PQ Responses - September 10th 2020

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PQ 23048-20 - Peadar Toibin front page preview

PQ 23048-20 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the HSE provides backup services for clinical staff such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists in cases in which a clinician is absent for most of their tenure and are allocated but not available and staff are on leave, for example, if a staff member takes paternal leave for a year and persons with a disability are deprived of a service and no provision is made for cover during the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 23050-20 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 23050-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health when a day service for persons with acquired brain injury will be established in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23051-20 - Peadar Tóibín front page preview

PQ 23051-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health when staff will be returned to their regular positions providing services to persons with disabilities in the community teams in which clinicians that normally provide services have been redeployed due to Covid-19 related work; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the situation has had a detrimental impact on the well-being and health of vulnerable persons requiring more hospital and accident and emergency visits than would normally be the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 23060-20 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 23060-20 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health when the enabling works at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe will commence; when tenders will be sought for the construction of the 50-bed ward block; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23078-20 - Niamh Smyth front page preview

PQ 23078-20 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 948 of 5 March 2020, if the issue at the health centre has been rectified; his plans to reopen the centre once Covid-19 restrictions are eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23106-20 - Mary Lou McDonald front page preview

PQ 23106-20 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the new resources being provided to ensure that Traveller primary healthcare projects return to work safely business plans can be implemented

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PQ 23142-20 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 23142-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the meat processing plants which have had Covid-19 outbreaks; and the dates of detection in tabular form.

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PQ 23143-20 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 23143-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of Covid-19 that have tested positive among workers in meat processing plants; and if contact tracing has been carried in all cases in tabular form

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PQ 23156-20 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 23156-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of DNRs signed in the healthcare system by month between 1 January 2015 and 1 July 2020, in tabular form.

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PQ 23157-20 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 23157-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated impact of the redeployment of HSE therapists to work as Covid-19 testers and contact tracers on waiting lists and the opening of clinics

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PQ 23158-20 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 23158-20 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health when the full range of disability services will be resumed

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PQ 23191-20 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 23191-20 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the Sligo model of eye care; the reason for the delay; if alternatives to this model are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 23200-20 - Denis Naughten front page preview

PQ 23200-20 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an interruption to the air ambulance service based at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath to date in 2020; the number of missions tasked in each month to date in 2020; his plans to maintain the service during Covid-19 restrictions at Custume Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23208-20 - Sorcha Clarke front page preview

PQ 23208-20 - Sorcha Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting for Covid-19 testing in counties Longford and Westmeath that are not registered with a general practitioner

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PQ 23210-20 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 23210-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the HSE employed through employment agencies; the cost of same; and if the number has changed since the outbreak of Covid-19

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PQ 23215-20 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 23215-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health when services such as developmental checks for children and health screening services are expected to return to pre-Covid-19 levels.

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PQ 23216-20 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 23216-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons that were referred to youth and adolescent mental health services in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2018, 2019, and to date in 2020; the number of young persons seen by the service in the same period; the number of referrals that were not accepted by the service; and the number of referrals not accepted that were referred onwards to psychology or other pertinent services in the same period in tabular form.

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PQ 23217-20 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 23217-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons referred to CAMHS in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in counties Longford and Westmeath; the number that were seen by CAMHS in the same period; the number of referrals that were not seen by CAMHS in the same period; and the number of referrals not accepted by CAMHS that were referred onwards to community alcohol and drug service or other pertinent service in the same period in tabular form

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PQ 23219-20 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 23219-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with an optometrist by county

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PQ 23221-20 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 23221-20 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if the nationwide roll-out of the Sligo eye-care scheme in respect of the current waiting list of 52,000 for inpatient and outpatient eyecare will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 23223-20 - Roisin Shortall front page preview

PQ 23223-20 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the staff currently assigned or redeployed to Covid-19 testing and tracing work on the basis of their original discipline or area of work within the health service and from other Departments or agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23234-20 - Paul Kehoe front page preview

PQ 23234-20 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Wexford; the status of the service going forward; the number of persons on the waiting list for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 22751-20 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 22751-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of kidney transplant surgeries carried out at CHI, Crumlin in 2018, 2019 and to-date in 2020, in tabular form.

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PQ 22752-20 - Catherine Murphy front page preview

PQ 22752-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the expansion of community ophthalmology in each CHO

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