Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
- Pension Provisions
543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health service workers who paid pension contributions in both jurisdictions cannot combine them for a HSE pension prior to retirement; if he... - Departmental Inquiries
544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a letter delivered to his office from an organisation on 23 April 2024 requesting a commission of investigation into baby deaths,... - Hospital Appointments Status
545. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a person (details supplied) awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/24] - Health Services Waiting Lists
546. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry will be called for an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21182/24] - Health Services
547. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to assist and support an initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21187/24] - Health Service Executive
548. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 20 February 2024 to provide the total spend by the HSE on contractors for maintenance work (details supplied) in... - Dental Services
549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any discussions between his Department and the Irish Dental Association on further revision of the dental treatment service... - Hospital Appointments Status
550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21208/24] - Departmental Programmes
551. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21210/24] - Hospital Services
552. To ask the Minister for Health when the newly completed unit at St. Camillus' Hospital will open to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/24] - Health Services
553. To ask the Minister for Health if, following the closure of the medical clinic in Emly, the HSE would consider running a monthly clinic in the building, with a nurse to take bloods, and so... - General Practitioner Services
554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs practising in Cork aged over 60 years, by region, in tabular form. [21243/24] - Health Services Staff
555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health care support assistants in Cork; the number of individuals using the service; and the areas that are using the 4-TEAM rota system, by... - Hospital Appointments Status
557. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at the neurosurgical clinic at Cork University Hospital as this was requested by... - Hospital Procedures
558. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/24] - Addiction Treatment Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal;... - Medical Cards
560. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average or median cost of a GP visit card per person per annum; the cost of a full medical per person per annum; and to provide a detailed... - Departmental Data
561. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €50 per household per month. [21282/24] - Dental Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health when a teenager in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an appointment for braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
564. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any financial assistance towards the cost of oxygen cylinders for people dependent on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/24] - Nursing Homes
565. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given to the relaxation of the five-year rule for farmers in respect of the nursing home support scheme (details supplied); and... - General Practitioner Services
566. To ask the Minister for Health how he proposes a person (details supplied) can get a GP, following the retirement of their own GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
567. To ask the Minister for Health the status of standardising post-mastectomy supports; what are the financial supports for all areas, in tabular form; if any areas will see a decrease in... - Medical Cards
569. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons diagnosed with life-term illnesses who have already been approved for a medical card are required to go to their local GP and hospital... - Health Services Staff
570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, particularly its effects on acute hospital... - Medical Aids and Appliances
571. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is under way to reduce wait times and update the paper-based system for the reimbursement scheme for oxygen provision systems; and if he will... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
572. To ask the Minister for Health what the intention is with Barrington's Hospital in Limerick; if the HSE intends on purchasing the property for use as a hospital in the mid-west region; if... - Hospital Staff
573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the number of vacancies, by job title; when these... - Mental Health Services
574. To ask the Minister for Health what services are available to a parent dealing with an adult child with obvious mental difficulties that are making engagement with mental health services... - Hospital Services
575. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 5 December 2023, if all 182 additional beds, and 28 additional critical care beds committed to in the urgent and... - Medical Aids and Appliances
576. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to receive an update on their application for a wheelchair. [21392/24] - Health Services
577. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to parents with concerns about their children's speech in the absence of a public health nurse providing developmental checks in their... - Hospital Staff
578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group that are dealing with public-only patients in the years of... - Care of the Elderly
579. To ask the Minister for Health the locations where the community specialist teams for older persons have yet to be established; and the timeframe for when those teams will be established.... - Hospital Staff
580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant spinal surgeons based at the Mater Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21399/24] - Pharmacy Services
582. To ask the Minister for Health if any analysis has been conducted by the Government on pharmacy fees per item between 2015 and 2023. [21422/24] - Hospital Staff
583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraine based at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form;... - Departmental Data
585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons seen in the endometriosis hub at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Health Strategies
586. To ask the Minister for Health the implementation steps being taken in 2024 to deliver the National Stroke Strategy; the additional budget allocated for this in 2024; and if he will make a... - Health Services
587. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE expects the integrated eye care team to be fully established in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21437/24] - Mental Health Services
589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider placing a youth mental health service for young people in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/24] - Hospital Staff
590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will end the recruitment embargo at University Hospital Limerick to ensure safe staffing measures are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
591. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/24] - Health Services Staff
592. To ask the Minister for Health if he has signed off on a WRC deal to increase the pay of care assistant workers in section 38 and section 39 organisations; if he will outline the terms of... - Hospital Services
593. To ask the Minister for Health to review a matter (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21481/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
594. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to cease funding of Dexcom g7 sensors for use by diabetics on insulin injections; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Equipment
595. To ask the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 16 April 2024, and the subsequent failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary... - Hospital Appointments Status
599. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/24] - Home Help Service
600. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of a new shift work teams project in the Cork and Kerry home support services which is to begin in June this year and that this new... - Health Services
