Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
- Mental Health Policy
634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on workforce planning for the mental health care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26034/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting their initial appointment with CAMHS in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26318/23] - Health Services
639. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to accelerate the programme of assessment in the case of children with or without special needs who may be... - Hospital Appointments Status
641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and when they concerned can expect an appointment. [25544/23] - Regulatory Bodies
642. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to include athletic therapy in the CORU regulation process and in the provision of HSE care services; when this will happen; the rationale... - Medical Cards
643. To ask the Minister for Health following the announced Investment of over €23 billion in budget 2023 in Ireland's health and social care services, when the proposed increase for... - Hospital Facilities
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the HSE exactly what recommendations were implemented at a hospital facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
645. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a six-year-old child (details supplied) has not yet been called for a much-needed tonsillectomy. [25588/23] - Medical Cards
646. To ask the Minister for Health when the approved GP visit card extended in budget 2023 to children aged under seven years and approved from April 2023 is expected to be implemented, given... - Hospital Staff
647. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of medical scientists working in acute hospitals; if he is aware of the impact this is having on... - Health Services Staff
648. To ask the Minister for Health given the acute challenges facing public hospitals when it comes to recruiting medical scientists, if he will enact legislative change to allow CORU to broaden... - Hospital Staff
649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery, and on implementation of the recommendation... - Health Services
652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an 83-year-old with haemochromatosis cannot have their blood taken as they are over 80 years of age; the reason for this decision by the HSE; and if... - General Practitioner Services
653. To ask the Minister for Health when the GP clinic at the dispensary in the village of Murroe will be re-established (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25607/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
654. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that many healthcare workers who worked in care homes during the Covid pandemic and who were of the understanding that they would receive the... - Emergency Departments
655. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ease the continuing overcrowding issues at emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/23] - Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the spending that a hospital made to a company (details supplied) for each month in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that staff functioning under the aegis of an organisation (details supplied) for essential front-line work done in the pandemic will be... - Medicinal Products
659. To ask the Minister for Health if the working group that is to review governance arrangements to support HSE drug reimbursement process has been set up; and if he will make a statement on... - Ambulance Service
660. To ask the Minister for Health if the visit by representatives of the National Ambulance Service to Israel was officially sanctioned; if so, by whom and for what reason; the cost associated... - Disability Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 April 2023, when a response from the HSE will issue. [25667/23] - Mental Health Services
662. To ask the Minister for Health the stage the look-back review into North Kerry CAMHS is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25674/23] - Medicinal Products
663. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the drug vyepti (details supplied), following its completion of the approval process; if he will acknowledge that there are many... - Departmental Funding
665. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of new funding in 2023 for each of the HSE national clinical programmes (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
666. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to ensure that minimum care provision will be in place at LUH in light of two endocrinologists suddenly resigning and the current challenges... - Medical Cards
667. To ask the Minister for Health when the increase in income limits for those under 70 years applying for a medical card will be applied. [25707/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
668. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive appointment for an MRI scan in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on primary care psychology services, by age and amount of time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Care Services
671. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate level of care at the highest possible level can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); if all appropriate avenues can be... - Health Services Staff
672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be permitted to transfer from their current position to take up the offered post in the public nurse... - Substance Misuse
673. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of hospitalisations related to the use of a substance such as hallucinogens, cannabinoids, cannabis, cocaine,... - Primary Care Centres
674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a newly planned facility (details supplied) in Cork east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25762/23] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
675. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure of the national treatment purchase fund in each year for which data is available; the amount of NTPF funding spent in public hospitals in each... - Health Services Staff
676. To ask the Minister for Health the average salary of a community development worker. [25809/23] - Departmental Funding
678. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to Merchant’s Quay for the provision of a women’s facility to date in 2023. [25813/23] - Medicinal Products
680. To ask the Minister for Health the cost, per dose, of each of the naloxone treatments. [25816/23] - Nursing Homes
682. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25818/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [25820/23] - Home Care Packages
