Written answers
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
- Medical Aids and Appliances
469. To ask the Minister for Health when he will reinstate the provision of clothing for people with breast cancer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9329/24] - Health Services Staff
470. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE recruitment embargo; if concerns of existing staff in HSE settings are being considered as part of negotiations on lifting it;... - Health Strategies
471. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the national stroke strategy is to be funded in 2024; the items of expenditure that will be funded; the funding that is being made available... - Health Service Executive
472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a serious backlog of unpaid invoices from suppliers to the HSE; if he will confirm the approximate delay time involved in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
474. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8646/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact a person (details supplied) has had their procedure cancelled twice at short notice; and if the operation will take... - Hospital Services
476. To ask the Minister for Health for the steps his Department is taking regarding the provision of a dedicated diabetes care unit in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff
477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalent consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses,... - Hospital Staff^
479. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure the HSE has the necessary funding and support for recruitment to ensure that University Hospital Waterford has the... - Hospital Staff
480. To ask the Minister for Health if contingency plans are in place for staffing of the diabetes unit in University Hospital Waterford, as a model 4 hospital, to ensure adequate cover in the... - Hospital Services
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes who have requested insulin pump therapy and when those patients can expect to... - Health Services Waiting Lists
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting an appointment to see an endocrinologist over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Procedures
483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pump starts done in all hospitals within the RCSI Hospitals Group in people aged between zero to 17 years and those aged 18 years or... - Healthcare Policy
484. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8669/24] - Hospital Admissions
485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University Hospital Waterford accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to... - Medical Cards
486. To ask the Minister for Health when the medical cards of persons (details supplied) are due to expire. [8673/24] - Health Services
487. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8691/24] - Hospital Facilities
488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds, by type, at each Children’s Health Ireland location in each January in each of the years 2012 to ]2024, in tabular... - Hospital Staff
489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts attached to each critical care bed at each location within Children’s Health Ireland in each January in each of the years... - National Children's Hospital
490. To ask the Minister for Health the status of naming the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/24] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
491. To ask the Minister for Health if a financial assessment of the costs of repurposing a hospital (details supplied) has been carried out or considered; if an estimate is available or can be... - Departmental Contracts
492. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that all contracts put to tender are awarded to companies that meet the tender criteria; and if it were to be identified where one clearly... - Health Service Executive
493. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that residents living in HSE-owned properties at a location (details supplied) cannot access grants or any other supports for insulation or... - Hospital Appointments Status
494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); what options are available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8717/24] - Medicinal Products
496. To ask the Minister for Health if romosozumab, which is used to treat women with severe osteoporosis, is also approved by the EMT for use in Ireland for men with severe osteoporosis (details... - Health Services
497. To ask the Minister for Health the practices of the national gender service that consultants are concerned would be affected by a potential ban on conversion therapy, as referenced in a... - Ambulance Service
499. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for ambulance arrival; and if he will supply a breakdown of average wait times in each county. [8752/24] - Prescription Charges
500. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove prescription fees for medical cardholders. [8757/24] - Mental Health Commission
501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the regulation of CAMHS, which would ensure that recommendations on governance and clinical reform made by the Mental Health Commission can... - Legislative Process
502. To ask the Minister for Health if proposed amendments (details supplied) will come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8761/24] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
503. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding special leave with pay for front-line healthcare workers who are suffering with long Covid; if a further extension or an alternative... - Healthcare Policy
504. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an update for survivors of the vaginal mesh controversy; if a scheme or some level of assistance will be offered to women left in this situation;... - Mental Health Policy
505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme only includes mental health conditions for persons under 16 years of age; his plans to extend this beyond 16 years of... - Health Service Executive
506. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE plans to award a tender for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8803/24] - Hospital Admissions
507. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of inpatients admitted to Bantry General Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the average length of stay for each patient, in tabular... - Disabilities Assessments
509. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are in place to expand the HSE national pilot for ADHD in adults, which is currently restricted to three CHOs, to provide access to assessments and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from hospital waiting lists through validation processes for each year 2019 to 2023, by reason for removal, in tabular form.... - Primary Medical Certificates
511. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 84, 89, 94, 96, 113, 131 and 148 of 24 November 2023, regarding a case (details supplied) as it related to the primary... - Hospital Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the expert review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at CHI; the timeline for the completion of the review; if he has received any... - Legislative Measures
513. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised mental health Bill will be brought forward for debate on Second Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/24] - Health Services
