Written answers
Thursday, 1 June 2023
- Hospital Facilities
9. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the elective hospital and the regional eye care facility in Cork. [26659/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
12. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that the number of long-waiters for hospital treatment has increased by 12% since start... - Medical Aids and Appliances
14. To ask the Minister for Health if he has taken action to address the long delays in accessing equipment for children with disabilities. [25904/23] - Medicinal Products
15. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking ensure that hormone replacement therapy medication is available without charge for persons going through menopause. [26394/23] - Hospital Services
17. 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 public holidays. [26741/23] - Hospital Staff
18. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recent resignation of two consultant endocrinologists from Letterkenny General Hospital; the plans that are being put in place to address... - Primary Care Centres
19. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a new building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/23] - Hospital Facilities
20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the emergency department development in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26715/23] - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
21. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify the position in relation to a person carrying prescribed medicinal cannabis products from an another state, specifically in relation to... - Health Services
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23] - Abortion Services
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he anticipates that legislation to reform the abortion law will be passed within the lifetime of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
25. To ask the Minister for Health when the current contract for the provision and repair of wheelchairs is due to end; if he will detail the procurement process involved in selecting the company... - Eating Disorders
26. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to eating disorder services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
27. To ask the Minister for Health what oversight he has of pandemic special recognition payments to ensure that those who are entitled to this payment have received it; if there is a process in... - Health Services Staff
28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE enhanced community care consultant posts will only be allocated to model 4 hospitals; if he will address concerns by consultants in the area... - Hospital Facilities
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding and resourcing ofLetterkenny University Hospital to reflect the fact that the hospital is the sixth largest in the State with... - Health Services
30. To ask the Minister for Health the action he intends on taking to speed up the delivery of smaller capital health projects and to simplify the processes laid down by his Department to do so,... - Pharmacy Services
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national ePrescribing system to reduce the administrative burden currently faced by community pharmacists; and if he will... - Substance Misuse
32. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will... - General Practitioner Services
33. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the measures being taken to address the issue of attracting general practitioners to rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Facilities
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are only ten beds for haematology patients in Cork University Hospital to serve the whole south/south west region; and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
35. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that 309 children are waiting for scoliosis-related surgery and that just 12 spinal fusions have been completed to date in 2023 in Temple Street... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 20 April 2023, if he will provide an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; the... - Medical Cards
37. To ask the Minister for Health if he can detail any plans to review the criteria for medical card eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26687/23] - Medicinal Products
38. To ask the Minister for Health the number of illegal units of medicine that have beendetained by the HPRA; if plans are in place for the HPRA to be given more powers in this regard; and if he... - Hospital Overcrowding
39. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital's emergency department; the steps that are being taken to address it; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
40. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the date when the four-storey building attached to Mallow Hospital will be completed, taking into account that it is to accommodate 48... - Departmental Reports
41. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate for the secretary general of his Department to publicly reject the majority of the findings of a report regarding the... - Hospital Staff
42. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are being put in place to address understaffing in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26679/23] - Pharmacy Services
43. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the role of pharmacists in the Irish health system to include the prescription of some medicines under agreed protocols with GPs... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the considerations his Department is giving to the development of an elective hospital in north Dublin as detailed in the HSE Capital Plan;... - Nursing Homes
45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the 240 beds which have been lost in public nursing homes and community hospitals in the Cork-Kerry region due to reconfiguration in the... - Health Services Staff
46. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers in the healthcare sector who applied for the pandemic unemployment bonus but have yet to receive payment; the number who were determined... - General Practitioner Services
47. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23] - Cancer Services
48. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in cancer survival rates between patients diagnosed in the public and private health services in the State;... - Emergency Departments
49. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who left the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, without being seen, in each of the past ten years; and... - Vaccination Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the creation of a no-fault vaccine injury compensation scheme as exists in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement... - Care of the Elderly
51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline plans to reopen community beds in Mayo and increase home help provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26716/23] - Substance Misuse
52. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a campaign to highlight the negative personal health effects of cocaine use; if his Department can provide up-to-date statistics on the... - Mental Health Services
53. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a reply to the recent response to the report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office on Child Mental Health titled ‘A Piece of... - Health Strategies
54. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national hearing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/23] - Primary Care Centres
55. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1569 of 18 April 2023, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land... - Covid-19 Pandemic
56. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to expand capacity in respect to the impact of long-Covid on those impacted, either in terms of clinical research or the provision of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that over 1.1 million people are waiting for some form of hospital care, with 888,600... - Health Promotion
58. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the impact of the sugar tax will be conducted and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25897/23] - Health Services
59. To ask the Minister for Health the ways that he is encouraging and supporting the reduction of paper-based systems in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26613/23] - Health Services Staff
60. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Review of Role and Functions for Health Care Assistants, published... - Healthcare Policy
61. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will now be taken following the successful passage of the motion regarding Targeted Investment in the Health Service in Dáil Éireann;... - Health Services Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to ensure employees of Section 39 organisations receive the same pay and conditions as their counterparts employed in the HSE. [26393/23] - National Children's Hospital
63. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of services at the new National Children's Hospital; the estimated costs and target completion date; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Health when CORU will complete the regulation of allied health and social care professions, such as, but not limited to, psychologists, in line with its statutory... - Healthcare Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the policy that regulates our health services' international cooperation, in light of the National Ambulance Service's recent trip to... - Primary Care Centres
66. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26697/23] - Medical Cards
67. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware it is almost ten years since the HSE has reviewed medical card eligibility on medical grounds, and the effectiveness of the system of assessment... - Dental Services
68. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward new professional regulations for the dental profession in line with the requests of their representative body; and if he will make a... - Health Promotion
69. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concept and practice of social prescribing; and if his Department will support budgetary measures to make the practice widespread. [19391/23] - National Children's Hospital
71. To ask the Minister for Health the input the Government and he will have into the naming of the new Children’s Hospital, Dublin, in view of the large amount of Exchequer funding... - General Practitioner Services
72. To ask the Minister for Health when the new expanded criteria to qualify for a GP card will be in place; the reason for delay in this being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
73. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a professor of palliative medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway recently said the medical cannabis access programme was a... - Mental Health Services
74. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to early intervention psychosis services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26406/23] - Hospital Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in Letterkenny University Hospital with the recent loss of consultant endocrinologists, and the impact this will have on the... - General Practitioner Services
76. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the GP crisis in Cork city. [26660/23] - Hospital Services
77. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures that have been cancelled at Beaumont Hospital to date in 2023; the reasons for the cancellations; and if he will make a statement on... - Substance Misuse
78. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he can take to ensure that a residential treatment and rehabilitation centre (details supplied) in Athenry, County Galway, remains open and... - Primary Care Centres
79. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will recommence on Ballyhaunis primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26666/23] - Cancer Services
80. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the independent Radiation Therapist Review; how this review will align with the National Cancer Strategy; if the review will...
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