Written answers
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
- Mental Health Services
554. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in relation to youth-specific mental health initiatives and promoting positive mental health among... - Health Services
555. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the representations he has received on behalf of a person (details supplied), if he or the HSE can provide assistance to this person to avail of... - Prison Service
556. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has in place to address the issues raised at a conference (details supplied) in relation to people with serious mental health problems detained in... - Hospital Appointments Status
557. 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. [21067/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
558. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has still not been paid the pandemic special recognition payment Covid bonus; and if he will make a statement... - Dental Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that medical card patients can access dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21084/23] - Information and Communications Technology
560. To ask the Minister for Health if officials from his Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if his Department has had official meetings regarding the use... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
561. To ask the Minister for Health when the outstanding front-line workers bonus payment will be processed for those still awaiting payment, in particular those working in an agency (details... - Medicinal Products
562. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE primary care reimbursement service will consider including melatonin supplements on the list of medicines or aids provided under the medical... - Nursing Homes
563. To ask the Minister for Health whether a review of policy to prohibit former nursing homes registered on 1 September 2022 converting to accommodation for Ukrainian refugees has been... - Hospital Appointments Status
564. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of people who have received phone call appointments compared to in-person appointments in long-Covid clinics over the past 12... - Primary Care Centres
565. To ask the Minister for Health the total operational leasing costs of privately owned primary care centres each year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Cards
568. To ask the Minister for Health if GP visit cards will be made available to couples whose earnings do not exceed €46,000.00. [21147/23] - Hospital Facilities
571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute beds; the number per 1,000 of the population; and the number per 1,000 of the population over 65 years in each year since 2006, as national... - Hospital Acquired Infections
572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the assessment of hospital-acquired infection; the comparative figures for other European Union member states; and if he will... - Hospital Facilities
573. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of public and private beds in each public hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21155/23] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
574. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure of the national treatment purchase fund in each year for which data is available; the number of patients that benefitted from the fund each... - Nursing Homes
575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the private nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/23] - Health Services Staff
576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help staff employed directly in the public sector each year since 2001, in tabular form. [21158/23] - Medical Cards
577. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied). [21161/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
578. To ask the Minister for Health when a front-line health worker (details supplied) will receive their Covid1-19 recognition payment. [21172/23] - Ambulance Service
579. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of an interim work place for the national ambulance base in Carlow; and the progress, if any, since his meeting with those... - Legislative Reviews
580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
581. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of the construction of independent living pods near the Millfield House mental health facility in Blackpool, Cork; the estimated costs of... - Mental Health Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health if current security arrangements for Millfield House, Blackpool, are expected to continue indefinitely or for a fixed timeframe; if the security arrangement... - Medicinal Products
585. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with a person (details supplied) in respect of their request. [21224/23] - Data Protection
586. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address GDPR issues with the HSE online self-service portal for staff, including individuals being able to access other individuals'... - Home Care Packages
587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will personally intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) is provided with home support on their discharge from hospital; if he is aware that... - Health Services Staff
588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job advertisements for home care workers in CHO 4 that the HSE has placed in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of home care positions that... - Departmental Funding
589. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department provides financial assistance to families who wish to create equipped sensory rooms in their homes for children with autism; and if he will... - Home Care Packages
590. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to alleviate the crisis in home care services delivery; the new initiatives that are being proposed to resolve the staffing shortages in... - Public Sector Pay
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to update pay scales for non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
592. To ask the Minister for Health if a claim relating to an employment (details supplied) has been submitted for the pandemic bonus; if the claim is eligible; and if he will make a statement... - Nursing Homes
593. To ask the Minister for Health the payment and subvention rates for private nursing homes via the NTPF; the total amount spent in each of the past five years; and the range and average of... - Medical Cards
595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include in the criteria for medical cards patients who received transplants. [21274/23] - Pharmacy Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting one additional WTE pharmacist chief 1, 1 WTE pharmacist chief 2, and senior pharmacist, in tabular form. [21277/23] - Ambulance Service
598. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 170 additional paramedics for the National Ambulance Service. [21278/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
599. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. [21279/23] - Hospital Staff
600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric urologists attached to CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [21280/23] - General Practitioner Services
601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs based in each health centre and primary care centre within CHO 8 as of 2 May 2023, in tabular form. [21281/23] - Departmental Data
602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lung injuries and all other injuries arising from e-cigarette use admitted to the HSE in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a... - Civil Registration Service
603. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to provide the HSE civil registration service at the primary care centre, Athlone, County Westmeath as it had been. [21301/23] - Healthcare Policy
604. To ask the Minister for Health the rules in relation to unhealthy food outlets being located close to schools; if she will introduce a national ban on unhealthy food being sold within 400 m... - Health Service Executive
605. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is engaging formally with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to assisting with its funding needs; if the HSE will provide an update on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that clinical employees in section 39 organisations who engaged in clinical work with clients in residential care are eligible for the... - Parliamentary Questions
607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions he received in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and number of those per year he has referred to the HSE for a direct... - Health Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for therapies; and the dates for same. [21390/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
609. To ask the Minister for Health if the special leave with pay for healthcare workers who got Covid will be extended beyond June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21391/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
612. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for an urgent ophthalmology appointment. [21422/23] - General Practitioner Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health when GP visit cards will be extended to cover children aged six and seven years, as announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - EU Directives
614. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a reimbursement of funds under the HSE's EU cross- border directive. [21463/23] - Mental Health Services
615. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021, 691 of 29 November 2022, 1553 of 18 January 2023, 204 of 15 February 2023, 1153 of 21 March 2023... - Ambulance Service
619. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date situation in relation to ambulance services at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/23] - Health Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive full payment from the Northern Ireland health care scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Meals-on-Wheels Services
621. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1620 of 18 April 2023, if he will increase the level of funding requested for 2023 and ringfence additional annual... - Abortion Services
622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken by his Department and the HSE to reduce waiting times for genetic testing at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; the... - Medicinal Products
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a working group to examine the feasibility of introducing a prescription card to record all medications issued within a... - Departmental Data
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data regarding the number of deaths recorded as a codeine-related overdose from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
629. To ask the Minister for Health if there any options available for a person to be reimbursed for genetic testing which had to be sourced privately (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
630. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the HSE to recruitment companies in each month in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the specific areas for which these... - Covid-19 Pandemic
631. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 7 October 2020, the breakdown of all payments made to each company; and the service they provided since March 2020... - Departmental Contracts
632. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the name of the... - Health Services Staff
633. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle the issues highlighted in response to a parliamentary question (details supplied) in relation to current nursing resource... - Public Sector Pensions
634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the cost-of-living payment increases being provided to retired HSE workers pensions; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the funding given for respite services, by CHO, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [21649/23] - Healthcare Policy
640. To ask the Minister for Health if reimbursement of surgery costs under the cross-border directive will be expedited for a person, given the delay; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
641. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for all therapies for children, occupational therapy and so on, in primary care in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form.... - Healthcare Policy
642. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve the capacity for genetic testing to identify rare diseases. [21673/23] - Eating Disorders
643. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of eating disorder teams currently in place in each CHO, including the number of staff currently assigned to each... - Health Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a EHIC refund for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21687/23] - Health Services Staff
645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the number of public health nurses currently employed, specifically whether on full-time or part-time basis; the number of... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Covid bonus payment for a group (details supplied). [21693/23] - Medicinal Products
649. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports received by this Deputy that medical card holders are being denied the dispensing of prescribed solphedine due to shortages, despite the... - Health Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case and entitlement for further reimbursement of a person (details supplied) given the circumstances. [21721/23] - Health Service Executive
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of members of the Clinical Expert Group on the free contraception scheme in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
652. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to replace the three eye doctors in the County Donegal ophthalmology service that have vacated their positions in recent times; and if the... - Health Strategies
653. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 3 May 2023, the timeline he is working towards for finalisation and publication of the RHA Implantation Plan; and... - Eating Disorders
657. To ask the Minister for Health when the money for the fourth phase of eating disorder team progression will be released from budget 2023; the CHOs it will be used for; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
663. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing shortages of the medication concerta; the action he will take to ensure the regular supply of the medication is restored; and if he... - Departmental Schemes
664. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when the long-Term Illness scheme will be reviewed in relation to the age restriction of 16 years of age on the mental illness category of the... - Health Services Staff
665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant physiotherapy roles in children's primary care services in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21794/23] - Health Services
701. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care beds will be provided again in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/23] - Health Services Staff
702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant occupational therapy roles in children's primary care services in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21835/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
711. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for the pandemic special recognition payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra inpatient beds allocated to each hospital nationally for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff
715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly employed, full-time medical staff by hospital in the Saolta region for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make... - Health Services Waiting Lists
717. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure individuals on waiting lists are made aware of their options to seek treatment under the cross-border directive. [21869/23] - Disabilities Assessments
718. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is paying for private assessments to be carried out on all children with autism; if so, if his Department is paying it to everybody that has...
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