Written answers
Thursday, 10 April 2025
- Health Services Waiting Lists
360. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for initial appointment with the national gender service for each of the years 2020 to date. [18088/25] - Health Services Staff
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians and their speciality, working for the national gender service for each of the years 2020 to date. [18089/25] - Health Services
362. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public health nursing services have been removed from the local health centre in Limekiln Road to Rathfarnham Health Centre; and if she will make a... - Health Services Staff
364. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all vacant healthcare posts unable to be filled in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18112/25] - Childcare Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in primary care, in County Wexford; the corresponding... - Health Services Staff
367. To ask the Minister for Health when staff at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive their section 39 payment increase; and if she will make a statement on the... - Ambulance Service
368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and ambulance personnel that are based in Monaghan and Castleblayney stations respectively and the corresponding figures for April... - Home Care Packages
370. To ask the Minister for Health when a home support package, which was approved six weeks ago, will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a... - Health Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce publicly available gender affirming surgery here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18146/25] - Departmental Data
372. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the proportion who were offered an appointment in the Mater Hospital within 20... - General Practitioner Services
375. To ask the Minister for Health the current arrangements for a GP practice based in Kildare (details supplied). [18155/25] - Departmental Data
376. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received representations from voluntary hospitals and Section 38 service providers about historic financial deficits for these organisations; the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
377. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of weeks each child listed as suspended on Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal service waiting list has been... - Departmental Inquiries
378. To ask the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied) raised by an organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18162/25] - Hospital Facilities
379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds which will be available to the paediatric allergy unit in the new National Children’s Hospital; the number of beds currently... - Departmental Policies
380. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish a centralised electronic data collection system for timely and accurate reporting of child mortality nationally; if her Department has... - Mental Health Services
381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inpatient mental health support mother and baby unit, as per the model of care for specialist perinatal mental health services; the estimated... - Medical Cards
383. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to revise the fee paid to optometrists under the medical card scheme; if so, the status of these plans; the timeline for its implementation; and... - Departmental Regulations
385. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the regulations being developed under section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Data
386. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by each of the Cork hospitals to taxi firms in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form. [18184/25] - Hospital Transfers
387. To ask the Minister for Health whether a patient who is to be transferred between healthcare facilities via taxi could instead be driven by a family member or friend. [18185/25] - Disease Management
388. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline what supports are currently available for patients suffering from Lyme disease who are unable to access timely or adequate treatment; if... - Departmental Meetings
389. To ask the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied). [18187/25] - Departmental Contracts
390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 5 March 2025, if she will confirm the length of the current contract with a company (details supplied) for the... - Departmental Reviews
391. To ask the Minister for Health when she intends to publish the review of cardiac services; when Ireland will develop a new national cardiovascular disease strategy; and if she will make a... - Departmental Funding
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for funding and for a carer for HSE home support in each month of 2025, by CHO and LHO; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in CHO 8 for longer than one month; longer than three months, longer than six months and longer than twelve... - Home Care Packages
395. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours allocated to a home care package in each LHO in CHO 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18199/25] - Health Services
396. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) did not receive sanctioned negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) while in nursing home care, and had to pay for this... - Departmental Inquiries
397. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the options available to reduce the burden faced in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18210/25] - Health Service Executive
398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of caterers within the HSE are employed by agencies from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [18215/25] - Hospital Waiting Lists
400. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the rheumatology waiting list in Tallaght Hospital; and the steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times. [18217/25] - Hospital Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health is she aware of problems at St. James’s Hospital accident and emergency with regard to a lack of comfort and care for patients, particularly those... - General Practitioner Services
402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the GP Care for All Initiative, particularly concerning a practice (details supplied) in Dublin’s north inner city, which is at risk of... - Departmental Data
404. To ask the Minister for Health if comprehensive health impact assessments have been conducted in Dublin central to evaluate the effects of prolonged exposure to elevated levels of nitrogen... - Departmental Inquiries
405. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite a procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18253/25] - Legislative Programme
408. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on proposed legislation introducing further restrictions on nicotine inhaling products or vapes; and if she will make a statement... - Medicinal Products
409. To ask the Minister for Health her progress to date in making the shingles vaccine (details supplied) available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18286/25] - Health Services
411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new community nursing unit in Clonmel; to provide information on a completion date, a handover date and progress on registration with the... - Departmental Schemes
412. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the free HRT scheme; the reason for the delay; if back payments to January 2025 will be made to women who qualify for the... - Ambulance Service
413. To ask the Minister for Health if she will take urgent action to address the wait times for an ambulance in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18314/25] - Departmental Reports
414. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the publication date of the national endometriosis framework, the working group established to feed into the framework; and if she will... - Health Service Executive
416. To ask the Minister for Health if surgical excision of endometriosis is currently being offered as a management treatment to patients by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the... - Health Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of robot-assisted gynaecological surgeries that took place using the Da Vinci surgical system located in Cork University Maternity Hospital annually... - Health Services Staff
418. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 6 March 2025, if she will specify the current stage of the recruitment process concerned; the expected timeframe... - Medical Aids and Appliances
419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review into the use of surgical implants and medical devices at Children's Health Ireland; the date on which she expects this report to... - Health Service Executive
420. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the former dispensary building in Ballynoe, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18341/25] - Artificial Intelligence
421. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the steps her Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing... - Departmental Correspondence
426. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024;... - Departmental Surveys
428. To ask the Minister for Health if she will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used...
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