Written answers
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Hospital Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55455/23] - General Practitioner Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health why GP card holders are required to pay for visits when renewing their driver's licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55462/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
217. To ask the Minister for Health to review details of an appointment (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55482/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason custom made insoles are not covered by the full medical card in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [55504/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and families who have taken cases, issued letters of claim and initiated proceedings against the HSE regarding the death of a loved one... - Departmental Data
221. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any increase or perceived increase in the number of persons since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, or any increase or... - Cancer Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) will commence chemotherapy treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Childhood Obesity
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on obesity clinic appointments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55565/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
225. To ask the Minister for Health if wheelchairs, rollators and other such mobility equipment supplied by the HSE is recycled; and if so, how many such units are put back into use. [55566/23] - Hospital Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in Clontarf Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [55583/23] - Health Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the local TDs in the mid-west, along with members of the HSE west forum, to discuss the ongoing issues facing services in the mid-west in... - Pharmacy Services
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior pharmacists working in CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if a senior pharmacist at this hospital is on a call within this... - Medical Aids and Appliances
229. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a grant for a HSE supplied powered mobility equipment; the maximum grant amount for PME; and the amount of funding that was available for these in... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that will commence in 2024 at Naas General Hospital; and the nature of each of these work projects, in tabular form. [55602/23] - Alcohol Sales
231. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on proposals to introduce a law requiring health warnings on alcohol products; the engagement his Department has had on this matter with... - Disability Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the delays in releasing approved funding to a gym (details supplied) created to provide a safe space for people with disabilities, which has now... - Nursing Education
233. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans for a review of the English language qualification criteria set by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) for overseas... - Hospital Appointments Status
234. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55654/23] - Departmental Properties
235. To ask the Minister for Health why an organisation (details supplied) has not been able to advance plans to lease the old children’s buildings No.’s 50 and 51 on the grounds of... - Mental Health Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health about the provision of a service (details supplied) in Cavan; if funding for the provision of same can be considered; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55677/23] - Health Services
239. To ask the Minister for Health what immediate weight intervention can be sourced for a person (details supplied). [55678/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
240. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the waiting list for weight intervention in St. Colmcille’s Hospital in Loughlinstown (details supplied). [55679/23] - Medicinal Products
241. To ask the Minister for Health what, if anything, can be done to assist those on Saxenda weight reduction mediation who can no longer obtain their prescription due to non-availability. [55680/23] - Medical Cards
242. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards in the State; a breakdown of the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55703/23] - Mortality Rates
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded each year from 2018 to 2023 to date, in tabular form due to sepsis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55705/23] - Hospital Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on the status of St. Finan's Hospital, Killarney; the annual total cost since its closure, in tabular form for maintaining the property... - General Practitioner Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the strategic review of general practice and if the issues, identified in the Finance Bill 2024 which have adversely affected... - Medicinal Products
248. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics will approve the drug Palforzia from a company (details supplied), given that the... - Health Services
249. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update and timeline for the roll out of peanut oral immunotherapy for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55715/23] - Mortality Rates
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded at UHK for each year from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55716/23] - Hospital Services
251. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the construction of the new Killarney Community Hospital; if the project is on time and within budget; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing InterSystems TrakCare at the National Forensic Mental Health Service; the capabilities of this system; if this system will... - Primary Care Centres
254. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in providing new and additional healthcare facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55864/23] - Health Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, there are to extend dermatology services throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55866/23] - Hospital Facilities
256. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing a major building project at a healthcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55874/23]
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