PQ Responses - February 3rd 2021

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PQ 4994-21 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the full range of medical services and staff currently operational in the Kilcock primary healthcare facility, County Kildare; his plans for expanding the range of medical service available at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -James Lawless

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PQ 4997-21 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to improve the delivery of health services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if consideration will be given to the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); the estimated timescale for an improved range of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Brendan Smith

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PQ 5004-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if persons from the Republic of Ireland currently staying in Northern Ireland and unable to return home due to Covid-19 travel restrictions can have their GMS prescription costs in Northern Ireland reimbursed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5020-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer procedures and surgeries conducted by type in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 5124-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of a full-time permanent consultant metabolic with a special interest in lysosomal storage disorder for Children's Health Ireland Temple Street. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5125-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have free WiFi in public areas of each hospital in tabular form; and the estimated cost of ensuring free WiFi in public areas in hospitals that currently do not have WiFi. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5129-21 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age restriction of 21 years of age on access to FreeStyle Libre for diabetes patients; the rationale for this age restriction; if this application for blood glucose monitoring will be covered under the HSE reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Marian Harkin

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PQ 5148-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentists have been excluded from the vaccination roll-out programme given the average dentist administers far more vaccines on a daily basis than a general practitioner. -John Lahart

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PQ 5186-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on providing abortions and associated services to date; the steps taken with regard to the human remains when an abortion takes place; the counselling services offered by the State, voluntary sector and so on for women with unplanned pregnancies; the amount being spent on the provision of counselling services for mothers with unplanned pregnancies; the way in which the economic, social and other issues are being addressed in the context of a woman with unplanned pregnancies wishing to keep or adopt their baby; and the amount spent on the provision of these specific services. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5188-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health when works on a new 50-bed unit in St. Patrick's Community Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon will commence; the estimated cost of the project; the estimated completion date of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Fitzmaurice

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PQ 5189-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received for counselling in primary care in County Roscommon; the number of counselling sessions offered in the county in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Fitzmaurice

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PQ 5019- 21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who saw a consultant in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 5199-21 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to protect taxi drivers from Covid-19 who are carrying patients and samples from hospitals and between hospitals given that they are not being provided with PPE; the position of taxi drivers who are providing patient transfers on the vaccination programme list in terms of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Brian Stanley

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PQ 5214-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the services funded to support those with alcohol-related brain injury. -Thomas Gould

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PQ 5230-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of a breach of Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions at a residential care facility (https://www.southernstar.ie/news/hse-to-probe-claim-of-hospital-breaching-visiting-policies-4217045) in County Cork, which has allegedly resulted in a cluster of cases arising from the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5241-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of reported Covid-19 cases found in meat plant workers between 1 January 2020 and 26 January 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Holly Cairns

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PQ 5248-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on a matter (I seek a list of all graves, interment sites, burial sites on any property that has been vested with the HSE since its creation, or under the Southern Health Board since the 1970 Health Act for; what is now known as; CHO4, North Lee, South Lee and North Cork (excluding Kerry). In simple terms, I wish to be provided with a list of all grave sites that come within the HSE’s property portfolio for the areas listed above ). -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 5253-21 - Brid Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists and occupational therapists in the HSE who are redeployed to contact tracing or other Covid-19-related posts; the details of all other HSE staff redeployed from their usual post for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bríd Smith

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PQ 5258-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for a refund of phlebotomy charges incorrectly incurred by medical card patients in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the number that were approved and refused, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

