Written answers

Tuesday, 11 June 2024

  • Health Services Staff
    671.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the HSE recruitment embargo impacting the speech therapy unit in school (details supplied) which will result in children waiting 12 months for...
  • Departmental Funding
    672.To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the operational funding for the critical and much-needed development (details supplied) for adults who find themselves with complex needs and...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    673.To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, he is aware of reports that the hospital’s MRI machine has broken and has not yet...
  • Health Services
    675.To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to a non-habitual Irish citizen who has returned to Ireland for health reasons in order to avail of their family’s support, considering...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    676.To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied). [24607/24]
  • Medical Cards
    677.To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of an appeal against a decision to remove a medical card from a person (details supplied), given there was just a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    678.To ask the Minister for Health if a case (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24636/24]
  • Hospital Services
    679.To ask the Minister for Health the procedures used for the allocation of beds in the cancer care centre at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24638/24]
  • General Practitioner Services
    681.To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the availability of the GP in Cappawhite, County Tipperary, from three days a week to five days a week, in light of demand and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    682.To ask the Minister for Health to outline the entitlement to the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for the staff of a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff
    684.To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on the National Ambulance Service; when candidates on the recruitment panel can expect further engagement or offers;...
  • Health Services
    686.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board; the timeline for opening the register; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Primary Care Centres
    688.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of primary care centres operating within the counties of Louth and Meath, in tabular form, by location, itemised services, and the areas that...
  • Medicinal Products
    689.To ask the Minister for Health if brincidofovir can be used alongside a bone marrow transplant treatment; how patients can apply for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24656/24]
  • Hospital Services
    690.To ask the Minister for Health the number of first-time spinal appointments that have taken place in CHI over the past three years, broken down by month, in tabular form. [24657/24]
  • Departmental Data
    692.To ask the Minister for Health Minister to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021...
  • Health Services
    693.To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for the health centre at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24685/24]
  • Departmental Data
    694.To ask the Minister for Health the reported rate of elder abuse incidences in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, area; the total national reported incidence rate; and if he will...
  • Legislative Measures
    695.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    696.To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the fund for those suffering from the long-term effects of Covid; if this fund is currently in operation; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Cards
    697.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section is not accepting notices of assessment for couples, that shows both the taxpayer and spouse’s income as proof of...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    699.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a 68-year-old lady (details supplied) has been on a waiting list for breast surgery for over two years; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    700.To ask the Minister for Health the existing policies to support medical staff who have contracted long-Covid and are now unable to work; his plans to introduce such a scheme; and if he will...
  • Childcare Services
    701.To ask the Minister for Health to sanction pay increases to child care employees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24747/24]
  • Vaccination Programme
    702.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's request to HIQA to carry out a health technology assessment examining the cost benefits of an enhanced vaccine...
  • Cancer Services
    703.To ask the Minister for Health if plans exist to make bowel cancer screening available to all persons aged 70 years and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24751/24]
  • Health Services
    704.To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be supplied with an insulin pump. [24758/24]
  • Medicinal Products
    707.To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the exorbitant prices being charged for melatonin which has been prescribed for adolescents, as much as €60 per month,...
  • Dental Services
    710.To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure orthodontal surgery is expedited for a patient (details supplied). [24788/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    711.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. [24796/24]
  • Health Services
    712.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children accessing speech and language therapy in community healthcare organisation, CHO 7; the number of children awaiting assessment for...
  • Health Services Staff
    714.To ask the Minister for Health if he will lift the HSE's recruitment embargo, considering the negative impact it is having on the already lengthy waiting lists within the HSE, and...
  • Healthcare Policy
    715.To ask the Minister for Health to outline the medical trials in which a person (details supplied) was involved in the Eastern Health Board between 1981 and 1998; to outline the uses of...
  • Health Services
    716.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 28 February 2024, what proportion of autistic people start on hormone therapy with the National Gender Service....
  • Medical Inquiries
    717.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 28 February 2024, what medical literature underpins the National Gender Service's statement that unsupported autism...
  • Health Services
    718.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 14 February 2024, if the National Gender Service will commit to collecting statistics on how many referrals are...
  • General Practitioner Services
    719.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 23 May 2024, if, in the intervening two years, the HSE will be taking any actions to decrease the number of GPs who...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    720.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an urology appointment in Cork University Hospital for a medical procedure; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    722.To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to increase bed capacity at Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin considering the statement made by the CEO of Dublin Midlands...
