PQ Responses - December 17th 2020

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PQ 44150-20 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the HSE guidance on recovery for sufferers of long-term Covid-19 issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Rose Conway-Walsh

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PQ 44170-20 - Christopher O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by the dedicated cataract clinic in Nenagh, County Tipperary for patients living in west County Cork during 2019 and to date in 2020; if the HSE encouraged medical professionals in counties Cork and Kerry to avail of this service; the approximate time a patient will have to wait for treatments; the measures that have been agreed in the national service plan to improve waiting times for persons requiring eye procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Christopher O'Sullivan

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PQ 44181-20 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the importance of persons receiving convalescent or palliative care to remain close to their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Martin Browne

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PQ 44182-20 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health if the two facilities that are to act as alternatives for persons that would otherwise receive convalescent or palliative care at St. Brigid’s, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary have been identified; if so, if he will provide details of same; if the facilities will be run by private operators; and the projected cost of using same. -Martin Browne

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PQ 44222-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions and or meetings and or correspondence he has had with an organisation (Saint John of Gods ) with regards to its announcement that it will be withdrawing from its disability and mental health services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 44223-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to ensure that residents that were in a facility (St Mary’s Telford ) are housed appropriately after the closure of the facility on Merrion Road, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 44237-20 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 8 December 2020, the position regarding the creation of MDTs in CHO 6, 7 and 9; the position regarding recruitment and appointment of optometrists, orthoptists and other support staff to deliver care in these teams; the locations of the MDTs; the anticipated delivery time-frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -James Browne

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PQ 44239-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient mental health supports will be put in place in advance of the publication of the report of the commission of inquiry to include all adoptees and survivors and not just those that could participate in the commission's inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 44241-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for appointments in CAMHS; the average waiting times by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44243-20 & 44244-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for appointments in the primary care child psychology service; the average waiting times by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44245-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed in the adult primary care psychology service; the average waiting times by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44246-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists employed in the child primary care psychology service; the average waiting times by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44257-20 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of patients admitted to Keltoi for isolation purposes including where they were referred from and the reason they could not make use of the facility in City West, Dublin 24. -Thomas Gould

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PQ 44259-20 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a suitable location for a community alcohol treatment service has not be secured (In 2013 the alcohol treatment centre on the grounds of Merlin Park, Galway, was destroyed in an arson attack. Since June of this year a new community-based alcohol treatment centre has been funded, with 225,000 funded for 2020, this is despite the centre not opening or having secured a suitable location to this date. ); the way the allocated funding for the inoperative service is being used; if he has engaged with the HSE regarding resumption of this service; when he expects this service to recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 44267-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to a charity (Pieta House ) in 2020; if the amount was an increase on 2019; the services for which the funding was to be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44278-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult psychiatric services in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44292-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if clinics for those who have suffered from Covid-19 have been established in hospitals in order to manage patients with complications as a result of a Covid-19 diagnosis or who require follow-up care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44293-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if a national strategy will be put in place pertaining to the operations of clinics for those who have suffered from Covid-19; if consideration has been given to the ring-fencing of funding either at local hospital group level or national level for persons who have contracted Covid-19 and as a result have suffered prolonged ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44295-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing coordinated services on a national level for persons who have contracted Covid-19 who are since recovering but require follow-up care or referrals to specialists where necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44296-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if a coordinated national strategy on follow-up care for those who have contracted and been affected on a long-term basis due to Covid-19 has been discussed between his Department and hospitals with post-Covid clinic facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44307-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the number of basic and higher postgraduate specialist training posts in order to meet the demand with the number of posts frontloaded in year one accompanied by a corresponding increase in the number of consultants required to provide training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44310-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the modernisation of postgraduate specialist training reflecting changes in the practice of medicine and the changing demographics of doctors in training by establishing a differentiated model which provides clearer career paths with greater predictability of training arrangements, greater predictability at the outset of training schemes regarding locations of rotations over the course of a scheme and the improvement of working conditions as set out in the recommendations made in the report of the Strategic Review of Medical Training and Career Structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44315-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding access to diagnostic, radiology and laboratory services to allow timely access to investigations and results of same to general practitioners which will support them in appropriately managing patients in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44350-20 - Eamon O Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health when a grant application by an organisation (Application made by Rehab Care, Casla, Conamara, Co. na Gaillimhe for a grant to the HSE to provide transport services to their centre in Casla as their clients cannot safely travel on public transport due to Covid-19 ) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Éamon Ó Cuív

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PQ 44369-20 & 44368-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of local community health infrastructure projects completed in 2020 by CHO; if they are in primary care, social care or mental health; and the cost of each in tabular form. -John Lahart

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PQ 44370-20 & 44371-20 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the number of infrastructure projects completed in 2020 in each hospital group; and the cost of each project in tabular form. -John Lahart

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PQ 44377-20 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons who receive a negative PCR test will be picked up by the tracing service further to advice to persons travelling into Ireland that if they obtain a negative PCR test after five days they do not need to restrict their movements further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 44382-20 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the resources to be made available for the development of the ambulatory care hubs; the location of the first phase of hubs; the reason level 2 hospital sites were not considered for such hubs in view of the fact that many are already dealing with large numbers of older persons and those with chronic illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Denis Naughten

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PQ 44383-20 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the reason Roscommon town was not considered as a location for one of the 18 new ambulatory care teams in view of the current expertise in chronic and geriatric care at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Denis Naughten

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PQ 44407-20 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant paediatric with a special interest in children's palliative medicine for Temple Street Children's University Hospital. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 44427-20 - Richard Bruton

To ask the Minister for Health when the Edenmore primary care centre will open; and the services the centre will provide. -Richard Bruton

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PQ 44435-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the HSE on PPE, ventilators, related hardware and medicines directly related to the mitigation and contingency plans for dealing with Covid-19 since 1 February to date in 2020; the number of purchases that were made outside of the public procurement process; and if the Office of Government Procurement was engaged with and or consulted with in respect of these purchases. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 44439-20 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the name and location of rehabilitation detox services that have been closed and used as isolation facilities due to Covid-19 - Thomas Gould. -Thomas Gould

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PQ 44446-20 & 44447-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the plan for re-establishing respite supports for persons with disabilities both emergency and planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44450-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the person or body being prioritised for home-based supports at the present time; the criteria being applied to determine priority; the way in which this is likely to change over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44452-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44453-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if support packages for persons with dementia, acquired brain injuries and or chronic mental health difficulties is included in the brief for HSE disability services; if not, the person or body that are the relevant local managers responsible for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44491-20 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to support a community (Dunshane Camphill Community ) in its work to secure the short-term accommodation of its residents and ensure the earliest possible reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Réada Cronin

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PQ 44497-20 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place in terms of beds and staffing to meet a possible Covid-19 surge at Naas General Hospital post-Christmas 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Réada Cronin

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PQ 44498-20 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and teenagers being treated for alcohol-related injury and illness in each of the past three years; the number in north County Kildare in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Réada Cronin

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PQ 44514-20 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary health centre (Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Paul Kehoe

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PQ 44516-20 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the fire responder scheme (which is a blue light scheme designed to use the fire service ) as a secondary stand by in the case of an ambulance not being available in the case of an echo. -Johnny Mythen

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PQ Responses - December 17th 2020