PQ Responses - November 24th 2020

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PQ 37766-20 - Sean Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if the protocols for transferring patients from acute beds to nursing homes have been revised since March 2020; if all patients are Covid-19 tested before being transferred to a nursing home; the number of such tests that have been performed; and if single room accommodation is provided for all such patients for at least 14 days after transfer. -Seán Crowe

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PQ 37777-20 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for a less onerous system to allow doctors to claim payment for administering the flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Patricia Ryan

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PQ 37783-20 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in County Kildare; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Patricia Ryan

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PQ 37789-20 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the names of the manufacturing companies in China from which the Government and or the HSE has purchased Covid-19 related PPE products such as face masks; the amount paid to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 37800-20 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health the details of contracts of €25,000 or more than have been awarded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 37820-20 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if a mental health day hospital will be included in the new primary care unit (The Mental Health Day Hospital premises in Navan has been taken over due to the Covid 19 crisis by general hospital and is now a Rehab Unit for general hospital, leaving mental health day hospital service with no premises. ) in County Meath ; if so, if it will it be an admissions unit; and when the proposed new primary care centre in Navan will be built. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 37838-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of closed beds in the public health system by hospital and by categories of infection prevention and control, refurbishment, staffing shortages and other on 1 September, 1 October and 1 November 2020, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 37870-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the upgrade of NIMIS radiology information system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 37871-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE hired consultants to advise it on IT security and cyber-attacks; if so, the cost associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 37873-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment campaign for a of head of information security, strategy and implementation within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 37875-20 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the establishment of a human milk bank here similar to a bank (https://westerntrust.hscni.net/service/human-milk-bank/ ) in County Fermanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 38002-20 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of each nursing home that applied for and received the temporary assistance payment scheme. -Bríd Smith

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PQ 38027-20 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health when a tendering process was last carried out for the provision of prefilled packs that are provided to pharmacies for distribution to drug users as part of needle exchange programme; when the contract for the provision of the said goods expired; when the next tendering process will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael McNamara

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PQ 38107-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the implementation of the immediate priority to ensure that short-term additional supports are available for persons who are making the transition from CAMHS to GAMHS at 18 years of age given the issues and vulnerabilities that can prevail as outlined in Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Holly Cairns

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PQ 38150-20 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Ministerial medical cannabis licences that have been issued; the number of licence holders currently being reimbursed under the licencing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Gino Kenny

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PQ 38178-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a proposal agreed or being examined to move outpatients services from the Regional Hospital, Mullingar to a private hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath - Sorca Clarke.

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PQ 38224-20 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if children under 12 years of age are entitled to an eye examination and voucher to cover the cost of glasses; and if so, how often. -Emer Higgins

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PQ 38245-20 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the details of all general practitioner practices in the east County Meath area; the number of general practitioners in each practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Imelda Munster

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PQ 38294-20 & 38259-20 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a facility at a hospital (New 5 million euro endoscopy wing at Cavan General Hosptial. Proposal with RCSI hospital group to seek funding from the Department ); if his Department has received the said proposal; the status plans to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Niamh Smyth

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PQ 35343-20 - Voilet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the procedure within the National Ambulance Service if a paramedic tests positive for Covid-19 while on shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Violet-Anne Wynne

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PQ 35352-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists which have withdrawn from the dental treatment services scheme in 2020; the number in the scheme at 1 January 2020; the number in the scheme at 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 38351-20 - David Cullinane

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PQ 38353-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who received appointments through the dental treatment services scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 38354-20 - David Cullianane

To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a reduction in dental services to under 16s as a result of the withdrawal of dentists from relevant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 38367-20 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32935467/ ) which suggests that unborn children who underwent late term abortions in Irish hospitals survived the procedure resulting in conflict between foetal medical specialists and neonatologists with respect to the provision of palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 38382-20 - Mairead Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that occurred as a result of Covid-19 for September and October 2020, by county in nursing homes, direct provision and meat factories in tabular form; if he will provide additional information such as age groups and nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mairéad Farrell

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PQ 38432-20 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in place to govern hospitals with regard to visitation for end-of-life patients or similar during the Covid-19 restrictions. -Cathal Crowe

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PQ 38435-20 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of contact tracers presently operating within the Covid-19 test and trace system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Verona Murphy

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PQ 38437-20 -Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of autism spectrum disorder assessment appointments which have been carried out since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Verona Murphy

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PQ 38438-20 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the autism disorder assessment waiting list in County Wexford; the average length of time for a patient to wait for an assessment appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Verona Murphy

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PQ 38465-20 - Barry Cowen

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the paediatric diabetes nurse in Tullamore and Mullingar hospitals; and when this service will resume in either hospital (The Service was withdrawn from Tullamore Hospital a number of months ago and was withdrawn from Mullingar in the past few weeks. ). -Barry Cowen

