clinical psychologists working in CAMHS and Mental Health Intellectual Disability Teams in CHO7 in...
  • Hospital Staff
    1500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE ICU nurses working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be...
  • Health Services Staff
    1502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time healthcare attendants employed by the HSE working in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO7 in 2022 and...
  • Hospital Staff
    1503. To ask the Minister for Health when clerical and administration staff who have retired from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda will receive their pension increases; and if he will make...
  • Home Help Service
    1504. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was awarded 14 hours home support care from the HSE and only 11 hours have been acknowledged; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services
    1505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a role is advertised as a part-time position rather than a full-time position (details supplied), given the recognised importance of developing and...
  • Health Services
    1506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to having the health technology assessment by HIQA into the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the national new-born bloodspot screening...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1507. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new bed and mattress for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17013/23]
  • Departmental Data
    1508. To ask the Minister for Health the information that is exchanged between the HSE's women's health service and anti-human trafficking team and An Garda Síochána - that is, how...
  • Hospital Services
    1509. To ask the Minister for Health the plans currently in place to establish a genetics service at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin to help diagnose and treat rare diseases. [17018/23]
  • Departmental Data
    1510. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for child health visits by public health nurses, by area in Dublin mid-west, by year from 2017 to 2022, and to date in 2023; and if...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1511. 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. [17024/23]
  • Disability Diagnoses
    1512. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the response from An Tánaiste on 23 March 2023 in relation to the use of the National Treatment Purchase Fund for those seeking an assessment...
  • Medicinal Products
    1513. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move the drug eltroxin onto the long-term illness core list for people with Down syndrome, and other chromosomal abnormalities; and if he will...
  • Mental Health Services
    1514. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in each of the 73 CAMHS teams; how many CAMHS teams are fully staffed; the vacancy rates per CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Schemes
    1515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the operation of the fair deal scheme and the changes which are being made relating to rental income; and if he will make a...
  • Care of the Elderly
    1516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the entitlements that exist for elderly dementia patients living at home; if such entitlement differs around the country (details...
  • Medicinal Products
    1517. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State for the drugs payment scheme threshold for single-headed households to be reduced to €72 per month; and if he will make...
  • Medical Cards
    1518. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State to abolish prescription charges for all medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17048/23]
  • Health Strategies
    1519. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to ensure the full financial resourcing and implementation of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 recommendations around...
  • Health Services
    1520. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the recommendations contained in the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with...
  • Health Strategies
    1521. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to ensure that the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 is implemented in full; the amount of funding that has been...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1522. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund to source additional outpatient, endoscopy, diagnostics and...
  • Health Services
    1523. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the lymphoedema model of care to date; if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated, and in what years; and if he...
  • Hospital Services
    1525. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17066/23]
  • Mental Health Services
    1526. To ask the Minister for Health if an expedited appointment for child and adolescent mental health services will be facilitated for a child (details supplied). [17082/23]
  • Health Services
    1527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of how the €710,000 funding in 2022 and €810,000 funding for 2023 for period products has been allocated, by...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1528. To ask the Minister for Health if an issue (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17087/23]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1529. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1752 of 26 July 2022, if he will provide updated information in relation to the work that has been carried out to...
  • Healthcare Policy
    1530. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a review of the community ophthalmic services medical treatment scheme; if he will request this process be expedited in light of...
  • Health Services Staff
    1531. To ask the Minister for Health when retired nurses will receive the back payment owed to them (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17094/23]
  • Health Services
    1532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the national women and infant health programme to provide a reply to a person (details supplied) regarding their correspondence. [17095/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1534. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all trainee psychologists are remunerated for their work carried out as part of compulsory placement; and if he will...
  • Substance Misuse
    1535. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the recommendation in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice report entitled An Examination...
  • Home Care Packages
    1536. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care plan will be agreed with a family for a family member (details supplied) before they are discharged from Castlecomer hospital, Kilkenny; if...
  • Medicinal Products
    1537. To ask the Minister for Health what financial supports or benefits are available to purchase wigs for children under the age of 18 years who have lost hair due to alopecia or other...
