Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
- Meals-on-Wheels Services
495. To ask the Minister for Health to consider increasing the funding allocation to an important service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46665/23] - Nursing Homes
496. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 28 February 2023, whether there are plans for compensation to be offered to those who had no other option but to... - Budget 2024
497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the decision in budget 2024 regarding funding for new treatments; how this aligns with Government commitment to healthcare... - Medicinal Products
498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification in relation to the ground-breaking treatments, such as Sotatercept, which show potential in revolutionising the care for... - Home Help Service
499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason times are constantly changing for home help (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46076/23] - Medical Qualifications
501. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the regulation of the athletics therapeutical profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46082/23] - Home Help Service
503. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of application for additional home help support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
504. To ask the Minister for Health how many children are on the waiting list for the CAMHS team in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46103/23] - Hospital Facilities
505. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned hospital for north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46115/23] - Health Services Staff
506. To ask the Minister for Health how many nurses were recruited in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46116/23] - Vaccination Programme
511. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the chicken pox vaccine being included in the HSE child vaccine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46121/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
512. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting cataract surgery in UHL that are currently listed as urgent; how long these urgent patients have been awaiting surgery... - Hospital Investigations
517. To ask the Minister for Health whether the spring being removed from the patients at Temple Street (details supplied) will be retained, in order that it can be analysed as part of the... - Mental Health Services
518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form.... - Hospital Appointments Status
519. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital in Cork. [46143/23] - Addiction Treatment Services
520. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of Keltoi. [46144/23] - Local Drugs Task Forces
521. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review into the Drug and Alcohol Taskforce Handbook. [46150/23] - Health Services Staff
524. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the HSE recruitment freeze announced following the Budget 2024 allocation for his Department; the expected end date... - Hospital Appointments Status
525. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/23] - General Practitioner Services
526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 3 October 2023, if he will advise on communications from the national medical card unit which states that under... - Hospital Procedures
527. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) will be streamlined and made more efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46203/23] - Healthcare Policy
528. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise underactive hyperthyroidism as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46206/23] - Health Services
530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46212/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
531. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment with an ophthalmologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46217/23] - Health Services Staff
532. To ask the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to ensure that people working as healthcare assistants who have overseas nursing qualifications can register as nurses in Ireland... - Food Safety
533. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure an appropriate inspection regime commences from the start of 2024, with regard to the contracts between the Food Safety Authority of... - Hospital Appointments Status
534. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment under the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/23] - Departmental Priorities
535. To ask the Minister for Health what measures his Department and the HSE are putting in place due to the increase in outbreaks of head lice, scabies and bed bugs in people across the country;... - Health Promotion
536. To ask the Minister for Health what measures and guidance his Department and the HSE will put in place for people returning home from Paris and France to ensure Ireland does not face an... - Hospital Appointments Status
537. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with St. Vincent's Hospital Dublin, hepatology department; and if he will make a statement on the... - Pension Provisions
538. To ask the Minister for Health what benefit accrued to a person (details supplied) having paid into two pensions since 2017, as they retired on a full pension in 2017, and has since returned... - Hospital Appointments Status
539. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); the current waiting times to have cataracts removed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Rental Sector
541. To ask the Minister for Health how many additional homes came into the system for rent, since the assessment of rent of private dwelling houses for the fair deal consideration, reduced from... - Hospital Appointments Status
542. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a referred appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46288/23] - Dental Services
543. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to dental treatment available for children in Tallaght, Dublin 24, if the HSE Old County Road clinic only deals with dental emergencies now; if so,... - Hospital Equipment
544. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Crumlin Children's Hospital currently only has two modern ultrasound machines, when it needs four in the radiography, radiology and... - Eating Disorders
545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eating disorder teams currently in place in each CHO; the number of staff currently assigned to each team; the number of vacancies; the plans to... - Ambulance Service
546. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot avail of light therapy treatment for a skin condition at Letterkenny University Hospital. [46315/23] - Mental Health Services
548. To ask the Minister for Health if the premises for the promised new CHO 5 North Wexford CAMHS centre has been secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46316/23] - Health Strategies
551. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a call by an organisation (details supplied) for the development and implementation of a national strategy to reduce epilepsy-related deaths;... - General Practitioner Services
552. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to make provision for a range of different models of general practice; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of GPs in relation to the... - Mental Health Services
553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46351/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