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PQ 5276-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals of adults and children that have been made to community specialist eating disorder teams from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5277-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who were referred to community specialist eating disorder teams from hospital medical or community mental health teams from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5279-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were referred to community specialist eating disorder teams from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5280-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who were assessed and had case consultations on community specialist eating disorder teams from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5281-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children referred to community specialist eating disorder teams that had other mental health conditions who had self-harmed and who had a medical diagnosis from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5282-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children referred to acute hospital who were referred for inpatient mental health care from community specialist eating disorder teams from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5283-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children referred to community specialist eating disorder teams who were assessed within one, four and eight weeks from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5284 - 21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children referred to community specialist eating disorder teams who had waiting times from assessment to treatment started within four and eight weeks from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5285-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the expansion of the adult eating disorder team in St. Vincent’s University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5286-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist eating disorder staff and community eating disorder staff employed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5295-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre on Booth Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5278- 21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children by gender who were referred to community specialist eating disorder teams from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5296-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Adamstown, Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5297-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Rowlagh, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5304-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who had dental screening in second, fourth and sixth class in primary school in each of the years 2016 to 2020, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5309-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for mental health services by CHO area in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5315-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he considered piloting a 24/7 mental health ambulance service similar to Sweden to assist with suicidal behaviour and other mental health incidents within our communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5331-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if locations other than those in the city of Cork will be considered in the event of a mass vaccination programme for County Cork to ensure that persons from west, north and east of the city will be accommodated for vaccinations within their geographical areas. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 5332-21 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health if staff at a service (Sensational Kids CLG are a social enterprise which provide therapies to children with additional needs in West Cork. They are on the frontline continuing to deliver face to face therapies but unfortunately are not waitlisted to receive the covid vaccination as they are not part of the HSE. I would greatly appreciate if you had any possible contacts they could speak with to explore options to receive a vaccination in order to provide the safest therapy possible and if you could also tell me where they specifically stand at present on the list to receive the vaccination.) will be contacted regarding the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Collins

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PQ 5335-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the specific mental health services available to persons who do not have English as a first language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5340-21 - Kieran O'Donnell

To ask the Minister for Health if drive-through vaccination clinics under the roll-out of the national vaccination programme are being considered for Limerick city and county; if so, the number and location of these clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Kieran O'Donnell

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PQ 5347-21 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the mass Covid-19 vaccination centres in Dublin and the surrounding counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Duncan Smith

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PQ 5349-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to involve private optometrists in the provision of eye care for those awaiting appointments and treatment under the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Denis Naughten

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PQ 5364-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of lactation consultants in each CHO; the number of CHOs which plan to advertise posts for dedicated lactation consultants in the next three months; and if there are plans to remove any lactation consultants from CHOs in tabular form. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 5371-21 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health if scheduled cervical screening appointments for persons based in an area (the Dublin Central constituency) have been fully reinstated under current level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mary Lou McDonald

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PQ 5372-21 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (Navan Road Medical & Dental Primary Care Centre, Navan Road Dublin 7 D07 K229) based in County Dublin cannot access screening services via their general practitioner practice; when these services will resume; if alternative screening services are available to persons in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mary Lou McDonald

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PQ 5378-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Laois; the waiting times for each service for CAPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5379-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Meath; the waiting times for each service for CAPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5428-21 - Dara Calleary

To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives he has undertaken to support and acknowledge the work of paramedics within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Dara Calleary

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PQ 5447-21 - Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Health the protocol with regard to control and restraint training during level 5 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Joe McHugh

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PQ 5469-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for CAMHS services in an area (Dublin west). -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5470-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for adult mental health services in an area (Dublin west). -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5473-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the variance between A Vision of Change and staffing figures in an area (Dublin west) for CAMHS teams, AMHS teams, PoL and rehab and recovery teams. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5475-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for counselling in primary care services in Dublin west. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5476-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current Covid-19 related staff redeployment figures from primary care mental health services in Dublin west. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5477-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current Covid-19 related staff redeployment figures from CAMHS, AMHS, PoL and rehab and recovery teams. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5478-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which staffing figures for CAMHS and AMHS in January 2021 compare to January 2020. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5479-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for primary care psychology services in Dublin west. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5480-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to primary care psychology services in Dublin west by month from 2019 and 2020. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5481-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to counselling in primary care services in Dublin west by month from 2019 and 2020. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5482-21 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals to CAMHS, AMHS and PoL for 2019 and 2020. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 5508-21 - Barry Cowen

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting ten additional full-time permanent critical care and intensive care nurses for Mullingar Regional Hospital. -Barry Cowen