693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay in accessing... - General Practitioner Services
694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the strategic review of general practice; the date at which he expects the review group to submit its findings; and if he will make a statement... - Health Service Executive
695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the HSE in relation to breaches of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 which resulted in a person being found guilty of an... - Healthcare Policy
696. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for excluding Mallow General Hospital from benefit under the appointment of community care consultant posts; the rationale for this decision... - Health Services Staff
697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE optometrists employed by the HSE working in primary care settings within CHO7 and CHO9 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and... - Health Services
700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who presented at (details supplied) for each month in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [25864/23] - Nursing Homes
701. To ask the Minister for Health if a reassessment of a fair deal scheme application is possible where a property valuation was undertaken without entry to the property due to Covid... - Departmental Schemes
702. To ask the Minister for Health if a reassessment of value of property is required under the fair deal scheme when the family home is sold and a new property is purchased by a spouse or... - General Practitioner Services
703. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal from an organisation (details supplied) for a new model of GP service for disadvantaged urban areas which are... - Health Services Staff
704. 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, given that... - Health Services
705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in the health service in total in 2022, and for each of the previous four years; the number of adverse... - Hospital Waiting Lists
706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been on a waiting list for plastic surgery since 2019, will be allocated an appointment for... - Health Services
707. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elderly persons in County Wexford who do not have a full medical card are refused access to public health nurse services; if this decision can be... - Emergency Departments
709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown for each of the past five years, per emergency department nationally, of the number of times people were billed for attending an... - Hospital Services
710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans being considered to ensure the continuation of adult diabetes care and services at Letterkenny University Hospital,... - Health Services Staff
711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 11 May 2023, if the HSE has initiated a recruitment process to staff the primary care centre at Boot Road,... - Childcare Services
712. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department assists with, or makes a financial contribution to, the sourcing or provision of childcare or crèche facilities for the children of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
713. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get their appointment in Merlin Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25989/23] - Voluntary Sector
715. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding given to the voluntary and community mental health sector in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he... - Health Services Staff
716. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers in the HSE; the target number of authorised officers by quarter 4 of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on all the independent advocacy services available in mental health, for both inpatient and outpatient services, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in... - Legislative Measures
719. To ask the Minister for Health the projected costs of implementing the proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26014/23] - Health Service Executive
720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the costings of restructuring the HSE to regional health areas from 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26015/23] - Mental Health Services
721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on workforce planning for the mental healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26016/23] - Emergency Departments
724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations at the nine acute model 4 hospitals in the country for the month of April; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Strategies
725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress to date of the working group chaired by a person (details supplied) to consider the cost of medical claims; if he will provide... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
729. To ask the Minister for Health if all homeless services workers who worked throughout the pandemic in homeless support roles will be paid the pandemic payment; and if he will make a... - Abortion Services
730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether it is permissible for terminations of pregnancy based on sex-selection criteria to take place under the provisions of the Health... - Health Services Staff
731. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an issue with a systematic failure of a number of HSE payroll divisions to correctly calculate the pay of non-consultant hospital doctors... - Hospital Transfers
732. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent hospital transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital will take place for a person (details supplied) in County... - Hospital Waiting Lists
733. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was referred on 22 December 2022 will have a date for cataract surgery. [26075/23] - Departmental Funding
734. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital in the RCSI Hospital Group in each of the years 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [26076/23] - Abortion Services
735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of the HSE implementation group to progress the operational recommendations raised in the review of the... - State Bodies
737. To ask the Minister for Health if he could outline the roles and responsibilities of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics as defined by statute; the reporting requirements it has to the... - Medicinal Products
738. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific expenditure on new medicines and new uses of existing medicines in 2021 and 2022; if the information could be provided on an... - Health Service Executive
739. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the details of the contract between the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics that underpins pharmaceutical product applications... - Medicinal Products
740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicines and the level of expenditure in 2022 on exempt medicinal products by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26091/23] - Disease Management
743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the development of a national strategy for hemochromatosis (details supplied) in which everyone has equal access to testing diagnosis,... - Primary Care Centres
748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new primary care centre on Boot Road in Clondalkin; the breakdown of the staff to be... - Hospital Staff
749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing staff who are missing for the rota for the emergency department in the Mater hospital; the number of positions within his Department that... - Dental Services
750. To ask the Minister for Health whether a dentist can charge a medical card holder a fee for dental work due to the time elapsed since their last visit (details supplied); and if he will make... - Hospital Services
751. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to operate a weekend service for diagnostic scans in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny and Waterford University Hospital, based on... - Medicinal Products
752. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the cost of medication for inflammatory bowel disease, which is not covered by the long-term illness scheme, given that it... - Health Services Staff
754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26149/23] - Pharmacy Services
756. To ask the Minister for Health when he will commence negotiations with a union (details supplied) as part of the review of pharmacy dispensing fees under section 42 (14) of the Public... - Hospital Waiting Lists
757. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will be waiting three years or more for an operation on their knees despite the fact that their health and mobility has... - Community Care
758. To ask the Minister for Health the additional community health services being provided in each county in CHO 5 since 2020, in tabular form. [26171/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
759. To ask the Minister for Health if TAVI heart surgery will be upgraded to the highest priority for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26179/23] - Vaccination Programme
760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific timeline which he and his Departmental officials have given to HIQA to complete its HTA regarding the provision of an enhanced... - Cancer Services
763. To ask the Minister for Health his position in respect of calls by an organisation (details supplied) to see additional investment and resourcing of cancer services and the cancer workforce... - General Practitioner Services
765. To ask the Minister for Health where private patients are to go to secure medical care on the retirement of their GP; and if he will advise in particular circumstances (details supplied).... - Hospital Waiting Lists
766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list to access a first appointment with gynaecology services in Tallaght University Hospital; the number waiting over one... - Health Services
767. To ask the Minister for Health the other options open for a woman suffering from endometriosis, who was referred to a pain specialist (details supplied), but was told that they could be... - Healthcare Policy
768. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of his decision to introduce calorie information for alcohol products, he will implement a similar requirement for the hospitality sector on its... - Departmental Expenditure
769. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the... - Legislative Measures
770. To ask the Minister for Health if the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) regulations 2023 will extend to Irish citizens who are prescribed cannabis medicines; if his... - Departmental Policies
771. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration given to those with eating disorders in the decision-making process to add calorie information to alcoholic products; and if he will make a... - Health Service Executive
772. To ask the Minister for Health the practical steps the HSE is taking to reduce healthcare waste and improve waste segregation, following the new HSE action plan towards a more sustainable... - Legislative Measures
774. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include athletic therapy in the CORU regulation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26252/23] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
775. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of a new healthcare facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Aids and Appliances
777. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary motorised wheelchair will be delivered to a person (details supplied) who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
778. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the application for a new 97-bed ward block at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement... - Primary Medical Certificates
780. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1910 of 19 January 2022, the current number of applicants waiting for a primary medical certificate in County Clare; the... - General Practitioner Services
781. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider streamlining the PCRS Reporting service for GPs to allow for longer timeframes for submission of claims due to the high demand on GPs and... - Departmental Data
782. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation for Mullingar Regional Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [26347/23] - Health Services
783. To ask the Minister for Health when adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder services and support will be in place in County Longford. [26348/23] - Departmental Data
784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia advisors there are for each CHO area, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [26360/23] - Home Care Packages
785. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 20 April 2023, the number of hours that were provided in 2022 on intensive home care packages; and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for an eye-specialist/optician appointment for each CHO area, in tabular form; the reason there is a delay in such... - Mental Health Services
787. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to address the current delays with CAMHS services in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25938/23]
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