Written answers
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
- Local Elections
610. To ask the Minister for Health if a general dental surgeon on grade H of employment is eligible to run in local government elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18959/24] - Departmental Policies
611. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Ireland's drug policy following the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs; the next steps following the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly; and... - Mental Health Services
612. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the concerns of parents of children with mental health problems are regularly monitored, with a view to ensuring the availability of... - Abortion Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health whether implementing the recommendations of the independent termination of pregnancy review is a priority for him. [18633/24] - General Practitioner Services
614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the MIDOC in Birr, County Offaly closed; if there are plans for it to reopen; if there is an assessment of accessibility of primary care in Birr;... - Health Services Staff
615. To ask the Minister for Health when travel pay expenses will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/24] - Health Services
616. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the work of an organisation (details supplied) to provide heart and stroke services; if he has plans to work with the foundation to expand... - Departmental Policies
621. To ask the Minister for Health if the providers of online medical certificates including fit to return to work certificates, unfit for work, pre-employment medical certificates and... - Health Service Executive
623. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will finalise its pay and numbers strategy for 2024. [18754/24] - Health Services
624. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to make access to Mehta growth guidance casting for infantile idiopathic scoliosis available for children in the State, whether through access to... - Hospital Staff
625. To ask the Minister for Health if all clinical staff in the emergency department of UHL have received training in the National Clinical Guidelines No 6 Sepsis Management; and if he will make... - Nursing Homes
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a nursing home place is made available for a person (details supplied). [18760/24] - Human Rights
627. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken towards developing a UN convention on the rights of older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/24] - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
628. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Irish Medical Council in respect of difficulties with the Ministerial licence application for medical cannabis access; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
633. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/24] - Hospital Transfers
634. To ask the Minister for Health the travel options that may be available to an elderly patient travelling from Thurles, County Tipperary, to Croom, County Limerick for a rheumatology... - Medical Cards
635. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/24] - Budget 2024
636. To ask the Minister for Health for an itemised list of exactly how the additional €10 million allocated to mental health in Budget 2024 will be spent, in tabular form; and if he will... - Mental Health Services
637. To ask the Minister for Health what percentage of mental health difficulties are addressed at primary care level, secondary care level and tertiary care level, respectively; and if he will... - Psychological Assessments
638. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time for an appointment with primary care psychology; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
639. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of the child and adolescent mental health services, the adult mental health services and the old age psychiatry services,... - Hospital Staff
640. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding current staffing levels of paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital Limerick; the number of current vacancies which may... - Care of the Elderly
641. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a day centre for older people in an area (details supplied) where there is currently no suitable centre for public health nurses... - Vaccination Programme
642. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 21 March 2024, to provide an update on the status of the proposed vaccine damage scheme; the timeline he is... - Broadband Infrastructure
643. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a... - Departmental Data
644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland who currently use telecare systems either in their home, in nursing or care homes and/or in assisted-living facilities to... - Healthcare Policy
645. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of over 100 Irish academics expressed in an open letter (details supplied) about a report on transgender healthcare; and if he... - Medicinal Products
646. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to legislate to stop the dispensing of EU prescriptions for specific marginalised groups as proposed in a recent article (details... - Gender Equality
647. To ask the Minister for Health if reports of transgender people being denied blood tests by GPs will be investigated by the HSE clinical lead for transgender services. [18882/24] - Departmental Data
648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients of the National Gender Service who have walked back their gender as mentioned in a recent radio interview (details supplied), by year in... - Healthcare Policy
649. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for blood tests to be taken on a person that present themselves as a suspected spiked victim; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Data
651. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the total number of cases of spiking that have occurred between 2022, 2023 and 2024, including Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a... - Health Services
652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Palmerstown; the number of vacant positions; if developmental checks are being carried out for children in the... - Care of the Elderly
654. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the reference group of stakeholders that will help inform the work of the Commission on Care for Older People; how persons and interested... - Hospital Staff
655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE endocrinologist registrars based in St. James's Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18900/24] - Health Services
656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of house calls visits carried out by doctors in each treatment centre on D-Doc services in each of the past 28 days, in tabular form. [18901/24] - Hospital Charges
658. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car parking charges at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [18903/24] - Mental Health Services
659. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of teams for each of the national clinical programmes in early intervention in psychosis, perinatal mental health and eating disorders; and... - Hospital Staff
660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care medicine at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [18905/24] - Health Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current newborn screening process; if he has given any consideration to expanding the diseases which are screened for; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
662. 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... - Healthcare Policy
663. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the Law Reform Commission's report entitled 'A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding'; his plans in respect of implementing the... - Health Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on the provision of a health service building and the occupants of same in Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Cards
665. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued based on medical circumstances to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18938/24] - Health Service Executive
666. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE's CHO8 intends to provide any financial support to an organisation (details supplied) to deliver important supports in the community in the... - Health Services