554. To ask the Minister for Health to look into a matter on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46358/23] - Health Services
555. To ask the Minister for Health whether she will consider reconvening the HSE Working Group on Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation (Substance Users) to identify bed capacity issues... - Departmental Data
557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46418/23] - Health Services Staff
559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether or not hospital consultants or treating physicians received a payment in any of the past ten years for switching patients from brand... - Health Services
560. To ask the Minister for Health if the option is available for suitable patients in County Donegal in need of intravenous therapy to be facilitated in their own community setting (details... - Medical Cards
561. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) can be reopened to allow for up-to-date supporting documents to be submitted in support of this... - Health Services Staff
562. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether additional incentives or pay increases are necessary for staff nurses working in bodies, such as St. Michael’s House, that receive... - Health Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regional rehabilitation services for amputees. [46473/23] - Health Services Staff
564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title in the HSE National Antimicrobial Resistant Team; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; when... - Hospital Waiting Lists
566. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown on waiting lists (details supplied) for County Mayo, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46487/23] - Mental Health Services
567. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of mental health spending by the HSE in tabular form, per capita, per CHO in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Care Services
568. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of carers employed by the HSE in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46502/23] - Health Services
594. To ask the Minister for Health when an increase to the fees payable to contractors for a standard eye examination under the community ophthalmic services scheme will be implemented, in view... - State Bodies
595. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he... - Departmental Data
596. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients in receipt of high-tech medications are eligible for bio-similar medicines but have not opted to be switched to them; the estimated savings... - Departmental Policies
597. To ask the Minister for Health following a recommendation made by the WHO in 2021, to provide an update on his Department’s progress in developing a National Hearing Care Plan; and if... - Health Services Staff
598. To ask the Minister for Health how the recruitment embargo will be managed to protect front line delivery, while other cost control measures are evolved; whether measures such as exempting... - Departmental Functions
599. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in... - Departmental Schemes
600. To ask the Minister for Health if the fitting of a permanent AV fistula is covered under GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46596/23] - Departmental Data
601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in each CHO area for the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023 that are waiting to have a permanent AV fistula fitted; how long each... - Departmental Priorities
602. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that his Department and the HSE are taking due to the increase in the outbreaks in head lice, scabies and bed bugs across the country; if there is... - Abortion Services
603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, in view of testimony to the Oireachtas Health Committee on 18 October 2023 (details supplied) that according to research women were... - Primary Care Centres
604. To ask the Minister for Health when the announcement was originally made for a facility (details supplied); who made the announcement; what funding has been put in place; whether a... - Departmental Data
605. To ask the Minister for Health how many staff are currently employed in a range of posts (details supplied); and how many vacancies currently exist for the same posts; in tabular form. [46635/23] - Primary Medical Certificates
606. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is registered as blind meets the qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46639/23] - Hospital Appointments Status
607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [46653/23] - Regulatory Bodies
608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the establishment of the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board and progress in relation to opening the... - Assisted Human Reproduction
609. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons who have paid for IVF in respect of the publicly funded scheme; his plans to ensure that such persons are compensated; and if he... - Health Strategies
610. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence a screening programme for SKID and SMA; his views on the recommendations of the National Screening Advisory Committee in respect of same;... - Mortality Rates
611. To ask the Minister for Health his views on maternal deaths during the period 2019-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46661/23] - Departmental Data
612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug overdoses in each county in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023, and the types of drug consumed, in tabular form; and the number of... - Home Care Packages
613. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to home care services as provided by the HSE, his Department’s policy with reference to outsourcing home care services; if there are plans... - Abortion Services
614. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the HSE's Implementation Group to deliver on the operational recommendations in the Independent Review of the... - Hospital Appointments Status
616. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 28 September 2023, when a response will issue from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46673/23] - Health Services
617. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 10 October 2023, if the external review will include operations carried out on adults at Cappagh Hospital. [46676/23] - Departmental Budgets
618. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the full service acute hospitals budget allocated at the beginning of 2023 to each of the nine ‘model 4’ hospitals nationally; the... - Hospital Services
619. To ask the Minister for Health the financial rewards his Department is planning to give to the budget of University Hospital Waterford in recognition for the five months' additional capacity... - Hospital Staff
620. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the hospital group CEOs hold other remunerated positions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46685/23] - Hospital Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients waiting for gynaecology outpatients are being advised that “due to the increased demand for gynaecology services at the Coombe Women... - Departmental Data
624. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that children’s health may be compromised due to the lack of staff in Limekiln Lane Health Centre, the Old County Road health centre...
No comments