PQ Responses - October 6th 2020

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PQ 28091-20 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if the inequality in income vis a vis a trainee, a child and educational psychologist and a clinical psychologist undertaking a doctorate that receive a starting salary of approximately €33,000 will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Brian Stanley

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PQ 28122-20 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if a suicide crisis assessment nurse will be provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan - Niamh Smyth.

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PQ 28157-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on dental and orthodontic services waiting lists; the number waiting 0 to 6, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 plus years, by LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28158-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with special needs on dental and orthodontic services waiting lists; the number waiting 0 to 6, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 plus years, by LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28159-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on dental and orthodontic services waiting lists; the number of persons waiting 0 to 6, 6 to 12 months, 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 plus years at the end of quarter 2 and 3 2020 compared to quarter 2 and 3 2018 and 2019, by LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28170-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments attended in HSE primary care dental services nationally for the period from 4 March 2019 to 31 May 2019 and from 2 March 2020 to 29 May 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28171-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that had their appointments cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic from 2 March 2020 to 1 September 1 2020, by HSE CHO region in tabular form; the number of these cancellations that refer to patients from mainstream national schools, special classes in mainstream schools, special schools, adults in special care, other special care children and orthodontic patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28172-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of students in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class by CHO region that prior to service disruption due to Covid-19, that is the beginning March 2020, were targeted for dental services for the academic year September 2019 to June 2020, by class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28173-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average WTE number of dental staff redeployed as part of the Covid-19 efforts, by HSE CHO region, on a weekly basis from 1 March to 1 September 2020, comprising dentists, dental nurses and dental hygienists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28174-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults by HSE CHO region that are waiting for dental treatment under general anaesthetic; the maximum waiting period per region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28175-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children by HSE CHO region that are waiting for dental treatment under general anaesthetic; the maximum waiting period per region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28183-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff redeployed and deployed through Be on Call and other campaigns as part of the swab, test and trace system to identify Covid-19 cases by origin that is, HSE pre-existing, HSE new for Covid-19, Be on Call and so on, by occupation, by CHO by weekly average for the period 1 March to 30 September 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 28187-20 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the number of disease control workplace inspectors in the employ of the HSPC; the estimated full year cost of their employment; and the percentage of businesses inspected by them in 2019 and to date in 2020. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 28193-20 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of disease control workplace inspectors in the employ of the HSPC; the estimated full year cost of their employment; and the number of businesses inspected by them in 2019 and to date in 2020. -Bríd Smith

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PQ 28255-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 testing centres in the west County Cork will be reinstated. -Holly Cairns

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PQ 28266-20 - Bernard J Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that audiology services are minimally impacted by Covid-19 with particular reference to ensuring regular testing as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bernard J. Durkan

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PQ 28271 -20 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be willing to lease its property in Tipperary Town, County Tipperary to a person who would be interested in developing and operating a facility that would comprise a nursing home with a specialised dementia unit, a mental health facility with psychiatric beds and a centre to treat drug addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jackie Cahill

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PQ 28273-22 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health when a service (Involvement Centre and skill base at St Dympna’s Hospital, Carlow ) in County Carlow will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

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PQ 28294-20- Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to recruit a paediatric gastroenterologist in the Cork area as currently no such service is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pádraig O'Sullivan

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PQ 28329-20 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home help waiting list in County Mayo as of 29 September 2020; the number of persons awaiting homecare packages in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Rose Conway-Walsh

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PQ 28344-20, 28345-20, 28346-20 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in counties Cork and Kerry that have been redeployed to testing and tracing; and the locations in which staff have been redeployed from in tabular form - Thomas Gould.

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PQ 28376-20 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that carry out a Covid-19 test to all persons admitted to the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Paul Kehoe

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PQ 28378-20 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to locate additional Covid-19 testing centres in County Wexford or the north Wexford area; if so, the locations in which the test centres will be based; the timelines on any works that are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Paul Kehoe

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PQ 28396-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for speech and therapy appointments in County Tipperary; if full speech and therapy services have resumed in the county; if there is a full complement of speech and language therapists working the county; if not, if are vacancies waiting to be filled; if speech and language therapists have been redeployed to other areas since Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 28400-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health when day and overnight respite sessions will recommence in each CHO in tabular form - Mattie McGrath.

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PQ 28401-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a new dual energy X ray absorptiometry scanning unit in South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 28407-20 PQ 28532-20 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of general practitioner services in Balbriggan, County Dublin which has created lengthy waiting lists for appointments; his plans to alleviate the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Louise O'Reilly

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PQ 28418-20 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to private nursing homes here in each year of the past five years; the nature of the funding; the number of patients involved; the type of services provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Réada Cronin

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PQ 28498-20- John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the ongoing rollout of the SAP payroll system throughout the HSE; the number of HSE employees directly involved in the project; the number of consultants involved and the cost of same; the travel and accommodation costs associated with the national integrated staff records and pay programme; if there was a procurement process, and if so, if he will provide the details and outcome of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John McGuinness

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PQ 28535-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home helps that have retired from the HSE since 2008; the number of new home helps that have been employed in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 28564-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 related deaths reported in August and September 2020 that occurred in a hospital setting; the other settings in which these deaths occurred; the number of deaths that occurred in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 28568-20 - Eamon O'Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure greater use in prescribing generic and biosimilar medicines; the estimated extra saving envisaged next year by the increased use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Éamon Ó Cuív

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PQ 28575-20 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to issue guidelines to home care service providers that will ensure clients do not lose out if a carer cannot make an appointment due to unforeseen circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 28587-20 - Réada Crónin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours and homecare packages provided nationally in each of the past five years; the number of such hours in north County Kildare in the same time frame; the cost of such provision to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Réada Cronin

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PQ 28699-20 - Charles Flanagan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly that were granted home help hours in 2020; if numbers are above or below the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Charles Flanagan

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PQ 28594-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the refurbishment works at Kanturk Community Hospital; the time frame for their completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Moynihan

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PQ 28595-20 - Michael Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the refurbishment works at St. Joseph's Community Hospital, Millstreet; the time frame for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Moynihan

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PQ 28677-20 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees of the National Ambulance Service; and the number on sick leave currently by county in tabular form. -Pa Daly

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PQ 28678-20 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget assigned to the running of officer response vehicles within the National Ambulance Service. -Pa Daly

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PQ 28700- 20 - Charles Flanagan

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CHO 8 is experiencing a long waiting time for approval and delivery of home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Charles Flanagan

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PQ 28704-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cycles used in the PCT testing here for the detection of Covid-19; if he has concerns regarding the over sensitivity of these tests; the steps he is taking to introduce more rapid testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 28728-20 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if both Gorey and Thomastown District Hospitals had been designated as Covid-19 step down facilities; if the stepdown designation of both Gorey and Thomastown District Hospitals has been removed, when this occurred; if the two hospitals have reverted to their pre-Covid-19 operation status and use; the reason St. Brigid's Hospital has not reverted to its pre-Covid-19 status in the same manner as the similar facilities outlined; when St. Brigid's will have its Covid-19 designation removed and begin resumption of normal operation at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mattie McGrath

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PQ 28729, 28730, 28731, 28732, 28733 -20 - Jackie Cahill.

To ask the Minister for Health if both Gorey and Thomastown District Hospitals had been designated as Covid-19 stepdown facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jackie Cahill

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PQ Responses - October 6th 2020