  • Health Services Staff
    1538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17139/23]
  • Health Services
    1539. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of paediatric palliative care in the south-east region; if there are plans to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Schemes
    1540. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that outstanding deferred payments under the Fair Deal scheme are currently being increased at the very high current rate of inflation, which...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1541. 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. [17162/23]
  • General Practitioner Services
    1542. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes to the income limits for GP visit cards will come into place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17163/23]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1543. 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. [17169/23]
  • Hospital Complaints Procedures
    1545. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the slow process of cases being dealt with by alternative dispute resolution (details supplied); his plans to speed up cases; and if he will...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    1546. To ask the Minister for Health when staff and former staff of an organisation (details supplied) will receive the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff
    1547. To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns that there are insufficient funding supports available to trainee counselling psychologists who incur significant debt while completing...
  • Nursing Homes
    1548. To ask the Minister for Health if private nursing home residents in the Tuam primary care team, PCT, area with leg ulcers can be seen at the leg ulcer clinic in Tuam Primary Care, County...
  • Home Help Service
    1549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of home help hours for a person (details supplied). [17181/23]
  • Medical Cards
    1550. To ask the Minister for Health given the positive clinical results being achieved by the HSE's structured chronic disease management programme, the reason certain cohorts of medical...
  • Health Services
    1552. To ask the Minister for Health when adult ADHD services will be in place in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17192/23]
  • Healthcare Policy
    1555. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps he has taken to alter policy and practices in response to decisions by the Coroner's Court relating to infant deaths whereby the HSE...
  • Primary Care Centres
    1556. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on rent for each of the following facilities (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Departmental Schemes
    1557. To ask the Minister for Health his views on increasing the rate nursing homes receive on the fair deal scheme to address the rise in operating costs over the past year; and if he will make...
  • Health Strategies
    1558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of when the review of the long-term illness scheme will commence under the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    1559. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve public adult ADHD services in CHO4, including details of when adult ADHD services will be operating in each LHO in CHO4; and...
  • Departmental Schemes
    1560. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure individuals who otherwise qualify for the long-term illness scheme can avail of the scheme for mental illness over the age of...
  • Health Services
    1561. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on care pathways available to 16- and 17-year-olds with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. [17231/23]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1563. 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. [17238/23]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    1564. To ask the Minister for Health the reasoning for the closure of PCR testing centres; and if he will consider reopening them should health conditions require same. [17241/23]
  • Health Services
    1565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline what progress has been made in regard to access to hormone replacement therapy for trans people in the State; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Procedures
    1566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17252/23]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1567. To ask the Minister for Health the reason (details suppled) is waiting on an operation in Cavan General Hospital in the ENT department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17253/23]
  • Health Service Executive
    1568. To ask the Minister for Health the average processing time for HSE pension commencements from claim to final approval by division, in tabular form; the target time; and if he will make a...
  • Primary Care Centres
    1569. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 14 February 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land...
  • Health Services
    1571. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the reopening of the day centre in Áras Mhic Dara in Carraroe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17272/23]
  • Hospital Overcrowding
    1572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients recorded on trolleys at each public hospital in the State in the period from January to March 2023, and for the same period in 2019,...
  • Mental Health Services
    1573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update and outline his views on the adequacy of existing mental health supports for children in the Louth and east Meath area; if he...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1574. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the Hello Again World campaign; how this campaign is supporting Covid-19 safety for older and immunocompromised people; the way the campaign's...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1577. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17301/23]
  • General Practitioner Services
    1578. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to address the General Practitioners shortfall in County Tipperary, particularly in light of the impending retirement of certain...
  • Health Services
    1580. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16791/23]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1588. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 28 February 2023, if a reply will issue to the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospice Services
    1589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to provide a hospice facility at a location (details supplied); if a capital allocation has been made to the project; if...
  • Disability Services
    1590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of adult ADHD services in CHO4 which were intended to be in place by the end of 2022; and if he can confirm when these services will be in place...