516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses, vehicles and doctors based in each D-Doc treatment centre in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if these numbers will be... - Hospital Facilities
517. To ask the Minister for Health when phase one of the development of the major trauma centre at the Mater hospital will be completed. [8859/24] - Dental Services
518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses working in primary care centres within CHO7 in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form.... - Ambulance Service
519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hazardous emergency response vehicles in the national ambulance service fleet in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular... - Hospital Services
520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended each outpatients clinic at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8862/24] - Dental Services
521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expediate a dental appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8891/24] - Mental Health Services
524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments for primary care psychology in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8912/24] - Primary Care Centres
525. To ask the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to extend the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post Covid infection as a... - Dental Services
527. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any provision to encourage the establishment of dental practices in towns currently without them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8954/24] - Health Services
529. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to establish a minor injuries clinic on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal. [8955/24] - Hospital Staff
530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthopaedic registrars based at Roscommon University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8956/24] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
533. To ask the Minister for Health the refurbishment works that were carried out at Bantry General Hospital in 2022 and 2023; and to detail the refurbishment works that are likely to commence at... - Health Services Waiting Lists
534. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting period for occupational therapists within primary care services in County Offaly. [8960/24] - Hospital Staff
535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in University Hospital Limerick in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8961/24] - Primary Care Centres
536. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford, and the services that will be provided when it opens. [8962/24] - Hospital Staff
537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons working in Portlaoise regional hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8963/24] - Hospital Services
538. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Rotunda Maternity Hospital on access to private diagnosis in each of the years 2020 to 2023, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [8964/24] - Dental Services
539. To ask the Minister for Health the names of dentists within CHO 9 currently accepting new medical cardholders, in tabular form. [8965/24] - Hospital Staff
540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in each community hospital within Galway in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Charges
541. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges at Mullingar General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [8967/24] - Health Services Waiting Lists
542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Waterford waiting to be assessed for a carer; and the timeframe for when they will be assessed. [8968/24] - Hospital Staff
543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in cardiothoracic surgery at Cork University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8969/24] - Hospital Admissions
544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in Nenagh General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8970/24] - Hospital Equipment
545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of portable cardiac echo machines in use at University Hospital Waterford. [8971/24] - Hospital Staff
546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmologist registrars working in Sligo University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8972/24] - Ambulance Service
548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles available on a 24-7 basis in County Cavan in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8974/24] - Hospital Staff
550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency department nurses working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be... - Mental Health Services
551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for an appointment through the counselling in primary care service, by CHO area and by time waiting, in tabular form; and if he... - Health Services Staff
555. To ask the Minister for Health when an ex gratia payment will issue to a former employee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8996/24] - Disability Services
556. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a programme designed to help and support people with ADHD has been unexpectedly cut by the HSE (details supplied); the reason funding was... - Ambulance Service
557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics working in the National Ambulance Service. [9007/24] - Hospital Facilities
560. To ask the Minister for Health the impediments that exist to the opening of more beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; if the recruitment of additional healthcare assistants is a feasible... - Mental Health Services
561. To ask the Minister for Health if Glenwood House, Carrigaline, has opened as a residential mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9061/24] - Nursing Homes
566. To ask the Minister for Health if the new Nenagh community nursing home will be open before June 2024. [9071/24] - Tobacco Control Measures
568. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data regarding the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the National Register of Tobacco retailers in 2023 and to date in 2024;... - Departmental Data
572. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services per year from 2013 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Reports
574. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be commissioning an updated 2024 report assessing the economic cost of smoking, following on from the 2016 ICF international report; and... - Departmental Contracts
576. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to an out-of-hours GP service by his Department under a service level agreement in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he... - Emergency Departments
577. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current situation where 450,000-plus people in CHO 3 can only avail of one emergency department at UHL Dooradoyle, which is... - Patient Transport
578. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting patients in CHO 3 to haemodialysis treatment by taxi for each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he... - Eating Disorders
579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on the funding provided for treatment centres and specialist community services to support those with eating disorders in CHO 3; and if he... - Health Services Staff