601. To ask the Minister for Health the overarching strategy of the national OPAT programme; if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21545/24] - National Children's Hospital
606. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether Dail Éireann was misled in the decision to proceed with locating the children's hospital on the constrained site at St.... - Health Services Waiting Lists
607. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments has changed in the... - Medical Aids and Appliances
608. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans for reducing bureaucracy and paperwork in the oxygen provision reimbursement system (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
609. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 9 April 2024, for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the exact wait times of children and adolescents identified in... - Nursing Homes
612. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HIQA inspectors; the area to which they are assigned; the number of facilities they are overseeing, from 2021 to date, in tabular form.... - Disability Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health what services are available for adults with ADHD seeking treatment in CHO 5; if a person (details supplied) can receive such service; and if he will make a... - Dental Services
614. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance is available to a child with molar incisor hypo mineralisation which requires root canal treatment, extraction, braces and aligners (details... - Health Services Staff
615. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the impact of the recruitment embargo on nurses in relation to the ability of hospitals to provide services, and so on; and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new positions to be filled as part of a new seven-day service delivery at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); the stage recruitment... - Hospital Facilities
617. To ask the Minister for Health how a new cardiac day ward at University Hospital Waterford is proposed to be delivered (details supplied); where it will be located; where the project plan... - Hospital Staff
618. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the loss of the suicide crisis assessment nurse within Waterford mental health services; how the HSE plans to fill this role, given the... - Health Services Staff
619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists with a special interest in substance misuse in the CHO 3 mental health services in the years of 2023... - Hospital Admissions
621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted to University Hospital Galway via the emergency department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21704/24] - Emergency Departments
622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left the emergency department in University Hospital Galway without being seen in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024.... - Hospital Staff
623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have left their jobs at University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21706/24] - Hospital Waiting Lists
625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State waiting for hip replacement surgery at the end of each of the past ten years; the average waiting length in each of the past... - Dental Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a dental waiting list at the end of each of the last ten years, and if a breakdown, by county, can be provided on this... - Health Service Executive
627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken legal cases against the HSE in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21710/24] - Departmental Programmes
628. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding and implementation of the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD programme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
629. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the medicinal cannabis programme will be completed to ascertain whether evidence exists to expand the range of conditions covered;... - International Bodies
630. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland will be joining the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/24] - Health Services
631. To ask the Minister for Health when an additional respite bed will be provided at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21724/24] - Hospital Services
632. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns regarding the relocation of paediatric services and-or ward in Cork (details supplied); if he or his Department has been briefed... - Hospital Appointments Status
633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment in Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois. [21739/24] - Departmental Properties
634. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify plans for a disused HSE clinic (details supplied). [21756/24] - Health Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the Pathfinder service; the total budget allocated to the service since it became operational; and if plans are in place to... - Health Service Executive
636. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21769/24] - Health Services Staff
637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the full complement of staff providing an important health service will be in place in Cavan-Monaghan without delay (details supplied);... - Health Services
638. To ask the Minister for Health when he will sanction funding requests made by the Department of Health for an increase in optometrists' fees having not increased for over 20 years, and for... - Legislative Programme
645. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023, which was signed into law on 2 May 2023; the... - Health Service Executive
646. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the oversight and accuracy of deaths reported in the HSE monthly maternity patient statements; if all maternity hospitals... - Health Services
647. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the annual total numbers of reported serious incidents on the national incident management system is not reported; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Data
648. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries reported on the national incident management system in each of the years since... - Health Services
649. To ask the Minister for Health the source of his advice in relation to 21 baby deaths (details supplied); if he or his source of advice had sight of the names of the 21 babies before a radio... - Hospital Services
651. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by doctors in Temple Street (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address these concerns; if a review will be conducted;... - Hospital Procedures
652. To ask the Minister for Health the mortality rate for babies sent to Temple Street and Crumlin Children's Hospital for surgical procedures and subsequently returned to a maternity hospital.... - Health Service Executive
653. To ask the Minister for Health the involvement of bereaved families in HSE internal reviews into baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries; the steps taken to ensure that... - Regulatory Bodies
654. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the threshold level for regulation of psychotherapists through CORU; when regulation of psychotherapy through CORU will be complete; and if... - Qualifications Recognition
655. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to expedite a registration with CORU (details supplied). [21818/24] - Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with speech and language therapy. [21819/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
657. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21842/24] - Health Services
658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved PrEP clinics available in Dublin; and the number of new patients each is currently accepting, along with an average wait time to be... - Departmental Advertising
661. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media... - Third Level Staff
662. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the necessary clinical tutor posts to honour a previous commitment to provide five additional places on the radiation therapy... - Primary Care Centres
663. To ask the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced; when a full range of services... - Health Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health if training in respect of sepsis management is provided to healthcare workers; if so, the categories of healthcare workers who receive such training; and if he...
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