PQ Responses - December 2nd 2020

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PQ 40527-20 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of paediatric rheumatology services in Ireland; when a third paediatric rheumatologist will commence their position; and the steps he is taking to lessen the significant waiting list which is currently three years long. -Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

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PQ 40528-20 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health when the outcome of the meeting held in December 2019 between rheumatology specialists and an organisation (details supplied) will be relayed to parents of children with arthritis; and when the information leaflets on the incidence of arthritis in children with Down syndrome will be supplied to general practitioners and other health professionals. -Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

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PQ 40531-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the waiting list of 4 to 8 months for urgent paediatric scans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 40532-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will update Covid-19 advice for pregnant women to include the findings of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and The Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine that women who are 28 weeks pregnant and beyond are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill upon contraction of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 40540-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision on the approval of duodopa by the HSE; if any of the €50 million allocation for the approval of new medicines is being used for this consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 40541-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the funding allocated to early intervention and school age disability services in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 40542-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapy and speech therapy staff resources allocated to disability services in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 40543-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fully reinstate the provision of early intervention and school age disability services - Alan Dillon. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 40544-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing resources to disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 40582-20 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recruitment of an orthodontic consultant to fill the position which has been vacant for some time; and his views on whether this position must be filled as a matter of urgency in order to deal with extensive waiting times. -Robert Troy

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PQ 40599-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the overall delay on all interventions for children under the age of 18 years - Sean Sherlock.

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PQ 40612-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of beds in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; the total number of beds both occupied and unoccupied for the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pearse Doherty

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PQ 40613-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing staff employed at St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pearse Doherty

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PQ 40616-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health when respite services can be expected to resume in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pearse Doherty

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PQ 40621-20 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if late applications will be allowed for staff nurse national rolling campaigns which ended on 9 September 2020 due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Fitzmaurice

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PQ 40622-20 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the date that the next campaign will open for staff nurse national rolling campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Fitzmaurice

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PQ 40623-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the estimate cost to the State to pay student nurses for all mandatory on-the-job training they undertake as part of their studies if the wage scale was set at the same level as the apprenticeship training allowance based on the gross wage norms for the sector. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 40637-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new ward in St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal is not open; when it will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pearse Doherty

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PQ 40658-20 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the unacceptable waiting time of 82 weeks for an audiology appointment from the date of referral in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ 40672-20 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability to patients with PKU in Dublin and throughout Ireland of the HSE-approved medicine kuvan; the reason kuvan it is not being made available to children with PKU at Temple Street Hospital or adults with PKU at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the reason the care pathway stipulates that patients must be admitted for 48 hours to have blood spot tolerance tests done since these are the same tests that patients do on a weekly basis at home leaving some with no option but to travel to another country to have the testing done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Paul Murphy

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PQ 40729-20 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that will be provided to increase capacity in overnight respite care for children with disabilities in the Donegal region; his plans for meeting the needs of the service users and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

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PQ 40733-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths by suicide to date in 2020; the number in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Moynihan

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PQ 40734-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an increase in the number of emergency or crisis presentations for mental health services to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Moynihan

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PQ Responses - December 2nd 2020