  • Hospital Staff
    723.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [24873/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    728.To ask the Minister for Health the number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service in Waterford city and county; if he considers this an...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    730.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting-list initiative in operation in the Cork primary care child and adolescent psychology services; the date this initiative commenced; how...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    731.To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists, and their grade, recruited to the Cork primary care psychology waiting-list initiative for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the form of...
  • Nursing Homes
    732.To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to conduct a review in respect of the extra funding that is required for private nursing homes to keep their doors open with many closing as...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    733.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin....
  • Hospital Staff
    734.To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently engage with the HSE to allow a nurse (details supplied) returning from a career break resume their role in UHL. [24915/24]
  • Health Service Executive
    735.To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify if the HSE owns the land at a location (details supplied); if there are any future plans for the land when the hospital is fully built; if...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    736.To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24923/24]
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    737.To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to regulate for the over-labelling of non-Irish health warnings on vaping products, which is fuelling a grey market in such products; and if he will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    738.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. [24930/24]
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    740.To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24944/24]
  • Hospital Services
    741.To ask the Minister for Health the reason services are being removed from MUH if adult beds in CUH may be needed to meet need for these services; and whether consideration has been given to...
  • Health Services Staff
    742.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 2 May 2024, if he can clarify what is meant by “limited recruitment in very specific cases”; if he will...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    743.To ask the Minister for Health when the new 24-bed block for Nenagh Hospital will be built [24953/24]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    744.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a new date for a procedure in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    745.To ask the Minister for Health the reasons hospitality/retail staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda who are employed by a company (details supplied) have been excluded from coverage...
  • Health Services Staff
    746.To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of availability of pathologists to carry out post mortems will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24991/24]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    748.To ask the Minister for Health whether or not the intake of new patients to a facility (details supplied) has been suspended for the time being; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medicinal Products
    749.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring CGM sensors by the HSE; the number who were over 18 years of...
  • Hospital Services
    754.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned satellite hemodialysis unit at Ennis General Hospital; the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25007/24]
  • Disease Management
    755.To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that patients with chronic auto-immune disorders such as...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    756.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people attending diabetes clinics in each of the CHI Hospitals Group (CHI Crumlin, CHI Temple Street, CHI Connolly in Blanchardstown and CHI...
  • Health Services
    763.To ask the Minister for Health when he will sanction funding for an increase in optometrists' fees, which currently do not meet the actual cost of providing a modern eye examination, given...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    764.To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a date for scoliosis surgery considering she has been waiting for over a year; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Healthcare Policy
    765.To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which puberty blockers can be currently administered to children; and whether, in the light of the recent publication of an expert report...
  • Health Services Staff
    766.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts allocated to cancer services as per his letter of determination to the HSE outlining his funding priorities following Budget 2024; the...
  • Ambulance Service
    767.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider opening an intake of paramedics into the National Ambulance Service, recruiting from individuals already on panels; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    768.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1282 of 20 March 2024; for an update on the reimbursement of pegvaliase; when a final decision will be made; and if he...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    769.To ask the Minister for Health the reason no response has been received from the HSE in relation to Parliamentary Question Nos 1201, 1202 and 1203 of 9 April 2024 about a child in County...
  • Hospital Services
    770.To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available in Letterkenny University Hospital for adults and children who have diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Funding
    771.To ask the Minister for Health the level of fees paid by his Department to optometrists for eye tests for medical card holders; when this fee was established; when it was last reviewed; and...
  • Mental Health Services
    772.To ask the Minister for Health the length of time that a service provider (details supplied) has been providing online mental health supports in Ireland; to detail the services they provide;...
  • Hospital Staff
    778.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if this number will be further...
  • Hospital Facilities
    779.To ask the Minister for Health the refurbishment works that were carried out at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25088/24]
  • Hospital Staff
    780.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE urology registrars at the Mater Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25089/24]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    782.To ask the Minister for Health the facilities that are in place for diabetes patients for the safe disposal of used needles. [25091/24]
  • Hospital Staff
    783.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric ophthalmologist registrars at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25092/24]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    784.To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for hearing aids will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25111/24]
  • Health Services
    785.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of significant concerns over lack of appropriate consultation and dialogue with doctors and their representative organisations over major changes...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    786.To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with a gastroenterologist at St. James's Hospital, Dublin for a person (details supplied) and make a comprehensive statement...
  • Hospital Services
    787.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that essential radiology scans for cancer care patients on maintenance treatments, which must happen at three-month intervals for optimum...
  • Mental Health Services
    788.To ask the Minister for Health if Turas, a mental health course delivered by the National Learning Network, can be made available in Athlone to all residents, given that Athlone is split into...
