Written answers
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Health Services
607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on health supports offered to international protection applicants who are without accommodation. [16160/24] - Primary Care Services
608. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for SLT services for primary care team in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16178/24] - Equality Issues
609. To ask the Minister for Health if he or officials within his Department have engaged recently with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) regarding pay equality; and if he... - Insurance Coverage
610. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any clause on private health insurance policies that restrict cover for people who have donated an organ outside of the State; and if he will... - Medical Aids and Appliances
611. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence from a concerned parent regarding the need for a bigger buggy for their child (details supplied); and if he can assist on this matter... - Mental Health Services
612. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the plans for the Erkina House, HSE mental health residence in Rathdowney, County Laois; his plans on the refurbishment and the upgrade of the... - Primary Care Centres
613. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the plans for the primary care centre at St. Finian's Campus, Portlaoise; the progress that has been made; what funding has been allocated;... - Home Help Service
614. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for elderly home support services in counties Laois and Offaly, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/24] - Home Care Packages
615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for home care packages in counties Laois and Offaly, at the end of each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular... - General Practitioner Services
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practising in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of those counties in... - Dental Services
618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of waiting lists for dental surgery and orthodontics for CHO8, by county and by year from January 2019 to January 2024; and if... - Mental Health Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health when required psychological support will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15967/24] - Home Help Service
622. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help/personal assistants are no longer permitted to administer routine eye drops for their clients; when this change took place; and if he will... - Health Service Executive
623. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a HSE Covid payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15976/24] - Hospital Investigations
624. To ask the Minister for Health if officials have met with a group (details supplied) following his request that they do so; if so, the outcome of that meeting; the commitments given at that... - Medical Cards
625. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was told that if one needs an MRI on their hands and feet they must pay, as hands and feet MRIs are not covered under... - Healthcare Policy
626. To ask the Minister for Health the unit in his Department that has responsibility for liaising with Coimisiún na Meán in respect of the development of online and media safety codes... - Health Strategies
630. To ask the Minister for Health the work that is being undertaken to review and develop a new Healthy Ireland Framework, given that the current Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved... - Disease Management
631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetes services that closed to new pump patients in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [16002/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
632. To ask the Minister for Health if amputees can be added to the long-term illness scheme to enable them to obtain prostheses as necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16003/24] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with trade unions regarding extending the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19... - Covid-19 Pandemic
634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form. [16012/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
637. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with the orthopaedic department, Midland Regional Hospital,... - Medical Cards
638. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16032/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will get an orthopaedic appointment in Temple Street for crucial urgent surgery; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
640. To ask the Minister for Health how many public health nurses there are in the CHO6 area and the extent to which they provide care in the community as opposed to private healthcare providers;... - Hospital Equipment
641. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost involved to deliver a MRI scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/24] - Care Services
644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for long term residential care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16075/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
645. To ask the Minister for Health what financial supports are available for amputees who do not qualify for a medical card, who are required to pay extremely high costs upwards of €6,000... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the healthcare facilities in which the 20 community healthcare beds, announced on 4 April 2024, to be provided next winter, will be located... - Hospital Facilities
648. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within the public car park at CHI Crumlin in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16083/24] - Hospital Admissions
649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private insurance patient forms that were completed on admission to Tullamore Regional Hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and the number... - Hospital Facilities
650. To ask the Minister for Health the last date an external in-person fire safety audit was carried out on behalf of the HSE at Mullingar Regional Hospital; and the frequency in which these... - Health Services Staff
651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of palliative care teams and staff members in CHO5 at present. [16086/24] - Hospital Procedures
653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of shoulder surgeries carried out at Galway University Hospital to date in 2024. [16088/24] - Hospital Facilities
654. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through restaurant sales at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16089/24] - Health Services
655. To ask the Minister for Health if there are future plans to roll out dialectical behaviour therapy in County Mayo. [16090/24] - Hospital Staff
656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the maternity department of Wexford General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this... - Emergency Departments
659. To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at University Hospital Kerry to date in 2024. [16094/24] - Hospital Staff
660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars at Mayo University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16095/24] - Health Services Waiting Lists
663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for hearing examinations in County Roscommon, by length of time waiting, in tabular form. [16098/24] - Hospital Staff
664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16099/24] - Health Services Staff
665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in older persons service in CHO1 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16100/24] - Hospital Staff
666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory nurses working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16101/24] - Public Sector Pensions
669. To ask the Minister for Health if the pension entitlements due to a person (details supplied) will be paid on the basis of their position in St. Canice’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he... - Hospital Procedures
670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); when an appointment be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/24] - Healthcare Policy
671. To ask the Minister for Health if the age limit with regard to bowel cancer screening (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16132/24] - Health Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortfall between the cost of prosthetic limbs for amputees and the reimbursement from insurance companies; and what action he proposes... - General Practitioner Services
674. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an investment fund is intending to convert a currently-operating GPs surgery in Blackpool, Cork, and close the existing service; and if he... - Health Services
675. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if they will be provided with a place in the step down unit in Monaghan urgently; and if he will... - Disability Services
676. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of adult ADHD services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16168/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
677. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a referral (details supplied) is put forward and an appointment to be given at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the... - Healthcare Policy
679. To ask the Minister for Health if will he publish the updated HSE palliative care strategy as a matter of urgency in line with recommendation 12 of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted... - Hospital Procedures
680. To ask the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Croom Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages
685. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE contracted home care visit staff in counties Laois and Offaly will resume evening and weekend hours to ensure that a full complement of service is... - Community Care
