PQ Responses - March 26th 2019

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PQ 12734-19 - Donnchadh O'Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled by specialty at St. Finbarr's Hospital for each month in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12741-19 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical psychologist service at CAMHS for south County Tipperary located on the grounds of STGH is to be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12817-19 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with ASD in Dublin 12

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PQ 12854-19 - Clare Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the follow-up steps taken by HIQA to ensure that the serious and potentially deadly failures in the management of CPE at Cork University Hospital found in its inspection of 7 November 2018 have been comprehensively addressed and remedied

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PQ 12865-19 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the issue of dual diagnosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12948-19 - Mary Butler

To ask the Minister for Health when 2019 applications for funding under section 39 will be accepted, considered and approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 12970-19 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if UHW has submitted a request for additional funding to staff and operate three floors and 72 beds in the new Dunmore suite at UHW

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PQ 12972-19 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the mortuary at UHW; if a business case has been presented for same; the estimated cost; if it is a priority for UHW, the South/Southwest Hospital Group, his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 12973-19 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if a business case has been submitted by UHW for a new eye clinic; if this will provide Addison’s cataract treatment; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13085-19- Jack Chambers

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PQ 13138-19 - Michael Harty

To ask the Minister for Health the commissioning plans and funding for the 60 bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; the length of time commissioning will take once construction is completed by mid-2020; the timeframe for admission of the first patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13199-19 - Eugene Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the psychiatric units in counties Roscommon and Galway; the out of hours or weekend psychiatric services available to persons in the counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13232-19 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacancies in the ophthalmology section of the primary care centre in north Drogheda; if the vacancy will be filled in the short-term; the alternative arrangements being made for patients to receive the necessary treatment in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13237-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children hospitalised in either Wexford General Hospital or University Hospital Waterford for mental health conditions in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13239-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding locating blood clinics within CAMHS locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13294-19 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE and his Department will release the funding for Letterkenny University Hospital to extend the renal dialysis unit to incorporate space already within the hospital campus

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PQ 13311-19- Louise O'Reill

To ask the Minister for Health if the psychiatrist tasked with covering children referrals from a centre (details supplied) in County Westmeath responsible for covering County Westmeath, is unable to accept new referrals due to the delay in filling the nursing point at the centre which has remained vacant for the past two months; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13316-19 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact the SouthDoc in Youghal, County Cork is not in use; the rationale for same; his plans to rectify the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13331-19 - Clare Daly.

To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland does not maintain a registry of persons with fibromyalgia; and when a registry will be established

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PQ 13336-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding EU citizens here that hold MD degrees in another EU country and Medical Council registration but cannot start an internship which is necessary for the higher SHO; if his attention has been drawn to a number of these cases; his plans regarding these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13367-19 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner visit card holder over 70 years of age is entitled to choose their new practitioner in cases in which their doctor retires or leaves their practice; if not, if one is allocated by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13409-19 - Joan Burton

To ask the Minister for Health if an aged based analysis of nursing staff employed in the HSE by grade will be provided in tabular form (details supplied)

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PQ 13434-19 Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services available to persons with autism; the process for a child or adult in accessing these mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13470-19 - Charlie McConalogue

To ask the Minister for Health when an outreach clinic (details supplied) for patients in County Donegal will be reinstated; the reason this has not taken place to date; the efforts being undertaken to resume the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13490-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to receive additional home help hours in south central areas of Dublin City; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13492-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant care worker positions in south central areas of Dublin City; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13493-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the perceived lack of care workers in south central areas of Dublin City; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13500-19 - Jan O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if catchment areas apply for access to termination of pregnancy services in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13539-19 - Michael Martin.

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which patients in the Kilkenny area can access dermatology services; if St. Vincent’s Hospital is the designated hospital for this service; if there is a waiting list for same; if an outreach service exist; if not, if patients have to travel to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13541-19 - Michael Martin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dermatologist consultants that are employed in the health service; the way in which this compares to other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13544-19 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans that were in train in 2011 for a primary health care centre in Ardee, County Louth to replace the interim primary care centre that was based at St. Brigid’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13552-19 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the dedicated funding that will be available in 2019 to support the development of neurorehabilitation services

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PQ 13583-19 - Thomas P. Broughan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 24 April 2018, the number of inpatient and outpatients that did not attend Beaumont Hospital in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 13610-19 - Thomas Byrne

To ask the Minister for Health if it is required by the HSE that nedication not be put into a single blister pack for medical card patients by pharmacists

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PQ 13617-19 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13621-19 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the development of adult and child mental health intellectual disability teams

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PQ 13627-19 - Billy Kelleher.

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the HSE to provide a drug detox and rehabilitation facility in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13637-19 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of injuries to the shoulder and upper arm arising from cycling road traffic incidents that have been treated in hospitals in the past 12 months by county in tabular form

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PQ 13646-19 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a failure to immediately isolate a person suspected to have an active is a failure to take a reasonable precaution to prevent persons from contracting infectious diseases while in Galway University Hospital around the time of the tuberculosis outbreak at the hospital in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13647-19 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the corrective actions regarding failures of the HSE with regard to taking every reasonable precaution to prevent persons from contracting infectious diseases while in Galway University Hospital around the time of the tuberculosis outbreak at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13648-19 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has admitted that it is accepting liability for those that contracted tuberculosis during the recent outbreak at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 13689-19 - Eamon Scanlon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend homecare support services to include public holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 13771-19 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the maximum mileage allowed on an emergency vehicle under HSE protocol ; and the steps taken to ensure a vehicle which has reached this level of mileage is removed from service and replaced in a timely manner

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PQ 13834-19 - Anne Rabbitte

To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists employed by the HSE and or children's physiotherapy services in County Galway; if there are vacancies for physiotherapists treating children in County Galway; if so, the number of such vacancies; the length of time each vacancy has existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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