  • National Children's Hospital
    789.To ask the Minister for Health the current projected final cost of the National Children’s Hospital; if he is satisfied that the projected final cost is accurate; if any extension of...
  • Legislative Reviews
    790.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the Health Act 1970 with a view to replacing the outdated terminology of mental handicap with more appropriate language. [25136/24]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    791.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25140/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    792.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Ireland continues to have poor outcomes for respiratory illnesses like COPD according to OECD statistics; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medicinal Products
    793.To ask the Minister for Health to explain why lidocaine patches when prescribed by a pain medicine consultant are not reimbursed on the DPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    795.To ask the Minister for Health if full payment will continue to be made to a person (details supplied) out of work since 2020 with COVID related health issues [25160/24]
  • Medical Register
    796.To ask the Minister for Health if the frequency and capacity of Dental Council’s registration examination for non-EEA dentists will be increased, in view of the fact that the exam is...
  • Home Help Service
    797.To ask the Minister for Health when additional home help hours will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25182/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    801.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 204 of 22 May 2024, what data of clinical activity are recorded by individual psychologists of the CHO 4 primary care...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances
    802.To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the system in place for people on the drugs payment scheme where they are renting a CPAP machine, where a person has to fill out the required...
  • General Practitioner Services
    803.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the future of the GP surgery in Ardara, County Donegal after the resignation of the surgery’s GP; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Services
    804.To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the case of a person (details supplied), he will provide clarity and transparency around the procedures used for the allocation of beds in...
  • Health Services Staff
    806.To ask the Minister for Health the target number of psychologists that need to be employed to ensure full national coverage of psychology in primary care for adults; the current number of...
  • Mental Health Services
    807.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the psychology in primary care adults’ service in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date respectively [25225/24]
  • Home Help Service
    809.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently a resident at the rehab unit of St. Ita’s Community Hospital, Newcastle...
  • Public Sector Staff
    810.To ask the Minister for Health regarding the status of the Civil Registration Office for the register of births, deaths, and marriages located at the Roscrea Primary Care Centre; if he is...
  • Health Services Staff
    811.To ask the Minister for Health the target number of psychologists that need to be employed to ensure full national coverage of Psychology in Primary Care for those under 18 years of age, the...
  • Mental Health Services
    812.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the Psychology in Primary Care children's service in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date, respectively; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    814.To ask the Minister for Health to report on the status of the waiting list action plan for psychology services for children and young people that has been funded through the HSE's National...
  • Mental Health Services
    815.To ask the Minister for Health for an itemised breakdown of how the 2023 mental health budget allocation was spent; what percentage of the allocation was spent; and if he will make a...
  • Eating Disorders
    816.To ask the Minister for Health for an itemised breakdown of the cost of funding one adult eating disorder team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25247/24]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    817.To ask the Minister for Health if he is looking into setting up a fund for the Covid vaccine injury (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25257/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    818.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25258/24]
  • Gender Recognition
    819.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently attending the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. [25260/24]
  • Disability Services
    825.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the speech and language service in Dublin South West has been closed; and the action he is taking to address this. [25266/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    826.To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can receive an earlier appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/24]
  • Health Services
    827.To ask the Minister for Health if all referring organisations are made aware of the reimbursement parameters around accessing cataract procedures in Ireland under the Northern Ireland planned...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    829.To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list and how much it currently costs to receive cataract surgery under the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    830.To ask the Minister for Health the number of clients referred to the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork primary care child and adolescent psychology services for each of the years...
  • Departmental Inquiries
    831.To ask the Minister for Health the name of the Secretary General who signed off on the construction contract for the National Children’s Hospital. [25281/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    832.To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person who is due to retire (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25284/24]
  • Home Care Packages
    833.To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a home care package for a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    834.To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow a derogation to fill a role (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/24]
  • Health Service Executive
    835.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 3 December 2021, if he will provide a copy of the Service Level Agreement between the HSE and a company (details...
  • Health Services
    836.To ask the Minister for Health when respite services for the elderly will be returned to a centre (details supplied). [25298/24]
  • General Practitioner Services
    837.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of new GPs in Kinnegad, Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25309/24]
  • Legislative Measures
    839.To ask the Minister for Health if there is anything in legislation which prohibits patients funding care using a mechanism (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Disability Services
    840.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to speed up the process for the assessment for and issuing of wheelchairs to children in view of the regularity which a child needs to be issued a new...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    842.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for shoulder surgery in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. [25319/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    843.To ask the Minister for Health the reason people seeking mental health treatment in Kildare mental health day hospital are summarily discharged after only four weeks of treatment, with no...
