Written answers
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
- Departmental Data
563. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available to older persons’ services in County Leitrim in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42726/23] - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
564. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to a charity (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42767/23] - Home Help Service
565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that home help support is urgently put in place for a person (details supplied). [42108/23] - Ambulance Service
566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a young child who suffered a complicated fracture at a sports ground in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, on Saturday, 23 September was left... - Home Help Service
568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a person receiving further home help (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42146/23] - General Practitioner Services
569. To ask the Minister for Health what provisions his Department has in place in regard to medical card applicants in County Wexford who are unable to provide a GP acceptance form due to the... - State Claims Agency
570. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an update from the State Claims Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42163/23] - Vaccination Programme
571. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is sponsoring a vaccination campaign for a vaccination against shingles; if so, if the vaccination is available on the medical card and or drug... - Hospital Investigations
573. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place for the investigation of adverse incidents in labour; the criteria which determine whether a concise or comprehensive incident review is... - Health Services
574. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE’s obstetric event support team within the National Women and Infant Health Programme; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products
575. To ask the Minister for Health to include the drug ketamine, used for cerebral palsy patients, in the long-term illness scheme. [42197/23] - Nursing Homes
577. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum bed capacity in Áras Mhic Dara, An Cheathrú Rua each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; the number of beds that are currently... - Health Services
579. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are significant delays in COS Scheme - Community Opthalmic Physicians employed by HSE. [42205/23] - Disability Services
580. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has succeeded in recruiting a psychiatrist with responsibility for treating and supporting children with autism or intellectual disabilities in the... - Dental Services
581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the orthodontic treatment waiting list in each of the last 3 years and to date in 2023; to provide the data on 6-month incremental... - Departmental Expenditure
584. To ask the Minister for Health to detail, in tabular form, the remuneration packages in place for each of the hospital group CEOs presently in position; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Policies
585. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department's position on CEOs of hospital groups undertaking other paid work activity or employment; if there are any limits or disbarments to... - Departmental Strategies
588. To ask the Minister for Health how many recruitment processes for a clinical lead in any area of the Irish health service initiated since 8 February 2020 to date have not included among the... - Hospital Appointments Status
589. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); if they have been graded as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42253/23] - Hospital Facilities
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a minor injuries clinic in the community hospital in Donegal town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42266/23] - Home Care Packages
592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for home support who have been approved but placed on a waiting list in each county in community healthcare organisation or CHO 5; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
594. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
595. To ask the Minister for Health how many voluntary, section 39 funded organisations have been refused the pandemic special recognition payment and to outline the reasons for refusals; and if... - Departmental Funding
597. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of the €110,000, which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register (details supplied);... - Dental Services
606. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card holder, who cannot secure an appointment with a dentist providing medical card services in their area, can avail of any other scheme to help... - Tobacco Control Measures
608. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation is coming in to ban disposable vapes being sold to under 18s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/23] - Health Services Staff
610. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment embargo will be lifted; if he is aware of the impact that this is having on the delivery of frontline patient services; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
612. To ask the Minister for Health whether the special leave with pay scheme will be extended for those suffering from long-Covid; if the scheme is not extended, what payment will replace this... - Hospital Facilities
613. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 901 of 20 September 2023, when it is expected that the review by his Department and the HSE of matters raised will be... - Data Protection
614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42368/23] - Hospital Equipment
615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices that are currently available in each hospital, in tabular form. [42378/23] - Hospital Staff
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day and night shift leaders in the ICU departments of Tallaght University Hospital, St. James's Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital,... - Hospital Procedures
617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of gallbladder surgeries performed at the Mater Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42380/23] - Hospital Staff
618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each minor injuries unit, in tabular form. [42381/23] - Medical Cards
624. To ask the Minister for Health what the means thresholds for the medical card and for the GP-only card that will apply from the start of 2024, will be; and whether it is intended that these... - General Practitioner Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health the annual capitation payments which will be in place in 2024 for GPs to cover the provision of service to the different age groups; and the increase that this... - Departmental Policies
628. To ask the Minister for Health the regime for sharing for prescriptions and for drugs refund from the start of 2024. [42417/23] - Hospital Charges
629. To ask the Minister for Health what the charges at hospitals will be from the start of 2024 for A&E attendance, outpatient attendance, blood tests/diagnostic tests, inpatient care,... - Departmental Schemes
630. To ask the Minister for Health the terms under which a patient can obtain treatment abroad under the schemes from the start of 2024; and whether rules of access for care in Northern Ireland... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
631. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has received any reports from the NTPF of the main types of procedures which it has been supporting; whether the target waiting time before an offer... - Nursing Homes
632. To ask the Minister for Health the system of assessing contribution by patients from their income and from their assets towards the cost of nursing home care under the fair deal scheme, that... - Hospital Appointments Status
633. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for their urgent neuro-surgical operation at Beaumont Hospital. [42430/23] - Departmental Reviews
634. To ask the Minister for Health if any reviews or studies have been conducted by his Department into the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the construction buildings providing... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
635. 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; if the updated public spending... - Mental Health Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS in CHO2 in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of those referrals which were refused; the number currently on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
637. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for hip replacement surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will... - Departmental Expenditure
638. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1803 of 11 September 2023, if he will provide an update regarding flooding at University Hospital Kerry; the costs... - Disease Management
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a diabetes taskforce of relevant stakeholders to develop a national diabetes strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every... - Hospital Equipment
642. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the ongoing issues experienced in relation to the dialysis machines in Tallaght Hospital (details supplied); what actions his Department will... - Health Services Staff
643. To ask the Minister for Health to seek clarity on whether there has been anyone appointed through CAMHS into the role of psychiatrist with responsibilities for children with autism or ID for... - Abortion Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of proposed 'safe access zones' that Tailte Éireann and his Department estimate will be created by the Health (Termination of Pregnancy... - Nursing Homes
647. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in County Wexford, both public nursing homes and private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Patient Safety
651. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the news that there were orthopaedic surgeries with unlicensed implants performed at Temple Street Hospital, he will advise whether HIQA was... - Social Welfare Eligibility
652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add age-related macular degeneration to the eligible illnesses on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [42523/23] - Abortion Services
653. To ask the Minister for Health whether the Government has commissioned any opinion polling related to any aspects of abortion provision since 2019 and to date in 2023; and if so, what... - European Parliament
654. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department supports the decision of the European Parliament to adopt a common EU framework to allow the sale of human embryos and other bioproducts... - Departmental Data
655. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 20 June 2023, the number of complaints submitted for review under the Dignity at Work policy by HSE employees and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
656. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who was employed as home help by the HSE during the Covid pandemic period, has applied for the... - Ambulance Service
657. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42627/23] - Driver Test
658. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42631/23] - Departmental Data
659. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of calls logged to MyOptions annually from 2019 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
660. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to a response provided by the HSE (details supplied), he will confirm that the lack of a full public health nurse service in the CHO7 region is the... - General Practitioner Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that a GP can claim in reimbursements, broken down by category, in tabular form, as part of the provision of antenatal care during... - Dental Services
662. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that most dentists in Kilkenny will not take medical cards for dentures (details supplied). [42656/23] - Psychological Assessments
663. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological... - Health Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
665. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full list of those who were paid the €1,000 Covid bonus payment, broken down into the different groups; and if he will make a statement on... - Cancer Services
666. To ask the Minister for Health if Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, has a representative radiologist at the weekly multidisciplinary team meetings in GUH to present cases... - Community Care
669. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the maximum entitlement to community social care hours for those at the end of their lives is 21 hours per week; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
670. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment in the ophthalmology department at University Hospital... - Medical Cards
672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that an application for a discretionary medical card by an applicant (details supplied) was refused, despite forwarded evidence demonstrating that... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
673. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the upgrading of a facility (details supplied); if funding has been allocated to this project; if so, when the work will commence; and... - Primary Care Centres
674. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Boot Road primary care centre in Clondalkin will open; and if he will outline the services that it will provide. [42717/23] - Hospital Staff
675. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [42719/23] - Health Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the national home support office; the number of positions for which funding has been provided; and the number of... - Health Services Staff
680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade and senior grade psychology posts employed by the HSE in CHO5 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form.... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
681. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on capital work projects at Ennis Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42725/23] - Dental Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses working in the dental clinic at University Hospital, Kerry, in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular... - Hospital Staff
683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons at Galway University Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42728/23] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
684. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on capital works at Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon, in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42729/23] - Home Help Service
685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE home help carers in County Sligo, in tabular form. [42730/23] - Hospital Staff
686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42731/23] - General Practitioner Services
692. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that he has agreed to limit the ability of the HSE to assign patients to GP GMS lists; the date on which this policy commenced; and if he will make... - Nursing Homes
694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review of a fair deal application (details supplied). [42742/23] - Pharmacy Services
695. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42744/23] - Health Services
696. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied). [42746/23] - Health Services Staff
697. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review mental health difficulties and burnout among healthcare staff. [42750/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include employees of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service for the pandemic payment for health care workers, given that they worked throughout the... - Nursing Homes
700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of additional charges being introduced by nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
701. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to the representation to his office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42771/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
702. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the health sector's special scheme for front-line workers who contracted Covid-19 and who have been unable to work due to ongoing health... - Health Services
703. To ask the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to a representation (details supplied) recently made to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42783/23] - Departmental Policies
704. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based chatbots (details... - Health Promotion
705. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national lung cancer screening programme. [42834/23] - Health Service Executive
706. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1045 of 20 September 2023, the specific requirements for the advertising of local recruitment competitions, as opposed to...
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