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PQ 38486-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the status of proposed primary care centres in towns (Bangor Erris primary care centre and the proposed extension to Castlebar Primary Care centre ); the stage of the process they are in; and if there is funding allocated. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 38487-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the feasibility study on Mayo University Hospital; the details of same; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 38494-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the assessment criteria for respite for school aged children with ASD; the funding allocated for this respite in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Dillon

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PQ 38505-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of PPE which has been supplied to each CHO area to each nursing homes for each quarter to date since the commencement of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 38509-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the concerns which were expressed regarding IPC in private nursing homes in CHO8 in June 2020 (Area Crisis Management meeting for CHO8 Midland Louth Meath held on the 16th June 2020 ); the subsequent action taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 38546-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that offer services to medical card holders by county in tabular form. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 38558-20 - Carol Nolan

To ask the Minister for Health if concerns regarding the failure to employ a specialist diabetic nurse for Mullingar Regional Hospital will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Carol Nolan

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PQ 38572-20 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the requisite qualifications for the role of medical officers hired for the purpose of reviewing an emergency medical card application, with additional information for medical officers reviewing oncology applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pa Daly

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PQ 38676-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the length of the backlog in processing pensions in each regional Health Service Executive for retired HSE employees; the actions he is taking to speed up the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 38580-20 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number and list of treatments being assessed by HSE drugs group at its next meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Thomas Pringle

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PQ 38602-20 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if a request by a group (Details Supplied – Aughrim Development Co. , Aughrim , Ballinasloe Co. Gawlay (2. Details Supplied Aughrim Dispensary , Aughrim , Ballinasloe Co. Galway ) that a disused building be released to the community development company for lease or option to purchase will be given consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Fitzmaurice

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PQ 38610-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health when the diabetes nurse in the Regional Hospital Mullingar, who left the position in September 2019 will be replaced. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 38611-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of diabetes nurses by county in tabular form. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 38613-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the diabetes services for younger persons available by county. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 38628-20 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of a service (E-Mental Health Hub, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon in the former Rosalie Unit at Aras Naomh Chaolain ) which opened in 2020; the status of the building; if staff have been recruited; if so, the number; the amount spent on the building before it was reopened earlier in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Claire Kerrane

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PQ 38674-20 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the policy position on the optical benefit refund scheme; the reason the policy was amended given the hardship the change has created for families; and if he will consider reversing the policy. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 38730-20 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the banning of water births by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 38731-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the effect the two metre social distancing requirement will have on the availability of acute hospital beds by acute hospital; the expected knock on effect this will have on service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 38732-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the percentage DNAs who do not attend following appointments at testing centres for Covid-19 by testing centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 38733-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mandatory Covid-19 tests for new staff for all units serving elderly and vulnerable adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 38754-20 & 38755-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the average rate of suicide per 100,000 population by county of residence of the deceased in 2020. -Mark Ward

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PQ 38756-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age who have presented with eating disorders by age and gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 38757-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the public treatment services available to persons under 18 years of age presenting with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 38758-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have presented with eating disorders by age and gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 38759-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the public treatment services available to adults presenting with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 38776-20 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists that have been reassigned to the Covid-19 testing and tracing response by CHO in tabular form; the impact this has had in respect of waiting lists; the timeline his Department is working towards to return all redeployed HSE staff to their original posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 38783-20 - Joe O Brien

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (the “Make a Mess” campaign) which seeks to highlight ongoing structural delays in the delivery of assessments for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and other supports for children with additional needs; his plans to reduce waiting times in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Joe O'Brien

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PQ 38819-20 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place for the test and trace system here in the event that there is a withdrawal of labour by an association (the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association ) due to its outstanding pay claim and his refusal to engage on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 38820-20 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the capital works carried out at Limerick Maternity Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020; the duration of such works; the estimated costs of such projects; the capital works that are scheduled to commence in Limerick Maternity Hospital in 2021; the estimated cost of each project; when each project will commence; the duration of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Willie O'Dea

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PQ 38826-20 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health the new number of new development posts within mental health that were approved in 2018 and 2019 that have yet to be filled; the time frame for those posts to be filled on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Willie O'Dea

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PQ 38832-20 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health if health and safety leave will be granted to teachers 28 weeks pregnant and more given that research has found those at this stage of pregnancies are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill should they contract Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neasa Hourigan

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PQ 38856-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the research the HSE has conducted for women who are 28 weeks pregnant who work in close contact professions in which social distancing is not possible and health and safety leave is advised at 28 weeks of pregnancy by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 38861-20 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by month who have used the Keltoi facility to isolate since it was repurposed in March 2020, in tabular form. -Gary Gannon

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PQ 38889-20 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will update the HSEs advice on Covid-19 and pregnancy to take into account the joint occupational health advice (details supplied) for employers from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine which highlights women that are 28 weeks pregnant and beyond as at increased risk of becoming seriously ill if they contract Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Connolly

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PQ Responses - November 24th 2020