  • Health Services
    1591. To ask the Minister for Health when the long-term illness scheme will be reviewed under the Sláintecare implementation strategy. [17380/23]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) remains waiting for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17396/23]
  • Medicinal Products
    1594. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of reports of a market shortage of a semagluetide under a brand (details supplied); if he is aware of the causes of any shortage; and the...
  • Hospital Services
    1595. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the immediate plans from Government to provide additional appropriate resources to address the extreme bed pressures in St. John's Ward in Crumlin...
  • Covid-19 Tests
    1596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the removal of PCR testing centres, given the seven-day positivity rate almost doubled from 7.4 % to 13.9% recently and the rise in infections...
  • Home Care Packages
    1597. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be back-paid for paying for private home care support as agreed with the HSE last October; and if he will make a...
  • Qualifications Recognition
    1598. To ask the Minister for Health what regulations govern psychotherapists; what plans he has to regulate the profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17418/23]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    1599. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for an operation under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Qualifications Recognition
    1600. To ask the Minister for Health if dental and nursing qualifications issued by Northern Irish institutions are still recognised as equal to qualifications issued by Irish institutions....
  • Departmental Data
    1602. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 22 June 2022, if the further steps (details supplied) have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Staff
    1603. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1275 of 21 March 2023, if he will address a number of issued raised (details supplied). [17451/23]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1604. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a long standing commitment to the refurbishment of a building in the old St. Otterans site in Waterford so that community services presently...
  • Health Services Staff
    1606. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant occupational therapy roles in children's primary care services by Community Healthcare Organisation, CHO, area; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Trusts
    1607. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a board of trustees of the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street, Dublin 4; if so, the names of the board members; and if he will make a...
  • Medicinal Products
    1608. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to approve Skyclarys (omaveloxolone) for Friedreich's Ataxia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17470/23]
  • Dental Services
    1609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a dental appointment in primary care, by Community Healthcare Organisation, CHO, area; and if he will make a...
  • Medicinal Products
    1610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a shortage of the diabetes drug, ozempic; what is being done to increase stocks; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January and February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Medicinal Products
    1612. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are in place to combat the shortages of Ozempic, a medication for type-2 diabetes; the reason for the ongoing shortages; what long-term...
  • Health Services Staff
    1613. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that the special leave with pay for healthcare workers with long-Covid will continue beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services
    1615. To ask the Minister for Health his views on enabling individuals to purchase six-months of HRT in one calendar month to avail of the drugs payment scheme given that this medication is not...
  • Home Care Packages
    1617. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the home support waiting list in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17501/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1618. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to recruit more healthcare support assistants in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17502/23]
  • Health Services
    1619. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE proposals to limit home birth services for women and pregnant people living within 30 minutes of a maternity hospital; and if he will...
  • Meals-on-Wheels Services
    1620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on funding recently allocated to a meals-on-wheels service (details supplied); if he will ring fence adequate annual funding...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the hospital appointment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17516/23]
  • Dental Services
    1622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any discussions between his Department and the Irish Dental Association on further revision of the dental treatment service...
  • Medicinal Products
    1623. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into the situation of families affected by a medication sodium...
  • Primary Care Centres
    1624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the new east Meath primary care centre; the latest expected date for completion of the project and for services to...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1625. To ask the Minister for Health if a final decision has been agreed upon to provide the appropriate resources to the accident and emergency department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1626. To ask the Minister for Health about the case of a person (details supplied) who was referred by the Infectious Disease and OPAT Clinic at University Hospital Limerick for a CT scan and has...
  • Hospital Procedures
    1627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was referred in 2018 will have a date for cataract surgery assigned to him. [17544/23]
  • Health Services
    1628. To ask the Minister for Health what care pathways are in place for under 18s requiring gender affirming care as a result of clinical psychologist diagnosed gender dysphoria; and if he will...
  • Medical Cards
    1630. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to support GPs and dentists to begin to take on new patients covered by medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17551/23]
  • Primary Care Centres
    1631. To ask the Minister for Health when Tullow, County Carlow will get a primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17552/23]
  • Health Services Staff
    1632. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the payment of the pandemic bonus; if all eligible to receive the payment have done so; the number in receipt of the payment by county; and...
