PQ Responses - April 4th 2019

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PQ 15694-19 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE reserves the right to terminate contracts it has with private agencies with respect to home support services in County Donegal in order to relinquish responsibility for the provision of such services; the consideration given to the continuity of care for service users in receipt of home supports when terminating contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 15695-19 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since the commencement of the new 2018 contract awarded by the HSE for the home delivery of incontinence wear to a private courier partner on which deliveries were either delayed, cancelled or orders were only partially delivered; the dates on which same occurred; the reason for the service disruption on each such occasion by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 15727-19 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease here in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 15740-19 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether HSE care company carers should be trained in first aid; and his plans to make it compulsory in particular in circumstances in which the patient in their care is prone to having choking incidents.

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PQ 15807-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and more than 65 years, respectively by each category in each local healthcare area at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available, in tabular form

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PQ 15813-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively

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PQ 15831-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason children with scoliosis that travelled to a hospital (details supplied) are treated differently to children that travelled to Germany that remain patients of their Irish consultant post-surgery

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PQ 15832-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason letters were not issued to parents to explain the change to their child's terms of their scoliosis outsourcing agreement with the HSE and that some children are now without access to an Irish orthopaedic consultant and must present to their local emergency department if they require a spinal assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 15833-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of scoliosis outsourcing initiatives considering it now entails long-term follow up of children by a hospital (details supplied) resulting in numerous trips to the United Kingdom by teams and patients; his views on whether this is the best policy; and his further views on whether it would be better to invest in capacity and services to carry out the surgeries and treatments here

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PQ 15835-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a first orthopaedic appointment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin

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PQ 15836-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for scoliosis surgery at Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin

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PQ 15838-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a first orthopaedic appointment at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital

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PQ 15839-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for scoliosis surgery at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital

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PQ 15841-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if children that are waiting for scoliosis surgery across Children's Health Ireland will be offered treatment under the NTPF if they are over the HSE set four month target in view of the fact that this target is in line with international best practice and also one of the ten recommendations arising from the report Waiting on Scoliosis Treatment - A Children's Rights Issue from the Ombudsman for Children

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PQ 15845-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of TCI scoliosis cases across Children's Health Ireland; and if these are managed in line with NTPF guidelines

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PQ 15846-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis surgery across Children's Health Ireland by hospital and category of wait list in tabular form

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PQ 15858-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40, 60 and 90 minutes for same and the number that waited more than 120 and 180 minutes for same

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PQ 15910-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively by local health area in tabular form.

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PQ 15914-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO1 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15915-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO2 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15916-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahoney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO3 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15917-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO4 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15918-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO5 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15919-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO6 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15920-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO7 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15921-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO8 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 years and 65 plus of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15922-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in CHO9 at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to 4, 5 to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 plus years of age, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15924-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital to 31 March 2019, in tabular form

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PQ 15925-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responder in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less in each ambulance station in each month to date in 2019, in tabular form

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PQ 15927-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area to 31 March 2019; the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; and the number waiting 0-3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months plus, respectively in tabular form

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PQ 15928-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2018; and the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes to hand-over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls in tabular form

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PQ 15934-19 - Stephen Donnelly.

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively

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PQ 15936-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a speech and language therapy appointment in primary care at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively

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PQ 15937-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an occupational therapy appointment in primary care at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively

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PQ 15949-19 - Mary Butler

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each local health area at the end of March 2019; and the number of hours being directly provided by the HSE and by contracted private health care companies respectively

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PQ 15958-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 2 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively

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PQ 15959-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahoney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 3 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively

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PQ 15830-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason children that travelled under the scoliosis action plan outsourcing initiative to a hospital (details supplied) now find themselves without access to their referring Irish consultant

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PQ 15834-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a MRI at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin

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PQ 15837-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a MRI at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital

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PQ 15840-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting greater than four months for their scoliosis surgery across Children’s Health Ireland; and the steps being taken to ensure that the HSE set four month surgery target is met for all children that require scoliosis surgery during 2019 and beyond

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PQ 15844-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of suspended scoliosis cases across Children's Health Ireland; and if these are managed in line with NTPF guidelines

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PQ 15909-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by LHO area in tabular form

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PQ 15923-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 29 March 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available in tabular form

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PQ 15926-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to 31 March 2019; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred

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PQ 15929-19 - Stephen Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four, four to eight, and more than eight months for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available respectively in tabular form; and if he will provide the same information for other spinal patients

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PQ 15955-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area in tabular form at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; the number of persons on the waiting list for same in each LHO area in tabular form; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months

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PQ 15957-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 1 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively

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PQ 15961-19 - Mergaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 5 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively

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PQ 15962-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 6 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively

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PQ 15963-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 7 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively

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PQ 15965-19 - Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 9 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively

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