Written answers
Thursday, 27 February 2025
- Health Services Staff
370. To ask the Minister for Health the new measures she will implement to urgently address the chronic shortage of clinical staff resources across Dublin northside and the wider country. [8937/25] - Primary Care Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider making available a PCRS-funded primary care scheme, whereby appropriately trained GP teams and community pharmacies would be enabled to... - Medicinal Products
372. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to implement a regulatory framework that limits the acquisition and administration of dermal fillers to qualified doctors and dentists; and if she... - Emergency Accommodation
373. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the range of specific financial supports or grant aid the HSE provides to not-for-profit organisations that operate emergency... - Health Services Staff
374. To ask the Minister for Health if she or her Department are aware of the advertisement of speech and language therapy jobs during the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
375. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for those with long Covid; if there is any additional budget within her Department going to long Covid research and supports; and if she... - Meals-on-Wheels Services
376. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the contract for the manufacturing of meals on wheels for the Athy area was advertised; the cost to the HSE prior to the outsourcing this per... - Hospital Facilities
377. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the day care centre in St. Vincent’s Hospital. [8712/25] - Legislative Measures
378. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (amendment) Bill, heads of which were approved in 2021; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the... - Legislative Process
381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the... - Departmental Programmes
389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision to close down the HSE’s heartwatch programme was taken; if she is aware that the programme’s closure is having a... - Departmental Data
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in primary care, by county; and the corresponding waiting... - Departmental Licences
391. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of efforts to licence the drug concerta, in its liquid form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8755/25] - Departmental Schemes
392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the free HRT scheme announced under Budget 2025 is delayed; the timeframe in which she intends for it to be in place; and if she will make a... - Departmental Budgets
393. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost, and cost per year, to implement the HSE Child and Youth Mental Health Office Action Plan 2024-2027; and if she will make a statement... - Medical Cards
394. To ask the Minister for Health if she will increase the medical card eligibility threshold from €427 for those working with disabilities so that people can maintain their employment... - Departmental Policies
395. To ask the Minister for Health : for clarification on the decision that off-duty paramedics are no longer able to bring their work vehicles home; if this is a permanent decision; and if she... - Departmental Projects
396. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the elective hospital planned for the Connolly Hospital campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8813/25] - Departmental Funding
399. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to the HSE alcohol programme in 2023 and 2024; and the amount being made available in 2025, in tabular form. [8826/25] - Departmental Data
400. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing alcohol related health interventions in each of the years 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [8827/25] - Addiction Treatment Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for alcohol addiction services by HSE Addiction Services and HSE section 39 services in 2023 and 2024; and the amount being made... - Mental Health Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide additional funding to meet a surge in demand for youth mental health services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, respectively;... - Hospital Facilities
406. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional parking for staff and visitors at St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8854/25] - Medical Cards
407. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population of counties Carlow and Kilkenny with a medical card or GP visit card, for each year from 2020 to 2024, in tabular... - Hospital Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health if she will make provision for psychology services at St Luke's Hospial in Kilkenny, to help individuals and families who have been diagnosed with a type 1... - Health Service Executive
409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects her Department is engaged in with the HSE; the status of each project, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Suicide Prevention
410. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the strategy to develop a suicide prevention intervention for farmers in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8862/25] - Medicinal Products
411. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for implementing the proposed changes to governance and safety regulations in the field of aesthetic medicine, with specific regard to dermal... - Medical Aids and Appliances
412. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when the HSE will make omnipod insulin pumps available to patients in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8888/25] - Hospital Services
413. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to increase capacity for training parents of children with type 1 diabetes who are receiving an insulin pump at Temple Street... - Medical Aids and Appliances
414. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide statistics on the allocation by the HSE of insulin pumps to children in Dublin between 2020 and 2024 and to date in 2025, including: the... - Vaccination Programme
415. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the vaccine damage scheme for Covid-vaccine injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8891/25] - Hospital Staff
416. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric ophthalmologist will be appointed to UHL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8903/25] - Departmental Legal Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in to date in 2023, 2024 and to date in... - State Claims Agency
418. To ask the Minister for Health the overall legal bill to the State Claims Agency in medical negligence cases in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [8906/25] - Departmental Legal Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2023, 2024 and to date in... - State Claims Agency
420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims ongoing by the State Claims Agency in relation to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis in relation to failings in the CervicalCheck... - Health Services Staff
421. To ask the Minister for Health to address a year-to-year decline in the national ophthalmology workforce between December 2023 and December 2024, in both acute and community services; if... - Primary Care Centres
422. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE to ensure that Kildare North is future-proofed with regard to its provision of primary care centres, particularly in relation... - Health Service Executive
423. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a rationale for the HSE expending approximately €2 million on non-emergency vehicles in 2024, if she will examine same in the... - Vaccination Programme
424. To ask the Minister for Health if the Novavax vaccine will be made available in Ireland as an alternative to mRNA vaccines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8957/25] - Mental Health Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS teams around the country that have no psychologist; and to detail where these CAMHS teams are located. [8958/25] - Health Service Executive
426. To ask the Minister for Health if she could ask the HSE to identify, by reference to name, address and eircode, all buildings or land owned by the HSE located in Dublin 2, 4 and 6, in...
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