  • Dental Services
    1633. To ask the Minister for Health what steps are being taken regarding the GMS dentistry service to provide a service for medical card holders which satisfies all stakeholders; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    1636. To ask the Minister for Health if the €750,000 funding announced for trainee counselling psychologists will include support for current trainees or only those who begin their...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry
    1637. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; the timeline that he is working towards in...
  • Disability Services
    1638. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of adult ADHD services in CH04 - Cork covering North Lee, South Lee and North Cork; when these services will be fully in place;...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1639. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department is making to develop multidisciplinary teams within GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17573/23]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    1645. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied), who had received septorhinoplasty ENT treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund, has been denied...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1646. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter concerning bed capacity at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17593/23]
  • Hospital Services
    1647. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter concerning cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/23]
  • Ambulance Service
    1649. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times in Tipperary per quarter over the past five years, in tabular form. [17596/23]
  • Pension Provisions
    1651. To ask the Minister for Health when a retired healthcare worker (details supplied) will receive their pension increment. [17599/23]
  • Health Services
    1652. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to review the qualifying criteria for benefit under the long-term illness scheme; if he believes it appropriate that persons...
  • Hospice Services
    1655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update with regard to the development of the Newgrange Hospice in Drogheda; if a suitable site has been located and a...
  • Hospital Services
    1656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting 12 hours or more at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and to date in...
  • Cancer Services
    1657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the process to include the cancer medicine, verzenios, for reimbursement under the medicine access scheme for persons diagnosed with...
  • Primary Care Services
    1658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/23]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1662. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for hip surgery at Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar; if a referral to...
  • Abortion Services
    1663. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read reports of concerns that abortion services in Ireland may collapse [17633/23]
  • General Practitioner Services
    1664. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update policies around doctors providing locum GP services, particularly around hourly locum rates and doctors' eligibility to locum; and if he...
  • Medicinal Products
    1665. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of shortages of a medication (details supplied); and if measures can be put in place to alleviate this shortage. [17638/23]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for diagnostic scan services at CHI Crumlin, by type, by wait length time band, and by adult/child, in tabular form....
  • Hospital Facilities
    1667. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the new two-storey laboratory extension at University Hospital Waterford which has received planning permission from the Waterford local...
  • Primary Care Services
    1668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to install mother-and-baby carpark spaces in the primary care centre, Tuam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/23]
  • Medicinal Products
    1669. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be facilitated with the PCSK9 inhibitor drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17662/23]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the cath lab and full array of diagnostic cardiac services are now fully operational at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he...
  • Medicinal Products
    1671. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the supply of two medications, amitriptyline and dalmane (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1672. To ask the Minister for Health when the person (details supplied) will receive their urgent medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17679/23]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the pandemic special recognition payment still has not been paid to staff of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Nursing Homes
    1675. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 8 March 2023, if a response will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17689/23]
  • Protected Disclosures
    1676. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 9 March 2023, if a response will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17690/23]
  • School Textbooks
    1677. To ask the Minister for Health if he made the decision to include a book (details supplied) on the HSE developed “Relationships and Sexuality Education 1” reading list for...
  • Health Services
    1678. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1522 of 21 March 2023, if he will support the consistent use of a separate symbol on medical charts to indicate...
  • Mental Health Services
    1679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for January and March 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [17719/23]
  • Hospital Procedures
    1680. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 15 February 2023, which has not been answered by the HSE; if Cork University Hospital has engaged a substantial...
  • Health Service Executive
    1681. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17724/23]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1682. To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff of an organisation (details supplied) , both current and former, are still waiting for the Covid pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make...
  • Primary Care Centres
    1683. To ask the Minister for Health when the primary care centre project in Ballyhaunis was first approved; when the tendering process was opened and concluded; when the design phase was...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1684. 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. [17731/23]
  • Pension Provisions
    1686. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is a delay of six months or more for people who have retired from employment from section 38 voluntary organisations and voluntary...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who having been fitted and approved for a replacement wheelchair in 2019, has yet to receive the wheelchair; and if he...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1689. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a procedure considering that he has been on the waiting list since October 2020; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    1690. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of medical negligence claims that are pending against each of the 19 maternity hospitals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1692. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17753/23]
  • Pension Provisions
    1693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm when increased pension payments and arrears will be paid to retired nurses and other HSE staff; and if the payments will be expedited....