  • Hospital Staff
    844.To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is still no consultant neurologist at Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, despite one being promised since 2020, causing neurology patients...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    845.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/24]
  • Hospital Services
    846.To ask the Minister for Health if the Naas Hospital injury unit, a recently opened pilot scheme for patients of Kildare and west Wicklow, will continue to operate as a permanent service; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    847.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, following a referral by University Hospital Limerick to CHI at Temple Street in October 2023...
  • Home Care Packages
    848.To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding drawn down for the complex needs homecare package in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Care Services
    851.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current situation in Waterford city and county regarding the lack of respite facilities; if he is aware that currently St. Patrick's care...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    852.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. [25365/24]
  • Health Strategies
    853.To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for approval and publication of the HSE’s Digital Health Strategic Implementation Roadmap 2024-2030; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff
    854.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE’s savings target of €80 million on agency staff through the conversion of this staff to HSE employees, as outlined...
  • International Bodies
    856.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish delegate at the World Health Assembly abstained last week on a motion demanding the release of Israeli hostages and condemning the abuse of...
  • Dental Services
    857.To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to clear the backlog of children on the orthodontic waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25380/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    858.To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recent revision by the HSE of the Low Vision Aid Reimbursement Guidelines; the reason a three year time span has been introduced regarding...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    859.To ask the Minister for Health if he will personally and urgently look into a case (details supplied) where a person is awaiting surgery. [25455/24]
  • Health Service Executive
    860.To ask the Minister for Health to examine a case (details supplied) and explain why payments stopped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25463/24]
  • Departmental Contracts
    862.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost;...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    863.To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delay in providing an MRI scan to an individual (details supplied) who is suffering from severe pulmonary lung disease and heart...
  • Medical Cards
    864.To ask the Minister for Health to grant extensions to medical card entitlements for children for whom domiciliary care allowance is being paid beyond age 16 to when they complete school, as...
  • Hospital Facilities
    865.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 1 May 2024, the update on the development of the new elective hospital in (details supplied); the status of the...
  • Primary Care Centres
    866.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 1 May 2024, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway city; the expected timeline for the delivery...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    868.To ask the Minister for Health when a place will become available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a patient with a severe brain injury (details supplied), who has been waiting for...
  • Care Services
    869.To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25506/24]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    870.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an urgent update on the position of a service (details supplied) in County Donegal; what are the current plans for the facility; can he confirm if...
  • Hospital Facilities
    871.To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the National Children’s Hospital; on page four of the 2022 financial statements of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    872.To ask the Minister for Health if elective procedures in a hospital (details supplied) are being cancelled as day surgeries are being used for accident and emergency cases; how many have been...
  • Mental Health Services
    873.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 21 May 2024, if a case can be referred (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25525/24]
  • Hospital Facilities
    874.To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO7 that provide baby nursing clinics; and the hours and days of the week each clinic is available, in tabular form. [25532/24]
  • Hospital Staff
    875.To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses that were offered permanent full-time jobs within a hospital (details supplied) in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and of...
  • Cybersecurity Policy
    876.To ask the Minister for Health the number of cyberattacks that have been carried out on the HSE, or organisations contracted to provide services to the HSE that may have access to...
  • Alcohol Sales
    877.To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to amend the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 to prohibit the practice outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if the HSE referred this...
  • Disability Services
    878.To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25565/24]
  • Hospital Services
    879.To ask the Minister for Health the public hospitals that carry out gallbladder surgeries in tabular form. [25577/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    880.To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE mental health nurses recruited by the HSE in CHO3 and CHO5 in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [25578/24]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    881.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on Tipperary University Hospital since January 2021; The...
  • Hospital Staff
    882.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE opticians by grade employed by HSE working in CHO3 in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [25580/24]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    883.To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/24]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    884.To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the discussions that have taken place in regard to the provision of primary care centres in Leixlip and Maynooth, County Kildare; the extent to...
  • Healthcare Policy
    885.To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent each year, and in total, for the last ten years, by the HSE in paying out legal claims or defending legal claims by patients or other...
  • Hospital Services
    886.To ask the Minister for Health why 24 paediatric patients of Cavan and Monaghan hospital are still having to travel to Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, after a new pathway of care for...
  • Disability Services
    887.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the situation with the Irish Wheelchair Association services in Cavan which, due to a lack of staff, was reduced to an outreach-only model; the...

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