Written answers
Thursday, 4 May 2023
- Health Services Staff
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that those currently completing a doctorate in counselling psychology at Trinity College, Dublin will now be the only trainee psychologists... - Abortion Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of 'The Independent Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, when the 'providers'... - Ambulance Service
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the arrangement for the Ambulance Service overnight emergency vehicle in (details supplied) in Trim, County Meath which would effectively... - Home Care Packages
217. To ask the Minister for Health if home care will be increased for a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/23] - Medical Cards
218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70's medical cards in circulation at the end of April for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, for each local health area, in... - Departmental Meetings
219. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to meet with an organisation (details supplied) as requested by the organisation. [20850/23] - Hospital Facilities
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds currently provided in each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [20851/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the payment of the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for Section 39 workers; and when this payment is expected to be... - Hospital Facilities
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds, excluding critical care beds, currently provided in each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [20853/23] - Mental Health Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend CAHMS services to assist further children who have ADS (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20855/23] - Departmental Budgets
224. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [20858/23] - Hospital Staff
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff in each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; and 2023, in tabular form. [20859/23] - Hospital Admissions
226. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive,... - Emergency Departments
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, statewide and by location in tabular... - Hospital Admissions
228. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum patient experience time to admission registered at each emergency department in quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in... - Emergency Departments
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen in each month of quarter 1 and by month for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, by... - Hospital Admissions
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in quarter 1 and by month for 2023 by hospital group and hospital, in... - Hospital Facilities
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds available at the end of February 2020 and at the end of February 2023, by location, in tabular form. [20871/23] - Hospital Transfers
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care in quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, at each location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and... - Hospital Facilities
235. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the... - Patient Safety
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form [20884/23] - Health Services Staff
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in quarter 1 in each of the years 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20885/23] - Ambulance Service
238. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
241. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF reported waiting lists by speciality by location for quarter 1 and by month in each of the years 2019-2023,... - Health Services Waiting Lists
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive in tabular... - Disabilities Assessments
246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for... - Mental Health Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [20898/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 2023; the number for each quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider sanctioning cancer treatment for an Irish patient (details supplied) overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20901/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis and the number of children with spina bifida on waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2023, inclusive,... - Hospital Procedures
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland in each year 2017-2023 by month at each... - Health Services Waiting Lists
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in November and December 2022 and January and February 2023, by reason for removal;... - Departmental Legal Cases
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims before the CervicalCheck Tribunal; the number of claims resolved by the Tribunal; the timeframe for completion of the Tribunal’s... - Dental Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019-2023 by LHO in tabular form; the number of dentists... - Vaccination Programme
258. To ask the Minister for Health when community facilities which are currently being used as vaccination centres will be discontinued; if he agrees that such vaccination hubs are no longer... - Tobacco Control Measures
259. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent on tobacco cessation measures in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/23] - Disability Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason that the community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7 has not progressed, despite funding being made available; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in having an appointment made (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20952/23] - Tobacco Control Measures
262. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a trend has been developing whereby cigarettes are being sold in larger packs than the standard 20 pack, and that this allows a lower unit... - Eating Disorders
263. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 1 March 2023, the progress that is being made in developing an evidence base for service models or formal... - Energy Prices
265. To ask the Minister for Health if any supports are offered by energy companies to assist customers with an illness (details supplied) with more expensive energy bills; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry-out an independent review of radiation therapy to deal with recruitment and retention in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Strategies
269. To ask the Minister for Health if following the National Maternity Strategy, if a national policy has been agreed on the role of GPs in relation to homebirths; if a review of the maternity... - Consumer Prices
270. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the impact of inflation on breast feeding baby formula which has increased by up to 25%; if he is also aware of reports by the European... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
271. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff at health facility (details supplied) are entitled to the pandemic special recognition payment; and if so, when they will receive said payment.... - Hospital Appointments Status
272. 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. [20998/23] - Healthcare Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken for rural Ireland since 2020. [21003/23] - Hospital Procedures
274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgery's cancelled in Tullamore Hospital in January, February and March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/23] - Medicinal Products
275. To ask the Minister for Health if ozempic will be made available to medical card patients who have had gastric by-pass/sleeve surgery and who are regaining weight due to lack of consultation... - Hospital Appointments Status
276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [21018/23] - Medicinal Products
277. To ask the Minister for Health the reason utrogesten 100ml tablets are no longer available under the DPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21019/23] - Mental Health Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health how many psychiatrist positions and how many mental health nurses are available to persons in the Athy area of south County Kildare. [21020/23] - Home Care Packages
280. To ask the Minister for Health if the home support legislation which provides home care supports for all will make sure older people are equal in inclusion of supports (details supplied);... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
281. To ask the Minister for Health if staff in an organisation (details supplied) will be included in Covid funding; if so, when they will receive their payments, given staff continued to... - Home Care Packages
282. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the further delay to the HSE Home Support Tender 2023; the steps he is taking to ensure that the tender is not delayed any further; and if he... - Medicinal Products
284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make orally inhaled levodopa (details supplied) available under the long-term illness scheme to treat Parkinson’s symptoms; and if he will...
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