  • Departmental Staff
    1694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in...
  • Health Services
    1697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have availed of gambling addiction services in the health service in 2021, 2022 and to do date in 2023. [17828/23]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1699. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the payment of the pandemic bonus payment for contracted security staff; when he expects this to be made; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [17840/23]
  • Hospital Services
    1701. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the co-location of Limerick Maternity Hospital to the main UHL campus at Dooradoyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17846/23]
  • Health Services
    1702. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to "create and implement a general health policy for Trans people, based on a best-practice...
  • Home Care Packages
    1703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender to replace the existing tender which is due to expire on 30 April 2023; when he expects this new...
  • Health Services
    1705. To ask the Minister for Health if matters in relation to Lyme's disease (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17856/23]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1706. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting five years on a hospital appointment in Cavan General Hospital with a person; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    1707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the regional eye care and surgical centre in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the date this opened, or will...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a surgical procedure for a person (details supplied) has been cancelled on three occasions; when this surgery will proceed; and if he will make a...
  • Home Care Packages
    1711. To ask the Minister for Health if the enhanced home care package scheme is available in every county in Ireland (details supplied); if it is not, if he will list the counties that the...
  • Emergency Departments
    1712. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to admit patients from ambulances to the ED at Letterkenny University Hospital in each month of 2022 and in January, February and...
  • Hospital Admissions
    1716. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, as a matter of urgency. [17939/23]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1717. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the increase health risks people are suffering as a result of Covid-19. [17961/23]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1718. To ask the Minister for Health if staff in an organisation (details supplied) will be recognised for their work during the pandemic. [17968/23]
  • Mental Health Services
    1719. To ask the Minister for Health how many cases are involved in the ongoing north Kerry look-back review into CAMHS; how many families/patients came forward; and if he will provide an...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received the pandemic bonus payment; the number of applicants who have not yet received their payment and if a person (details...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1721. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a first consultation with a geriatric specialist in Cork. [17982/23]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, following their pre-assessment for cataract surgery in January at University...
  • Emergency Departments
    1724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in 2022 who waited over twelve hours to be treated following presentation at the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick;...
  • Hospital Procedures
    1728. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details, in tabular form, on the number of theatre appointments by procedure type that were cancelled at University Hospital Limerick in 2022; and...
  • Disability Services
    1729. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a 14-year-old child in Nenagh, County Tipperary who requires occupational therapy for sensory processing disorder and dyspraxia cannot access this...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the European Commission recommendation that member states recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease if contracted by healthcare...
  • Dental Services
    1731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices that signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in each of the past five years, broken down by county in...
  • Health Services Staff
    1734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent vacant posts by role currently unfilled in each of individual lung rapid access clinics, in tabular form. [18043/23]
  • Hospital Procedures
    1736. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the following information in relation to spinal surgeries performed on patients with spina bifida at Temple Street between 2018 and the end of...
  • Hospital Services
    1737. To ask the Minister for Health what date in 2022 were spina bifida-related surgeries at Temple Street formally suspended. [18067/23]
  • Hospital Procedures
    1740. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any external or internal pressure being placed on clinical staff at Temple Street to restart spina bifida-related surgeries in advance of...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1741. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 8 February 2023, the reason for the extreme delay in his Department providing an answer; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Qualifications
    1742. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether doctors that have qualified in Ukraine and have been recognised with an equivalent relevant health care qualification to that of a health...
  • Mental Health Services
    1744. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 22 March 2023, the HSE managers who approved contracts for renovations and other works to Glenwood House,...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1749. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline of when works are due to commence on the development of a helipad at the Cork University Hospital site; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Bodies
    1750. To ask the Minister for Health when the oversight group for National Standards for Bereavement Care Following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death under the National Women and Infants Health...