686. To ask the Minister for Health the policy with respect to the treatment of patients by community intervention teams; if there is a differentiation between public and private patients; and if... - Health Services
688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetic clinics and the number of people availing of these services, respectively, by county in tabular form. [16220/24] - Medical Cards
689. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards including GP visit cards to international protection applicants and beneficiaries of... - Health Services
690. To ask the Minister for Health the dedicated supports currently available to children and families impacted by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (details supplied); what dedicated supports,... - Health Services Staff
691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the HSE recruitment freeze; when this recruitment freeze is likely to be lifted; the number of front line positions per... - Disability Services
692. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/24] - Health Services
693. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide a minor injuries clinic for Kerry. [16240/24] - Hospital Facilities
694. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide extra respite beds in hospitals in Kerry. [16241/24] - Hospital Services
695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra orthopaedic surgeries and beds, as per a capital project request from University Hospital Kerry. [16242/24] - Health Services
696. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national diabetes paediatric clinical audit. [16249/24] - Medical Aids and Appliances
697. To ask the Minister for Health if a mobility chair will be provided to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16266/24] - Departmental Data
698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of skull base surgeries performed at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16275/24] - Mental Health Services
699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour-staffed community mental health residences within CHO8; and if all of those facilities meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental... - Health Services Staff
700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16277/24] - Departmental Bodies
701. To ask the Minister for Health who the members of the Medicines Sustainability Taskforce are; how many times they have met; the projected timeline to publish and implement findings; and if... - Health Service Executive
702. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of additional staff hired by the HSE's corporate pharmaceutical unit in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Strategies
703. To ask the Minister for Health the expected benefits for the Irish health system of the introduction of the EU HTA regulation in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16292/24] - Psychological Assessments
704. To ask the Minister for Health the appropriate pathway through the health service for a child to receive an ADHD diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16298/24] - Health Strategies
705. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will now review all transgender treatment in the State, having regard to the recent publication of a landmark report (details... - Hospital Facilities
706. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff dissatisfaction at the removal of staff car parking spaces from the CUH and CUMH; what engagement has taken place with... - Hospital Staff
707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses based at Tipperary University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular... - Health Services Staff
709. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional WTE orthodontics specialists, two additional senior dental hygienists and two additional senior dental... - Ambulance Service
712. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to undertaking yearly privileging courses; if not, if it will commit to privileging its currently employed... - Nursing Homes
714. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 50-bed St. Camillus nursing home in Limerick will be opened; and when the other 25-bed additional unit is planned to be open. [16423/24] - Health Services Staff
715. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/24] - Abortion Services
716. To ask the Minister for Health the reason minutes are not being kept of the meetings of the Implementation Group examining the operation of the Health (Regulation of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and... - Mental Health Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health when a substantive reply can be expected to issue from child and adolescent counselling service provision in County Donegal, that this Deputy raised at... - Vaccination Programme
722. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will implement a maternal RSV vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16457/24] - Health Services Staff
724. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of general and paediatric nurses for 2024; if he is aware of any recruitment embargo by the HSE at present; and if he... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
725. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgency in providing funding for a building in Newtownmountkennedy (details supplied); if he is concerned that the... - Hospital Staff
726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists employed in Cavan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [16504/24] - Disease Management
727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from counties Cavan and Monaghan with type 1 diabetes that are currently being referred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and... - Health Services
728. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on maternity cover for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16509/24] - Departmental Data
729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of compensation to persons diagnosed with vaccine related narcolepsy and cataplexy; the number of payments... - Home Help Service
730. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours of a person (details supplied) will be increased. [16518/24] - Medical Qualifications
731. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to give statutory recognition and protection to the designation of "counsellor"; if he has sought a timeline from the Counsellors and... - Abortion Services
733. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with technology communications companies with respect to advertising of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies' websites online; and if he will make... - Medical Qualifications
734. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 22 February 2023, the number of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies operating here of which his Department and the HSE... - Departmental Priorities
735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the need to legislate to curtail the activities of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies; and if he will adopt and pass the Health and... - Healthcare Policy
736. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Hearing Care Plan; if the working group membership has been agreed; if terms of reference for the working group have been published;... - Medical Aids and Appliances
738. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an individual (details supplied). [16558/24] - Health Services Waiting Lists
739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for audiology services from HSE community services in the Russell Centre, Tallaght; and the average waiting time for... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
740. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of Kelvin Grove, Carlow; the plans in place for its use; and the date by which it will be brought back into use. [16573/24] - Health Services Waiting Lists
741. To ask the Minister for Health to address an issue (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/24] - Hospital Staff
742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at St Luke’s, Kilkenny paediatric diabetes clinic; if his Department is aware that all new insulin pumps have been put on hold as... - Health Services Staff
743. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the team in Caredoc is the only national team not to have received the building momentum pay rises and 37.5-hour week; and if he will make... - Medical Cards
744. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in extending the income disregard for medical cards to include the rent-a-room income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/24] - Disease Management
745. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the age for funding of treatment option of CAR-T Immunotherapy for leukaemia patients to beyond the age of 25... - Hospital Waiting Lists
746. 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. [16702/24] - Eating Disorders
747. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of public inpatient beds for adults with eating disorders; the cost of operating one bed per year; if there will be an increase in... - Departmental Funding
748. To ask the Minister for Health to review documents for funding for the Irish Heart Foundation; his plans on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16715/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
750. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he can provide an urgent appointment, given the pain this girl is in; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
751. To ask the Minister for Health what supports are available for a patient (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16746/24] - Hospital Appointments Status
752. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a colonoscopy for a patient (details supplied) is being delayed given the family history in this case; if he can expedite this appointment; and if...
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