PQ Responses - November 4th 2020

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PQ 33988-20 - Steven Matthews front page preview

PQ 33988-20 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity regarding the most recent update to the Covid-19 tracker application in relation to the new feature that allows users to pause contact tracing; the reason for this feature; and the circumstances in which it would be appropriate to pause the functionality of the application

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PQ 33995-20 - Jackie Cahill front page preview

PQ 33995-20 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if a venue has been sourced in Thurles, County Tipperary for the recommencement of podiatry and physiotherapy services for older persons in Thurles and its hinterland; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 34030-20 - John Brady front page preview

PQ 34030-20 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the measure the HSE management have taken in the past eight months to increase the hospital capacity for Covid-19 patients both in terms of ICU and regular care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34031-20 - John Brady front page preview

PQ 34031-20 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health the measures the HSE has established for testing and tracing in relation to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34034-20 - Alan Dillon front page preview

PQ 34034-20 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the male unit within the Ballina District Hospital; the planned actions the HSE are undertaking to avoid closure of this male unit; and the recruitment campaign being undertaken to get more nursing staff

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PQ 34052-20 - Steven Matthews front page preview

PQ 34052-20 - Steven Matthews

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the funding streams that are available for trainee clinical psychologists to include those that choose to study counselling and educational psychology in view of the fact that at present the latter receive no payment during their traineeship or assistance with the cost of their studies -

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PQ 34072-20 - Matt Shanahan front page preview

PQ 34072-20 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for medical devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34077-20 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 34077-20 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to SouthDoc in counties Cork and Kerry in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by year

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PQ 34079-20 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 34079-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if he will open testing centres in north and east County Cork in view of the fact that two centres are operating in Cork city

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PQ 34109-20 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 34109-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for haemochromatosis patients that cannot access their essential venesection treatments in hospitals in view of the fact that many patients have had their venesection treatments cancelled or postponed indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 34110-20 - Colm Burke front page preview

PQ 34110-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of general practitioners that provide venesection services for haemochromatosis patients in view of the fact that haemochromatosis patients that have had their treatment cancelled or postponed in hospitals may have difficulty in accessing a list of general practitioners that provide these services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 34126-20 - Marian Harkin front page preview

PQ 34126-20 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of amplification cycles being used for PCR testing; if this is a static number used for every test; and if the number has remained constant from March to October 2020

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PQ 34127-20 - Marian Harkin front page preview

PQ 34127-20 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the standard the PCR tests are being compared against; the person or body that set the standard; and the way in which it was decided that the chosen genetic sequence was definitively from SARSCOV2 and could not be confused with another coronavirus

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PQ 34135-20 - -Verona Murphy front page preview

PQ 34135-20 - -Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision for community intervention team services for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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