  • Hospital Services
    1751. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1495 of 18 January 2023, the reason the Question has not been answered (details supplied). [18144/23]
  • Departmental Funding
    1752. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Exchequer funding that has been allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18151/23]
  • Primary Care Centres
    1753. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all primary care centres open, under construction and planned; the number of centres that are publicly owned, privately leased,...
  • Medical Records
    1754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on investment in a proper system of electronic health records; if he will indicate the barriers, if any, to more rapid...
  • Medical Cards
    1755. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to put an end to medical card holders being charged for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/23]
  • Ambulance Service
    1756. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing issues within County Tipperary ambulance service; the steps he is taking to provide additional support to ambulance services in...
  • Health Services
    1759. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that facilities to apply for the technical aids grant is available in each CHO; to provide a list of the items covered by the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1761. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18182/23]
  • Mental Health Services
    1762. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of staffing levels by profession in each of the 73 CAMHS teams across the State; the vacancy levels per CAMHS teams by profession in tabular...
  • Medical Register
    1764. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the CORU registration period of adaptation requirements for individuals who have moved to the State with regard to a particular case...
  • General Practitioner Services
    1765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultations provided by Shannondoc out of hours service on 24,25, 26 and 27 December 2022 by centre and day, in tabular form; and the number...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1767. To ask the Minister for Health if public moneys have been used to fund public relations activities for a heath service provider funded by the HSE (details supplied); if so, the amount; and...
  • Medical Qualifications
    1769. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the overseas aptitude test for general nursing (details supplied); the steps being taken to address...
  • Medical Register
    1770. To ask the Minister for Health when a registration will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18233/23]
  • Hospital Services
    1771. To ask the Minister for Health why there is no longer paediatrics available in Cahersiveen Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/23]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1773. To ask the Minister for Health when visiting restrictions at St. James's Hospital in Dublin will be lifted, in particular the requirement to pre-book a visiting slot. [18243/23]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1774. 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. [18244/23]
  • Hospital Staff
    1775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE nursing posts at the Mater Hospital as of 4 April 2023; and when the these will vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [18253/23]
  • Hospital Services
    1776. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital has 24-7 emergency service or on-call doctor for emergencies. [18254/23]
  • Medical Research and Training
    1777. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully subsidising the training of an additional 150 ICU nurses. [18255/23]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1778. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres at both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin; and the hours of the week each of these theatres are opened for, in tabular form....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current average waiting times for urgent and routine paediatric cardiology appointments in each of the seven hospital...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    1780. To ask the Minister for Health when applications for the special recognition pandemic payment award will be processed for private ambulance staff who worked through and supported the NAS...
  • Medicinal Products
    1781. To ask the Minister for Health the latest guidelines and regulations which govern the sale and supply of codeine containing products by retail pharmacy businesses; when these were last...
  • Regulatory Bodies
    1782. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the Pharmaceutical Society, by grade, in tabular form; the number of staff employed for inspections of retail pharmacy...
  • Legislative Programme
    1788. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18300/23]
  • Vaccination Programme
    1789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current Covid vaccinations programme advice for vulnerable people and the elderly and those who required future boosters; and if he...
  • Health Strategies
    1790. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment that has been undertaken by his Department on the proposed "Europe's Beating Cancer Plan" that would impose EU-wide labels on alcohol products;...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1791. 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. [18308/23]
  • Health Service Executive
    1793. To ask the Minister for Health if he can report on the amount of revenue the HSE spent on the cross-Border directive for the year ending 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1795. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite a surgical appointment for a person (details supplied). [18332/23]
  • Vaccination Programme
    1796. To ask the Minister for Health when the vaccination compensation scheme will be set up for those who have suffered adverse effects from the Covid vaccine and other vaccines; and if he will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1798. To ask the Minister for Health if he will directly intervene in a case of a patient (details supplied) who has faced an extreme waiting time for routine surgery. [18341/23]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    1799. To ask the Minister for Health if a wheelchair will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18342/23]
  • Health Services
    1800. To ask the Minister for Health when HPV and cytology sample processing for CervicalCheck will be resumed in the Coombe Hospital. [18351/23]

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