Written answers

Wednesday, 5 July 2023

  • Departmental Correspondence
    181. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32857/23]
  • Community Care
    182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 39 physiotherapists not received the Covid recognition payment of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32863/23]
  • Health Services
    183. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and staffing that would be associated with expanding clinical psychology to heart failure patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO8; the projects completed since June 2020; and if he will make a...
  • Nursing Homes
    188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further assistance to the private and voluntary nursing home sector to help these providers deal with the difficulties they are experiencing...
  • Hospital Staff
    189. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in Drogheda hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32904/23]
  • Departmental Priorities
    190. To ask the Minister for Health being cognisant of the fact the population of Drogheda grew by 13% between 2016 and 2022, and with 25,000 new residents expected within a few years due to...
  • Nursing Homes
    191. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the financial assistance, if any, available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32945/23]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    192. To ask the Minister for Health the current size of the waiting list for initial appointments at the Coombe Hospital's endometriosis clinic; the median waiting time, in days, over the past...
  • Substance Misuse
    193. To ask the Minister for Health whether he or the relevant Minister of State will engage with the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce, including meeting with the executive, to enable the...
  • Nursing Homes
    194. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional funding provided for nursing homes in Budget 2023 under new measures and the amount provided to/via the NTPF, the nursing home support...
  • Health Services
    195. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be put in place for a multidisciplinary team for the only dedicated neurology service for Irish patients with long-Covid in St. James’s...
  • Health Services Staff
    197. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can fund an investment to bring about pay parity for dementia care workers. [33010/23]
  • Health Services
    198. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a national heart failure registry, equipping health service planners with the information to cut excessive mortality and hospital...
  • Nursing Homes
    201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the processes and discussions that led to the decision to add an additional 18 months to the existing six-month timeframe for closing nursing...
  • Pharmacy Services
    202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the dispensing fee for pharmacists from 2009 levels of €5.00 for the first 1,667 items up to €6.50, in line with the FEMPI pay...
  • Departmental Data
    203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have died from sepsis in Ireland in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33027/23]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    204. To ask the Minister for Health if, given that amounts of €4.3 million and €11.3 million were reimbursed under the Cross Border Directive and the Northern Ireland Planned...
  • Community Care
    205. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for speech and language therapy for children and adults, by CHO; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Vaccination Programme
    206. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available to provide a shingle vaccination programme to people over the age of 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Care Packages
    207. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the consumer-directed home support scheme can be rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33031/23]
  • Abortion Services
    208. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the discrepancy between the 8,876 combined termination procedure and aftercare claims under the primary care reimbursement scheme in 2022, whilst...
  • State Bodies
    210. To ask the Minister for Health the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body or other...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider developing a green field hospital facility to service Athlone (details supplied). [33064/23]
  • Health Services
    212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the podiatry service provided by the HSE in the health centre in Glenties, County Donegal, is unavailable to service users; when it is planned to...
  • Health Service Executive
    214. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will instruct the HSE to schedule a follow-up appointment and resolve the issue of the case of a person (details supplied). [33067/23]
  • Nursing Homes
    216. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm his availability for a meeting with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33101/23]
  • Emergency Departments
    217. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the number of emergency department attendances in 2022 in St. James's Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater Hospital...
  • Hospital Facilities
    218. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the number of inpatient beds in St. James's Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, the Mater Hospital and St. Vincent's...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient appointments that have been cancelled at University Hospital Limerick in Q1 and Q2 of 2023; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Equipment
    220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated...
  • Departmental Priorities
    221. To ask the Minister for Health when the national guidelines in respect of wigs/hairpieces and post-mastectomy products will be published; the funding to be allocated for the implementation...

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