580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses and areas covered by each in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9125/24] - Eating Disorders
581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist dieticians, nutrition specialists and therapists specialising in eating disorders who work out of Ennis General Hospital through the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a scheme for healthcare professionals suffering from ongoing complications from Covid-19 contracted in the course of their work during... - Hospital Services
583. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy and occupational therapy services will be reinstated for patients and residents at a hospital (details supplied). [9149/24] - Departmental Data
584. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of patients, both long-term and short-term, who are resident in a hospital (details supplied), in tabular form. [9150/24] - Dental Services
585. To ask the Minister for Health when dental services will be reinstated for patients and residents at a hospital (details supplied). [9151/24] - Healthcare Policy
586. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the current policy of step down and convalescent patients being transferred from a hospital (details supplied). [9152/24] - Hospital Services
587. To ask the Minister for Health when the day centre service will be reinstated to a hospital (details supplied). [9153/24] - Health Services Waiting Lists
588. To ask the Minister for Health for a monthly breakdown of waiting list numbers for each discipline and care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from... - Health Services Staff
590. To ask the Minister for Health for monthly details of staffing levels and recruitment for each discipline and within each care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary... - Hospital Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a foot clinic is no longer held in Tallaght University Hospital; and if there are plans to resume this vital service. [9181/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
593. To ask the Minister for Health when a person can expect an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9182/24] - Medicinal Products
594. To ask the Minister for Health if the new drug Veoza will be available in Ireland on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9188/24] - General Practitioner Services
595. To ask the Minister for Health if a process is under way to replace a GP who is leaving an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9196/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
596. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9200/24] - General Practitioner Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will reinstate the five-days-a-week doctor-GP service at the Churchill Health Centre, County Donegal. [9203/24] - Health Services Staff
599. To ask the Minister for Health whether the recent decision in the parity claim of medical scientists with biochemists, which has put both categories on the same payscales from January 2024,... - Mental Health Services
600. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide a comprehensive update on the need for an immediate appointment with CAMHS for a child... - Health Services Staff
601. To ask the Minister for Health when nursing and midwife staff will be excluded from the employment embargo in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/24] - Cancer Services
603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals who received an invitation to take part in BowelScreen on a quarterly basis from quarter 1 2016 to the end of 2023; and the absolute... - Hospital Appointments Status
611. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed for further testing and procedures can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE or Saolta University Health Care Group to commence the process of identifying a site in Letterkenny, County Donegal, for a two-theatre... - Hospital Staff
613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons attached to Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9252/24] - Health Promotion
614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of HSE anti-smoking courses within CHOs 3 and 5 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9253/24] - Health Services Staff
615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the HSE national antimicrobial resistant team; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when each... - Hospital Staff
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working in the neurology department of Cork University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9255/24] - Health Services Staff
617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based in the Cashel minor injuries unit in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9256/24] - Hospital Facilities
618. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will deliver a minor injury unit to be based at Carndonagh Community Hospital as part of the plan to reduce attendances at the crisis-laden... - Hospital Staff
619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an ANP for adult diabetes services has not been agreed and appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital, considering the long waiting lists for... - Medical Aids and Appliances
621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of standardising post-mastectomy supports; if any areas will see a decrease in supports; the reason why the HSE does not directly provide... - Hospital Facilities
622. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that ten years since the major flood at Letterkenny University Hospital, the onsite outpatient clinic has not been... - Health Strategies
624. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to launch the national strategy on diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9287/24] - Health Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an outline of the treatment available for dementia patients in County Mayo, including investments in services and strategic plans to improve these... - Hospital Staff
626. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Letterkenny University Hospital was not allocated advanced nurse practitioner posts in the recent allocation made; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic
627. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE survey to measure the prevalence of long Covid in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9298/24] - Health Services Staff
628. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not appointed a child psychologist to work with children living with diabetes in Donegal, as would be normal practice across the State.... - Medicinal Products
629. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of medicines dispensed, with a breakdown of those which are still under patent and those off patent, for each of the years ending December 2019, 2020,... - Hospital Appointments Status
630. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9323/24] - Departmental Schemes
631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update for people in receipt of the special leave with pay scheme who are not able to return to work; if the scheme will be replaced with... - Cancer Services
632. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9345/24] - Data Centres
633. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his Department’s offices; if he...
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