Written answers
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
- Health Services
598. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria applied to the long-term illness scheme; if Addison's disease will be included in the scheme; if the scheme or other schemes will be extended to... - Hospital Staff
599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologist based at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [22376/23] - Hospital Procedures
600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pacemaker procedures carried out in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the hospitals in which these procedures are carried... - Ambulance Service
602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles allocated to each HSE ambulance basis and that are available to attend emergency incidents on a 24-7 basis, in tabular... - Hospital Waiting Lists
603. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an operation in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22391/23] - Hospital Services
604. To ask the Minister for Health to advise the reason the podiatry service in the diabetes centre in Loughlinstown Hospital has been removed; whether there are plans to replace it; and if he... - Health Services Staff
605. To ask the Minister for Health if any plans are being made to address the fact that staff in an organisation (details supplied) have not had a pay rise for fourteen years; and if he will... - Healthcare Policy
606. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to get reimbursed from the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
607. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023; if funding for 2023 has been reduced; if so,... - Hospital Overcrowding
609. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the overcrowding at Letterkenny University Hospital last week; if any plans are in place to deal with this issue; and if he will make a... - Qualifications Recognition
610. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 April 2023, if nursing degrees obtained in India will meet the criteria for renewal of the general employment... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are still frontline workers who have not received the pandemic payment; the action a frontline healthcare worker should take if they... - Home Care Packages
613. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with the home help support, already allocated, so that he can return home from nursing home care; and if he... - Healthcare Policy
614. To ask the Minister for Health if mask-wearing in health facilities such as hospitals reduces transmission of Covid-19 and/or RSV; if he will outline any evidential basis for same; and if he... - Patient Files
615. To ask the Minister for Health his views on patients’ access to genetic testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22524/23] - Nursing Homes
616. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of payment made to private nursing homes, under the nursing home subvention scheme (fair deal), broken down by health region, in tabular form; the... - Healthcare Policy
619. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are discussions taking place about a new WHO international agreement that would oblige Ireland to follow a course set out by WHO in the event of... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
620. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is intended to appoint a project team to manage the development of the three major proposed health projects on the Newcastle Road site of GUH,... - Departmental Budgets
622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 25 April 2023, the reason an initial €4 million costing of a rebuild of the Carraig Mór mental health... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
623. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider establishing community mental health residences in Cobh and Youghal, as well as Midleton, to bring the combined Midleton/Youghal and... - Nursing Homes
624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the public nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/23] - Departmental Schemes
625. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person who has entered long-term care and who has agreed to rent out their home is assessed on the double for this income by having the... - Health Services Staff
626. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there have been difficulties experienced by home support workers with the pay and expense system (details supplied); when the matters will be... - Medical Cards
627. To ask the Minister for Health when the scheme for GP-only cards for households earning under €46,000 per year will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
628. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports available to those hoarding and support for decluttering, either through his Department or through the HSE; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Policy
629. To ask the Minister for Health if data on the rates of hoarding as a mental health concern are collected and collated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22582/23] - Health Services
630. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to date in relation to furthering the expansion of the heel prick test for newborn screening in Ireland, with regard to specific testing for... - Home Care Packages
634. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for home help support can be approved for a person (details supplied). [22594/23] - Health Services Staff
635. To ask the Minister for Health how a non-national physiotherapist (details supplied) can meet work placement requirements enforced by CORU for physiotherapy practice in Ireland if the... - Health Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a formal complaint made against a centre (details supplied) based on the rejection of one of the Alzheimer’s patients attending a person;... - Community Care
637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the urgent need of a community health nurse assessment by Cabinteely primary care centre for a person (details supplied); and if he will... - Disability Services
638. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22600/23] - Medicinal Products
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties women are facing when trying to access vital medicines for hyperemesis gravidarum; if he will provide an update on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
640. To ask the Minister for Health following the recent pandemic, the health system saw the usage of PPE soar beyond anything the State has ever experienced; the vast majority of this involved... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
643. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with employment agencies to ensure the €1,000 Covid bonus payment has been paid to all those workers who are entitled to same;... - Medicinal Products
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals to establish an independent inquiry into the use of, and adverse outcomes related to, sodium valproate (epilim) in... - Hospital Appointments Status
645. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in the Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [22642/23] - Medicinal Products
646. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware there is a significant shortage of some medications at the current time; if he is aware that pharmacists are unable to indicate when the issue... - Hospital Appointments Status
647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied). [22644/23] - Health Services Staff
648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to deliver a living wage for home support workers and healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Service Executive
649. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to repurpose disused and vacant HSE-owned buildings for community facilities or other uses; if his attention has been drawn to the high... - Health Services
651. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has mobility issues will be given an urgent appointment to see an occupational therapist. [22670/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
653. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the €1,000 pandemic recognition payment, having worked in a nursing home throughout the... - Mental Health Services
654. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to reduce the number of CAMHS teams from the current total of 73; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/23] - Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE in the midwest will provide physiotherapy for children diagnosed with primary lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/23] - Home Help Service
657. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency home help can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the appropriate contact can be made with the person's family; and if... - Mental Health Services
658. To ask the Minister for Health if dialectical behaviour therapy treatment is due to continue locally in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work being carried out to rectify shortages of public health nurses at seven locations in Dublin (details supplied); the... - Nursing Homes
660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 22 February 2022, if an update can be provided on the number of social work investigations, reviews, NIRP reports,... - Home Care Packages
661. To ask the Minister for Health the funding proposals he has considered for the HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/23] - Hospital Facilities
663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds to population in each hospital, by bed type, in tabular form. [22753/23] - General Practitioner Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the drafting of legislation for the GP card for children under seven years, as provided for in budget 2023; the reason for the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
666. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023, 1151 of 21 March 2023 and 1452 of 18 April 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the... - Health Services Staff
667. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 674 of 28 March 2023 and 1451 of 18 April 2023, the dates that meetings were scheduled since June 2022 between... - Mental Health Services
668. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 236 of 22 March 2023 and 1744 of 17 April 2023, the names of the HSE estates managers who approved contracts for... - Health Services Staff
669. To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted any analysis of the cost of ensuring a living wage for health care assistants who are providing services in nursing homes to people whose... - Home Care Packages
670. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring a living wage for healthcare assistants and home support workers who are providing publicly contracted home support hours,... - Hospital Staff
673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time-equivalent consultant vascular surgeons attached to University Hospital Waterford in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form;... - Health Services
674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a dedicated chronic disease clinic in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22783/23] - Hospital Staff
675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time-equivalent radiographer sonographers working in Wexford General Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this... - Hospital Procedures
676. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeries carried out at Wexford General Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Strategies
677. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of... - Mental Health Services
678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the independent review of the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in the State by the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
679. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 8 February 2023, if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has yet to receive their pandemic... - Home Care Packages
681. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new home care tender 2023; the reason for any delays to date; how they are being expedited; if he is committed to engaging with... - Health Strategies
683. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a timeline for the publication of the current review of the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22939/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pandemic bonus payment for three agency workers (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22941/23] - Home Care Packages
685. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of Tender 2023 which will set out how the homecare sector will operate over the next several years; the reason the... - Healthcare Policy
689. To ask the Minister for Health what progress is being made in appointing an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22985/23] - Home Care Packages
690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date timeframe as to when he expects the statutory home support scheme to be finalised and operational. [22986/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
691. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an up-to-date assessment of the ongoing effects of the impact of isolation on the mental health and wellbeing on the elderly... - Departmental Investigations
692. To ask the Minister for Health if he has informed himself and can provide data for each of the past five years regarding the number of complaints reported to the HSE and HIQA with respect to... - Hospital Appointments Status
693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an eye apointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22990/23] - Healthcare Policy
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of statements of interest submitted by hospital consultants employed at Children's Health Ireland and its predecessor hospital organisations,... - Dental Services
697. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 10 May 2023, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is referred for orthodontic treatment before she... - Health Services
698. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive assessment will be undertaken as a matter of urgency by the public health nurse of the homecare needs and supports required by a person... - Health Services Staff
699. To ask the Minister for Health when retired HSE employees can expect to receive increases in their pension in accordance with terms and conditions of their retirement; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products
700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data regarding the number of deaths recorded as prescription related overdose from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes
701. To ask the Minister for Health what engagement has taken place with the HSE with regard to providing additional financial supports for patients requiring a higher level of care in private... - Hospital Waiting Lists
702. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on waiting times for gynaecological outpatient waiting lists in hospitals nationwide of the conditions the referrals relate including... - Hospital Facilities
704. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update as to when specialist endometriosis services located at Tallaght University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital will begin to... - General Practitioner Services
705. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update in respect of his Department's plans to give additional training to general practitioners to enable them to diagnose women with... - Health Services Staff
706. To ask the Minister for Health the additional revenue cost of staffing and servicing the additional acute inpatient beds added to the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [23012/23] - Social Media
707. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that... - Equality Issues
708. To ask the Minister for Health how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment... - Medical Cards
709. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card review can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [23060/23] - Health Services Staff
710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric vascular surgeons working in the public health service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended... - Home Care Packages
711. To ask the Minister for Health the names of for-profit, voluntary and not-for-profit companies that provided home care support to persons on behalf of the HSE within CHO7 in the years of... - Health Services Staff
712. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurology nurses in epilepsy working in Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further... - Health and Safety
713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents that the HSE pest control service within Dublin attended in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if there is an... - Medicinal Products
714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 13 January 2021, the status of the licensing and reimbursement of jorveza, used to treat eosinophilic... - Care Services
715. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the supply of residential care places in the Dublin, south Kildare and west Wicklow areas; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Schemes
718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate lower rate of qualification for single-person households applying to the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Disease Management
721. To ask the Minister for Health the screening services available for children for type one diabetes in Ireland and across Europe; if screening is provided by public health systems; and if so,... - Mental Health Services
722. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 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, 1903... - Departmental Funding
723. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund annually from 2020 to date, inclusive; the amount spent to reduce specific community care waiting... - Mental Health Services
725. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 25 April 2023, the estimated costs associated with renovations of Millfield House, Cork; and if he will make a... - Care of the Elderly
727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a commission on care for older people; and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes
728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Nursing Home Expert Panel report; and if he will make a statement on the... - Gender Recognition
730. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any advice from the National Gender Service to GPs not to provide blood testing facilities or to administer HRT therapies to people accessing... - Departmental Contracts
731. To ask the Minister for Health concerning the homecare sector which has been engaged in discussions with his Department and the HSE since December 2022 about homecare Tender 2023; the reason... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
732. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, in view of... - Hospital Staff
733. To ask the Minister for Health if staff will be recruited for a department in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23189/23] - Health Services
735. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will pay for all private assessments of children with autism from validated practitioners given that it has made a precedent by already doing so in... - Health Services Staff
736. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 30 March 2023, if discussions between his Department and the HSE regarding funding for trainee counselling...
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