Written answers

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1220. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for private hospital care is available to persons with eating disorders who are not accepted to public facilities for care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11556/24]

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1221. To ask the Minister for Health if the eating disorder services model of care is to be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11557/24]

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who were admitted to hospitals for eating disorders since 2020; the average length of hospitalisation for eating disorders during this time period; if readmissions occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11558/24]

Photo of Mary ButlerMary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1220 to 1222, inclusive, together.

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1223. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health treatments available to eating disorder patients who are reliant on a nasogastric tube; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11559/24]

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1224. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of specialist eating disorder teams by CHO area; the steps being taken to improve retention and recruitment within eating disorder teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11560/24]

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1225. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of eating disorder teams; the funding allocated to the rollout for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11573/24]

Photo of Mary ButlerMary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1223 to 1225, inclusive, together.

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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