Written answers
Tuesday, 5 March 2024
- Home Care Packages
607. To ask the Minister for Health if the home care hours committed to by the HSE in the case of a person (details supplied) will be delivered now in full; if a commode will be provided as... - Healthcare Policy
609. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the government levy on all private health insurance policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes
610. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a fair deal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9934/24] - Health Services
611. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to follow up concerns in respect of mastectomy supports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/24] - Departmental Advertising
613. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will advertise job positions in the new primary care centre on the Boot Road in Clondalkin. [9943/24] - Ambulance Service
614. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm how a person who is correctly registered with PHECC, and holds the correct qualifications required to become employed as a paramedic within the... - Dental Services
615. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to dentists who are not taking medical card patients, how is the Minister and the HSE going to resolve this issue that is having an adverse impact... - Mental Health Services
618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reinstating HSE funding for the understanding and managing adult ADHD programme (UMAAP) which has ceased operating following a decision to... - Hospital Overcrowding
619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trollies per day from December 2023 to date at University Hospital Limerick, in tabular form. [9970/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
620. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9972/24] - Home Help Service
621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently re-instate home help hours for a person (details supplied). [9973/24] - Hospital Waiting Lists
622. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for a task force to address the care and treatment of children with conditions such as spina bifida and scoliosis;... - Addiction Treatment Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the name of organisations providing addiction and recovery services in Waterford; the nature of the services they provide; and the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a commitment to extend the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers past 31 March 2024; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
625. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if this charge can be made against them. [9991/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
626. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an MRI appointment as a matter of urgency in UHL or the Bon Secours Limerick as outlined in... - Health Services
627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reimbursement for a procedure (details supplied). [9997/24] - Disease Management
630. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the chronic disease management programme to all heart failure patients; the current number of heart failure patients on the programme;... - Hospital Services
631. To ask the Minister for Health the resources and funding that is required to ensure that all hospitals are able to participate fully in the Irish National Audit of Stroke; and if he will... - Disease Management
632. To ask the Minister for Health the resources and funding that is required to enable opportunistic screening for atrial fibrillation for all people aged 65 years and over; and if he will make... - Hospital Services
633. To ask the Minister for Health how many hospitals have access to a clinical psychologist as part of stroke unit care; if he can provide an update on the funding and staffing of clinical... - Prescriptions Charges
634. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10016/24] - Health Promotion
635. To ask the Minister for Health what consideration has been given to the development of a programme like the healthy start and best start programme in the UK; and if he will make a statement... - General Practitioner Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health what measures his Department is undertaking to assist members of the public (details supplied) in accessing GP care in Kildare, where there is a difficulty for... - Medicinal Products
637. To ask the Minister for Health if there is limited availability of the medicine betnesol; if access to the medication is possible for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
638. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to legislate to bring greater legal clarity in respect of health CBD products [10048/24] - Vaccination Programme
639. To ask the Minister for Health if the Department intends putting in place a vaccination programme for older adults to protect them from RSV; if same will be included in the National... - Health Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
649. To ask the Minister for Health what support and assistance will be given to public health service employees on the conclusion of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
655. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the special leave with pay scheme for public health service employees with long-Covid is ceasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Home Help Service
657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours companies that deliver care in the home to the elderly that are reimbursed to the HSE annually (details supplied); how the hours are... - Hospital Staff
658. To ask the Minister for Health to detail in tabular form the staff compliment assigned to cardiology services in University Hospital Waterford listing the last six quarters by individual... - Hospital Services
660. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Nolan Report considering its genesis began in 2016 (details supplied); the core years analysis which the report... - Medical Aids and Appliances
662. To ask the Minister for Health the standardised monetary level that all post-mastectomy product supports will increase to, as per his announcement in Dáil Éireann on 21 February... - Health Services
663. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been continued for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme, UMAAP, delivered by an organisation (details supplied); if... - Health Services Staff
664. To ask the Minister for Health the reason healthcare professionals who have been self-employed cannot have that experience considered as relevant experience for the purposes of qualifying... - Health Services
665. To ask the Minister for Health about an application for a primary medical care cert (details supplied); the status of an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10125/24] - Health Services Staff
666. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of a position (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10129/24] - Hospital Admissions
667. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an appointment with a HSE service. [10130/24] - Health Services
668. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work carried out for the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTI people since the publishing of The LGBTIreland Report; if there are plans... - Healthcare Policy
670. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department retains responsibility for policy issues concerning Parkinson’s; the amount which has been allocated by the HSE to support an... - Hospital Appointments Status
672. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/24] - Medical Cards
673. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the cohorts of asylum seekers that are entitled to a medical card; if an entitlement to a medical card guarantees a person a place on a GP list; and... - Hospital Appointments Status
674. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be offered for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10163/24] - Healthcare Policy
675. To ask the Minister for Health who is responsible for drafting/approving the referral/care pathway in the National Gender Service; if the referral/care pathway is based on international best... - Health Services
676. To ask the Minister for Health when and how puberty blockers and other essential services for trans teenagers will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Facilities
679. To ask the Minister for Health to supply information about the relationship between a public hospital, Connolly Hospital, and a private institution, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland,... - Hospital Appointments Status
681. To ask the Minister for Health to assign a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10198/24] - Hospital Staff
682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail for each individual public/voluntary hospital the number employed in wholetime equivalent terms in each category (details supplied) in each... - Medical Cards
683. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in carrying out a review in the case of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
684. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting lists for dialectical behaviour therapy in Ireland as it is reported there is a minimum of 18 months wait for people who live... - Disability Services
685. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a physio can be expedited for a person (details supplied) as they must have their orthopaedic shoes replaced regularly due to a... - Health Services
686. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been given an explanation by the HSE as to who within the HSE or at what level of management issued a directive in relation to the cuts to mastectomy... - Hospital Appointments Status
687. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent injections will be carried out in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10247/24] - General Practitioner Services
688. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe within which a general practitioner GMS post will be filled in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. [10259/24] - Substance Misuse
689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions that were issued in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10260/24] - Hospital Facilities
690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites currently in each hospital part of RCSI group, in tabular form. [10261/24] - Hospital Staff
691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and paediatric gastroenterologist registrars working in CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date... - Substance Misuse
692. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand access to Naxolone, which is used to prevent drug overdoses, in line with the UK and Northern Ireland, whereby it is available... - Dental Services
693. To ask the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent... - Medicinal Products
706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply data, in tabular form, for the ten fastest, and ten slowest approvals of orphan drugs by the HSE, by year (for the period 2014 to 2023),... - Medical Cards
708. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed change in the medical card hair loss grant, if he will reconsider this proposal, ensuring that a grant is provided for anyone in... - Primary Care Centres
709. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care facility in Tullow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/24] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
710. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers which is not to be extended beyond 31 March 2024 (details supplied) why have... - Vaccination Programme
711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 5 December 2023, the reasons for the delay between October and December; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Equipment
712. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the impact the removal of the private MRI scanner at Tipperary University Hospital will have on public waiting lists; to provide... - Health Services
713. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 20 February 2024, if he can provide a timeline for when the operation is going to be in place; and if he will make... - Abortion Services
714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has held or attended which discussed termination of pregnancy, and to provide details on same, from 2023 to date, in tabular form;... - Hospital Services
716. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a media report (details supplied); if he intends to meet with residents and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10334/24] - Health Services
717. To ask the Minister for Health when SMA will be included in the heal prick test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10338/24] - Industrial Relations
718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of any side agreements or commitments to enter into processes with trade unions or representative bodies in relation to various... - Health Services Staff
719. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for lifting the HSE recruitment freeze; his plans to reinstate recruitment for nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Properties
720. To ask the Minister for Health the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the years 2016 to... - Hospital Services
722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding maternity pre-natal services to Ennis Hospital; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/24] - General Practitioner Services
723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of locum GPs that have been in place in a practice since a vacancy arose (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10443/24] - Nursing Homes
726. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken in the transfer of 68 residents from HSE Cherry Orchard Nursing Home to an alternate nursing home in Clondalkin to ensure the least... - Hospital Appointments Status
727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant... - Health Service Executive
739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HSE clerical staff currently on career breaks and requesting to return to work are not reinstated due to the... - Primary Care Centres
740. To ask the Minister for Health when a facility will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/24] - Mental Health Services
741. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a proposal (details supplied), if he will consider funding this and rolling it out State wide; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
742. To ask the Minister for Health when the new extension will open at St Joseph's Hospital, Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/24] - Medical Cards
743. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for medical card holders to access deep brain stimulation treatment from the initial first appointment to the procedure date; and if he will... - Medical Consent
744. To ask the Minister for Health if an individual with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder can make an advanced directive or decision to the right to taper their medication; if so, to outline the... - Emergency Departments
745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick for the period 2011 to 2024, tabular form; and if... - Legislative Programme
746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 as priority legislation for the Dáil Éireann Spring 2024 session. [10593/24] - Hospital Deaths
747. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised in respect of the situation in Cherry Orchard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10600/24] - Health Services
748. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined, given they did not receive four weeks of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Healthcare Policy
749. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is proposed to offer a national hearing care plan to facilitate those suffering from hearing loss; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Education
750. To ask the Minister for Health the reason student nurses subsistence payments of €500 per year promised for 2023 onwards, have still not been received leaving a current shortfall of... - Disease Management
751. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which treatment is planned for those that suffer with epidermolysis bullosa; the extent to which plans are in hand to provide these people access... - Student Accommodation
752. To ask the Minister for Health in light of the Department of Health Circular 4/2023 issued to the HSE on 27 February 2023, if a case for student accommodation (details supplied) will be... - Health Services Staff
753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists employed in Wexford; how many vacant positions there are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/24] - Mental Health Services
754. To ask the Minister for Health about mental health funding for voluntary mental health organisations in Wexford, and how much was allocated from 2020 to the present; how groups can apply for... - Dental Services
755. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence in relation to the case of a child (details supplied); the status of a dental appointment for them; and if he will make a statement on... - Emergency Departments
756. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendation contained within the HIQA report resulting from the unannounced inspection of the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick... - Hospital Staff
758. To ask the Minister for Health when an audiologist will be appointed for Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [10680/24] - Prescriptions Charges
759. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove prescription fees for medical card holders; and his views on the affordability of prescription medications for medical card holders; and if... - Health Service Executive
760. To ask the Minister for Health did the HSE provide a taxi transport service for a person in County Donegal (details supplied) to attend Sligo University Hospital for intravitreal; and if he... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland who were requested to sign non disclosure agreements/confidentiality agreements prior to... - Hospital Facilities
766. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which have implemented the health performance visibility platform system, in tabular form; the hospitals which have not; and if he will make a... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek to require use of the health performance visibility platform at locations where work is contracted for public patients, such as through the... - Emergency Departments
768. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the progression of a new emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
771. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the development of supports for healthcare workers who have developed long-Covid or similar conditions or syndromes; and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes
773. To ask the Minister for Health when he will address the anomaly regarding the nursing home support scheme farm exemption which presently excludes the nearest living relative if the... - Hospital Services
774. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital, by hospital, in tabular form. [10760/24] - Mental Health Services
776. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of HSE funding for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP) currently delivered by an... - General Practitioner Services
777. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the number of GMS panels that are currently vacant without a GP; the location of each panel; the length of time it is vacant; the... - Dental Services
778. To ask the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent... - Health Services Staff
791. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment embargo for the HSE will be lifted so that the community neurorehabilitation team for HSE area CHO1 can be brought up to the required 13... - Primary Care Centres
792. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and the timeframe for the provision of full services at the centre. [10797/24] - Health Services Staff
793. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 30 May 2023, for an update on the recruitment process to staff the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin,... - Nursing Homes
794. To ask the Minister for Health if changes to the fair deal scheme legislation are being considered to prevent a spouse denying or delaying their spouse's access to necessary full-time...
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