667. To ask the Minister for Health are there functioning stroke units in Cavan, Letterkenny and Naas as of April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18945/24] - Healthcare Policy
669. To ask the Minister for Health what budget has been set aside to work with key stakeholders to improve public knowledge on stroke and risk factors for stroke; is this recurrent funding; what... - Departmental Funding
670. To ask the Minister for Health what problems and issues have arisen from the lack of a structured programme of recurrent funding for the National Stroke Strategy; what recommendations of... - Health Services Staff
672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts that have been approved for the National Stroke Strategy to date; the number of these that have been filled; the number of these that have... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patient access to acute stroke unit beds has remained at an unacceptable level for several years; what action is being taken to address this; and if... - Mental Health Services
674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been seen weekly, by each discipline (details supplied), by each team within the two CAMHS teams in south Tipperary, Clonmel... - Health Services Staff
676. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, specifically the situation where positions for nursing staff are vacant... - Health Services Waiting Lists
678. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be prioritised for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18994/24] - Primary Care Services
680. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE posts filled and unfilled, respectively in south Tipperary primary care services, broken down by discipline for physiotherapy, occupational... - Health Strategies
682. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the €20 million in medicines savings which his Productivity and Savings Taskforce intends to achieve in 2024; whether it is intended that... - Health Services
683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add endometriosis to the long-term illness scheme; if this is being considered as part of the development of the National Endometriosis Framework;... - Health Services Waiting Lists
686. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will get a procedure in Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin. [19037/24] - Health Services
687. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen in the sleep apnoea clinic. [19039/24] - Mental Health Services
688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a number of issues (details supplied) with regard to services for children within the health system with mental health and neurodivergent... - Health Services Waiting Lists
689. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a medical appointment for a person (details supplied). [19049/24] - Covid-19 Pandemic
690. To ask the Minister for Health if workers in a facility (details supplied) will receive the pandemic special recognition payment, given this facility provides 24-hour care to vulnerable and... - Medical Cards
691. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to ensure that medical card patients can access dental appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Waiting Lists
692. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the extensive waiting lists to receive gender-affirming healthcare at the gender clinic in St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown (details... - Departmental Funding
693. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1586 of 9 April 2024, to provide a breakdown of funding made under the sexual health and crisis pregnancy programme to... - Departmental Programmes
As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have referred it to the HSE for direct reply. - Health Services Waiting Lists
695. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a hip assessment and operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19081/24] - Home Care Packages
696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an individual (details supplied) is provided home care supports due to their medical situation; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
698. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a child (details supplied) with a child and adolescent psychiatrist, as they have been refused... - Health Services
699. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied). [19116/24] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
700. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the difficulties he has identified with the independent scoring assessment conducted with respect to the new Offaly hospice; if he has engaged in... - Health Services Staff
727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the redundancy claim by a 'person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19390/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
728. 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. [19403/24] - Dental Services
729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Cork city and Cork county which have ceased providing medical card services over the past five years; if he will provide an overview... - Dental Services
731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national oral health policy, Smile agus Sláinte; the timeline for implementation; the cost of... - Healthcare Policy
732. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a clinical care programme for those living with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services
733. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 11 April 2024, to address the part of the question that was not answered; if consent was needed from the parents... - Health Services
734. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public funding of CAR-T immunotherapy for leukaemia patients is limited to under 26 years of age; if consideration has been given to extending the... - Departmental Data
735. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or any agency of his Department has assessed any potential health impacts to people who reside near windfarms/wind turbines including the... - Hospital Appointments Status
736. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an endoscopy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19452/24] - Hospital Services
737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support and implement the call from a group (details supplied) for a consultant neurology service to be based in Letterkenny University Hospital.;... - Health Services
738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason memory assessment support services for persons with dementia and their families has not been rolled out in County Donegal. [19467/24] - Hospital Services
739. To ask the Minister for Health when the Saolta University Healthcare Group will meet with TDs, Senators and HSE forum county councillors in County Donegal to update them on the progress made... - Hospital Staff
740. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers employed in WTE in each category (details supplied) in each public/voluntary hospital in March 2024 or the latest date available, in tabular form.... - Health Services
742. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public funding of CAR-T immunotherapy for leukaemia patients is limited to under 26 years old; if extenuating circumstances can be applied for an... - Qualifications Recognition
743. To ask the Minister for Health how the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board is progressing with opening its register, in line with the Health and Social Care Professionals Act... - Health Services Staff
744. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of and current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 16 October 2014 that it was sending Ireland a letter of... - Health Services
747. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has provided investment into research on the links between exposure to pesticides and Parkinson’s disease; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
748. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a child (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [19516/24] - Health Services
749. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/24] - Home Care Packages
750. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE is releasing the home care packages; how long it will take to clear the backlog of home care packages for those in County Mayo; and if he will...
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