PQ Responses - June 9th 2020

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PQ 9650-20 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for moving all persons with disabilities out of congregated settings in view of the fact the timeframe in the national policy Time to Move on from Congregated Settings has passed; and when the remaining 2,000 or 2,900 persons will move into homes in the community

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PQ 9763-20 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of announced and unannounced inspections, respectively of meat plants that have been carried out by the infection outbreak control team

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PQ 9764-20 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if all workers will be tested when a cluster appears in a meat plant; and if workers of that facility should only return to work when they have been cleared of Covid-19

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PQ 9804-20 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health when paediatric occupational therapists and speech and language therapists can reopen their centres and begin operations again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10034-20 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the need to facilitate parental visits to children currently receiving inpatient mental healthcare here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these visits can take place in adherence to public health guidance in outdoor gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10045-20 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the provision of primary care centre in counties Laois and Offaly; and his plans to provide them in each municipal district of the two counties

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PQ 10091-20 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultants working in Wexford General Hospital; the number of vacancies that exist at consultant level; the number of permanent and temporary consultants; the number not on the specialist register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10102-20 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to inform retailers of wigs and hairpieces of the additional headwear grant available to medical card holders that cannot attend wig fittings during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10132-20 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if establishing a helicopter pad for the safe landing of the air ambulance in Castlerea, County Roscommon will be considered; the estimated associated costs to provide such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10133-20 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if using the unspent money in the mental health budget to assist and support an organisation (details supplied) to ensure its services can continue will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10134-20 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health if the list of high risk nursing homes drafted by HIQA and sent to the HSE at the end of February or early March 2020 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10135-20 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the nursing homes to which the 45 patients were transferred to from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, County Louth from 1 March to 6 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 10136-20 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health the nursing homes whose operational control was taken over by a hospital group; the nature and extent of the assistance provided by the hospital group; the time frame of the intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10168-20 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that applied to be part of the Be on Call for Ireland initiative; the number that were subsequently recruited into the health service via the scheme; the amount paid to agency companies in respect of the scheme by company and amount in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 10209-20 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 cases detected to date amongst residents in direct provision centres; the number of centres that these occurred in; if the residents of such centres were subsequently tested for Covid-19 in addition to the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10264-20 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health when the contingency plans and protocols in place since 14 March 2020 to allow SouthDoc services respond to the challenges posed by Covid-19 will be reviewed with consideration for resumption of normal service for counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10274-20 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue providing free HIV screening services for high-risk groups; if consideration has been given to distributing rapid HIV test kits to high-risk groups free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 10398-20 - Paul McAuliffe

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary care centre

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PQ 10423-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett.

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the guidance the Health Protection Surveillance Centre wrote for the nursing home and homecare sector on Covid-19 infection and transmission prevention; the way in which this guidance issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 10451-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health when St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary will be returned to its normal operations; the reason the hospital has been kept idle when the numbers of cases in County Tipperary no longer justify this approach; if he will give a written commitment regarding the future of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10458-20 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the current average end-to-end time for testing and contact tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 10459-20 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests made to the HSE in each of the past five years and to date in 2020 for funding for automated external defibrillators by families with inherited heart conditions; the number of these that have been approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10466-20 - Éamon Ó'Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health when screening for cervical cancer, particularly for those with a history of cervical cell changes, will recommence; if a risk assessment has been carried out in relation to delaying these tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 10467-20 - Éamon Ó'Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health when BreastCheck will recommence, particularly for those in the higher-risk category; if a risk assessment has been carried out in relation to delaying these tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 10469-20 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to facilitate the safe face-to-face attendance when appropriate by women that are pregnant for regular check-ups and if necessary, treatment with their general practitioner and also with relevant consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 10474-20 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the additional financial support provided to section 39 organisations from March to May 2020; the measures he is taking to ensure the future viability of such organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9155-20 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the status of Covid-19 cases in direct provision centres and a centre (details supplied); and if the centre is included in the overall figures for direct provision centres.

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PQ 9646-20 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of disability therapy staff that have been redeployed on Covid-19 work; the number that have returned to their original posts; the timetable for all therapy staff to recommence working with children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 9647-20 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Covid-19 has affected waiting lists for disability services for children; the waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology for disability services children for those waiting less than 12, between 12 to 52 and more than 52 weeks by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 9665-20 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health when appointments for outpatients are due to resume at the department of psychiatry in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny

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PQ 9672-20 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to priority testing for employees in meat plant factories in view of the close proximity of the working conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 9712-20 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons are experiencing anxiety and stress while waiting for cancer screening services to resume; if a date will be committed to for their earliest resumption; if a guarantee will be given that extra resources will be deployed to ensure that waiting lists for the services are cleared as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 9722-20 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Kenmare Hospital and Covid-19 patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 9730-20 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists and outpatient appointments at Mallow General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9762-20 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections of meat plants carried out to date by the infection outbreak control team; the number of different plants inspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9805-20 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to allow gynaecologists to return to operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 9809-20 - Duncan Smith

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PQ 9882-20 - Hildegarde Naughton

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has conducted a risk assessment in relation to the indefinite postponement of breast and cervical screening due to Covid-19; if such an assessment has been conducted; if so, if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9909-20 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons in each of the RCSI hospitals in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of consultant ENT surgeon hours provided in each hospital under current contracts

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PQ 9948-20 - Patrick Costello

To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons on a waiting list for CAMHS; the number of young persons that have contacted CAMHS for support since March 2020; if additional staffing supports or resources have been introduced since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9949-20 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance schemes such as a programme (details supplied)

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PQ 9951-20 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the penetration rate of generic medicines in 2010 and in the most recent year for which figures are available; the penetration rate of biosimilar medicines; the amount which would be saved if the penetration rate of biosimilar medicines matched that of generic medicines; his plans to increase the penetration rate of biosimilar medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 9961-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health when SouthDoc Blackpool in Cork will reopen

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PQ Responses - June 9th 2020