Written answers
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
- Disability Services
414. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the locations where people with disabilities who require serious dental treatment (details supplied) can obtain same in the State; and if he will... - Hepatitis C Incidence
415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 5,500 Hepatitis C home testing kits ordered from the HSE in the past year that were returned for testing; of those, how many people received... - Hospital Appointments Status
416. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be called for an outpatient physiotherapy appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore.... - Health Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the level of support and assistance available in the case of an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23540/24] - Dental Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23562/24] - Health Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23579/24] - Care Services
421. To ask the Minister for Health to seek urgent assistance for a person (details supplied) who is 74 years old and a full-time carer to their spouse who is housebound, and where the person has... - Pharmacy Services
422. To ask the Minister for Health if any analysis has been conducted by the Government on pharmacy fees per item between 2015 and 2023. [23581/24] - Medicinal Products
423. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will conclude its evaluation of preferred continuous glucose monitors under the medicines management programme; and if he will make a statement on... - Cybersecurity Policy
424. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has updated all of its computers, laptops, phones, servers and tablets since the cyber attack; if so, if it has retrieved all of the obsolete items;... - Dental Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the range of dental treatments available to medical card holders who are under active chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment or under medication... - Health Services
426. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was referred on 22 December 2022, will receive a date for assessment with regard to surgical management of... - Primary Care Services
427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a primary care appointment for a child (details supplied). [23644/24] - Hospital Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the change to the availability of post-partum services in CUH was reduced from parents of a child aged up to ten months down to four months;... - Dental Services
433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the dental practices within Westmeath which now accept medical card patients. [23660/24] - Legislative Process
435. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 8 May 2024, if he will list all the preparatory steps which are required prior to commencement of the Public... - Cancer Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in relation to the urgent case of a person (details supplied) waiting to start treatment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
437. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/24] - Hospital Services
438. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of delivering an in-patient clinical setting bed. [23679/24] - Medical Cards
439. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to address medical card renewals and medical card assessments for those with lifelong/permanent mental disabilities,... - Hospital Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current position and plans to develop a national service for nephrology transitional care in a hospital (details supplied); and if... - Hospital Staff
441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an immediate recruitment process will be put in place in spite of the HSE recruitment freeze, to fill an essential post in Ennis General... - Health Services Waiting Lists
442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is reasonable that a child in County Mayo (details supplied) with additional needs has to wait two years from referral to be seen by... - Health Services Staff
443. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on when Section 39 workers can expect to receive agreed pay increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23712/24] - Medical Cards
444. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23715/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
445. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) is waiting so long for neck surgery and is enduring severe pain while awaiting surgery; and if he will make a statement... - Medicinal Products
447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that medication as recommended by Children's Health Ireland will be made available at an early date for a child (details supplied); and if he... - Health Services
448. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the transfer of services from a service (details supplied) to the HSE; when this information will be made available; and... - Health Services Staff
450. To ask the Minister for Health the full staff available on each of the CAMHS teams in south Tipperary; the number and position of staff on leave; the length of leave and reason for leave;... - Insurance Coverage
451. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason private health insurance companies only cover the cost of a stay in psychiatric hospitals for maximum 100 days with unwell and vulnerable... - Home Help Service
452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO in CHO 4 as of 1 May 2024 or the latest date available; the number of persons currently on the... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) to help protect its essential and hugely important heart and stroke support... - Nursing Homes
454. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of plans for a community nursing unit in Cashel; to provide an update on the status of investigations into a site (details... - Hospital Appointments Status
455. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with the orthopaedic department at Midland... - Health Services Staff
456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the children community services in County Carlow; the number of vacancies that exist; his plans to recruit... - Health Service Executive
457. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that inappropriate language in regard to disability is still contained on HSE application forms, such as the long-term illness scheme form, which... - Hospital Appointments Status
458. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [23784/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
459. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE funding for the provision of wigs for persons with alopecia will remain in place and if he can confirm there are no cuts planned for this very important... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund refurbishment works for an ambulance base (details supplied) given those working in it are concerned as to the safety of the building and... - Female Genital Mutilation
461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE’s mapping exercise undertaken as part of action 2.4.12 of the Implementation Plan for the Third National... - Hospital Appointments Status
462. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/24] - Nursing Homes
463. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the number of beds that have been booked by the HSE in Bartra nursing home in Clondalkin Lodge; the duration these beds have been booked for; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
464. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for bilateral knee replacement; if he has been placed on the NTPF waiting list for surgery in a... - Cancer Services
466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the discrepancy in access to innovative oncology treatments for Irish cancer patients in the public health system, compared with patients with... - Hospital Staff
469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues highlighted by an organisation (details supplied) in recent correspondence; the number of nursing vacancies currently unfilled in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure proper care is provided for people who continue to suffer from long Covid; if the specific case (details supplied) of a person with long... - Health Services
471. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE provides to an organisation (details supplied) specifically towards patient services, excluding funding for awareness campaigns;... - Substance Misuse
473. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to community drug and alcohol and rehabilitation services in Waterford in 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [23966/24] - Public Sector Pensions
474. To ask the Minister for Health if the spouse of a recently deceased former employee of the HSE is entitled to a surviving partner’s partial pension payment (details supplied). [23978/24] - Health Services
475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 30 April 2024, if his attention has been drawn to concerns that Ireland is falling behind other EU member states... - Hospital Appointments Status
476. To ask the Minister for Health if a definite date for a knee operation will be scheduled in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter. [23980/24] - Hospital Staff
477. To ask the Minister for Health the level of psychiatry staffing in each emergency department; the number of existing posts, by staff grade; the number of vacancies; and the number of... - Hospital Services
478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/24] - Medicinal Products
479. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing access to the medical cannabis access programme for cerebral palsy; if so, the outcome of that consideration; the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress in tackling the backlog at University Hospital Waterford histopathology laboratory (details supplied); the current... - Female Genital Mutilation
481. To ask the Minister for Health the status of actions related to female genital mutilation in the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will make a... - Health Services
482. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider funding for an increase in fees to community optometrists and for a national public eye care programme for patients over the... - Nursing Homes
483. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to close a nursing home (details supplied); the person who made this decision; where the residents will be relocated to; when this... - Mental Health Services
484. To ask the Minister for Health the services available, or planned, to provide consultation and assessment clinics for adults with ADHD in the Cavan-Monaghan area; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
485. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the decision by an organisation (details supplied) to no longer collect centre-specific data for a large proportion of west... - Health Services Waiting Lists
488. To ask the Minister for Health if new patients are being accepted at the STI clinic in University Hospital Waterford; if not, the reason; the extent of waiting lists, in tabular form; and if... - Dental Services
489. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 18 May 2023, the reason no response has issued from the HSE to this query (details supplied); and if he will make... - Health Services
490. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure adequate access to consultation/assessment for adults with ADHD; the funding allocated; the current waiting times, by CHO, in the years... - Medical Cards
492. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of a GP visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24060/24] - Departmental Data
493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing posts approved at Tipperary University Hospital, by discipline; the number of nursing posts filled; the number of vacant nursing posts,... - Disability Services
495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person from County Leitrim (details supplied) has not been considered for a primary medical certificate, despite the fact that they were diagnosed... - Medicinal Products
496. To ask the Minister for Health the implications of an item being high tech on the drug payment scheme; and how an item can be changed to the regular drug payment scheme from high tech.... - Nursing Homes
497. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the proposed closure of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24111/24]
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