Written answers

Thursday, 11 July 2024

  • Hospital Staff
    336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the discrepancy between the current CNM2 and CNS pay scales, which to-date have seen the CNS pay scale being omitted from the additional...
  • Hospital Services
    340. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 29 May 2024, if he will expedite a scanning appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Dental Services
    341. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive a dental appointment for extractions under sedation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Ambulance Service
    342. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment freeze will be lifted, given the huge effect on the National Ambulance Service, with crews under immense pressure; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Staff
    343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at Galway University Hospitals in 2023, by category of worker, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Qualifications
    344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a response issues to concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30553/24]
  • Nursing Homes
    345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the matter of a nursing home closure (details supplied) in the interests of residents, who are extremely concerned and distressed; and...
  • Health Services Staff
    346. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of persons (details supplied) regarding the administrative structuring of their pay scale; the actions he will...
  • Mental Health Services
    347. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in CAMHS in CHO6 and CHO7 in each month of 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30571/24]
  • Health Services
    358. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a person (details supplied); if every effort can be made to have this application rectified as...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    359. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and development timeframes of each acute bed block development identified as ‘delivered 2021-March 2024’ in appendix 1 of the acute...
  • Nursing Homes
    360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds projected for north Tipperary, Clare, Limerick and the midwest by the end of 2025, in tabular form. [30594/24]
  • Health Services
    364. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s annual spend on digital assistive technology per CHO for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively, in tabular form. [30620/24]
  • Health Strategies
    366. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the €50,000 that was allocated specifically to support the recruitment of a DRIVE lead to coordinate the work in Drogheda and...
  • Hospital Staff
    368. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts, by grade, for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30630/24]
  • Vaccination Programme
    369. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on proposals to introduce a free shingles vaccination scheme for older adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30631/24]
  • Nursing Homes
    370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to address and cease unfair additional charges being applied to medical card holders in nursing homes; and if he will...
  • Health Services Staff
    371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the discrepancy between the current CNM2 and CNS pay scales, which to-date have seen the CNS pay scale being omitted from the additional...
  • Hospital Services
    372. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment to provide MAU services in Nenagh on a 24/7 basis no longer stands; if so, the reasons for this; the measures he is taking to increase the...
  • Health Services
    373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) of advanced years has been told it could be another 11 months before they can access a hearing test and hearing aids in...
  • Health Services Staff
    374. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Labour Court recommendation of 20 September 2023 (details supplied) has not yet been implemented across the board; the timeline for its full...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm receipt of a pre-Budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); and in light of a request for approved addiction services...
  • Health Services Staff
    377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the recommendation by the expert review body on nursing and midwifery that the clinical placement coordinator salary scale would be...
  • Departmental Reviews
    381. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30744/24]
  • Health Service Executive
    383. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 802 of 23 May 2023, if he will provide the details sought and not yet provided in full, namely, the total cost of legal...
  • Departmental Reviews
    384. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to ensure that, in accordance with a recommendation made by the expert review on nursing and midwifery, clinical placement...
  • Health Services
    385. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) will be provided in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30775/24]
  • Health Strategies
    386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided in 2025 to implement the National Cancer Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30776/24]
  • Health Services Staff
    387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that crucial healthcare sector posts are filled based on up-to-date workforce plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30777/24]
  • Healthcare Policy
    388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure timely access to diagnostic tests as well as life-saving treatment for all cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Facilities
    389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will abolish car parking charges at hospitals as such costs can be a substantial burden on persons/patients attending hospitals on a regular basis; and...
  • Health Services Staff
    390. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in increasing the future supply of healthcare workers across all disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30780/24]
  • Nursing Homes
    391. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures, if any, that will be implemented to support the smaller scale nursing homes, particularly those that are family run, as increased...
  • Health Services Waiting Lists
    392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [30782/24]
  • Hospital Services
    402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [30794/24]
  • Care Services
    403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing...
  • Hospital Facilities
    404. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the schedule of delivery for the 22 additional critical care beds provided for in the HSE National Service Plan 2024. [30796/24]
  • Mental Health Services
    406. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of recommendation 46 from Sharing the Vision, in respect of bed capacity in approved centres; and if he will make a...
  • Legislative Measures
    407. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on his Department’s consideration of the Law Reform Commission's report entitled 'A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding',...
  • Home Help Service
    408. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s work in respect of establishing a funding model for a statutory right to home care; the options being considered; the...
  • Care of the Elderly
    409. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the Commission on Care for Older People; the timeline for completion of each of the three modules; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    410. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review into urgent and emergency care capacity in the mid-west region; if the terms of reference have been finalised; the timeline for...
  • Health Services Staff
    411. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long-covid, following the three-month extension...
  • Care Services
    412. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to the latest progress report of the strategic workforce implementation group on home carers and nursing home healthcare assistants, and...
  • Health Services
    413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE pay and numbers strategy for 2024; the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30805/24]
  • Hospital Services
    416. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a practice in public hospitals (details supplied); if a directive has been issued to public hospitals in respect of this practice; if all...
  • Vaccination Programme
    417. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 6 December 2023, to provide an update on the health technology assessment on the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine;...
  • Medicinal Products
    418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application for reimbursement of the drugs Ibrutinib and venetoclax, used for the treatment of patients with previously untreated chronic...
  • Health Services Staff
    419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to implement the recommendation of the expert review body on nursing and midwifery that the CNM2 salary scale would be extended by the...
  • Hospital Services
    420. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate if he is aware of the alleged premature discharge of a person (details supplied) and discharged allegedly prematurely some days later without...
  • National Children's Hospital
    421. To ask the Minister for Health if the new national children's hospital is nearing completion; the extent of the services likely to be provided therein; when the hospital is likely to become...

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