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PQ 5509-21 - Barry Cowen

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting ten additional full-time physiotherapist posts for CHO8. -Barry Cowen

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PQ 5510-21 - Barry Cowen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of magnetic resonance imaging scanners in Portlaoise Regional Hospital; the number of scans carried out from Monday to Friday; and the number of scans carried out at the weekends. -Barry Cowen

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PQ 5517-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek and share a detailed report on the causal factors that led to the disposal of 22 vials of a vaccine in the Louth Meath midlands community health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 5529-21 - Rose Conway Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme in 2019 by LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Rose Conway-Walsh

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PQ 5532- 21 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person will be examined; if funding opportunities will be provided in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Niamh Smyth

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PQ 5540-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health if all persons administering the vaccine under the current Covid-19 vaccination programme have received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John Lahart

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PQ 5548 - 21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to give a definitive date of when its health technology review which was promised in April 2019 will be published and consideration given to expanding those eligible for the FreeStyle Libre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 5549-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of diabetic retina screen tests conducted in each year since the introduction of the National Diabetic Retinal Screening Programme 2014 – 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 5550-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the multidisciplinary teams for diabetic foot; the number of staff employed in each team by region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 5551-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health the annual statistics in relation to the diabetes cycle of care since 2015. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 5552-21 - Cormac Delvin

To ask the Minister for Health when a national diabetes register will be created and available to those across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cormac Devlin

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PQ 5555-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if a plan exists for dealing with residents in nursing homes who were away from their nursing home on the day the other residents received their first dose of the vaccine. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5556-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if hospital staff who have been deemed close contacts of those who have tested positive for Covid-19 are being tested; the number of hospital staff nationwide who are close contacts currently awaiting tests; and the average wait time for same. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5568-21 - Bernard J Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a comprehensive public information campaign will be launched to focus on the incidents and causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the simple procedures that might be followed and the seriousness of the particular condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bernard J. Durkan

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PQ 5569-21 - Bernard J Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the launching of a major campaign to identify and treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes throughout the country with a view to eradication much in the same way tuberculosis was eradicated notwithstanding the stress of Covid-19 on the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bernard J. Durkan

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PQ 5582 -21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if all patients who were receiving reimbursement for their cannabis product prescription costs prior to 21 January 2021 will continue to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 5590-21 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of palliative care beds in County Tipperary; if palliative care services in the county are being expanded in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Lowry

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PQ 5599-21 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to a national requirement that high-standard FFP2 masks be used in all healthcare settings, not just basic surgical masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Johnny Mythen

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PQ 5600-21 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health if an increased number of FFP2 masks have been provided to hospital staff given the high level of Covid-19 in hospital settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Johnny Mythen

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PQ 5602-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available for the provision of eating disorder services within the HSE in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively; the amount of the allocated funding used in each year, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Kelly

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PQ 5603-21 - Michael Lowry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary who have been admitted to the department of psychiatry services in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny since 2012; if all recommendations made by the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment Report 2020 will be implemented at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Lowry

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PQ 5608-21 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the backlog in dental treatment for public patients; and his plans to clear the backlog - Martin Browne

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PQ 5613-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the current and future access of the HSE to stockpiles of N95 masks; his plans to ensure the provision of N95 face masks to all staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neasa Hourigan

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PQ 5620-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate and effective healthcare for persons suffering from life-changing conditions due to the after-effects of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John Lahart

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PQ 5621-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide nationwide long Covid clinics; when he expects these to be open; if there is a current waiting list for such clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John Lahart

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PQ 5622-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide upskilling to general practitioners to give them the adequate skills to diagnose, treat and understand the myriad side effects from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John Lahart

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PQ 5624-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that will be called upon to administer the Covid-19 vaccine by local electoral area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 5625-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to ensure that Covid-19 vaccine vials are not unused or stored incorrectly and expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 5660-21 - Gino Kenny

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PQ 5711-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute mental health units in Dublin that are closed due to outbreaks of Covid-19; and the number of units that are full due to the increased pressure on the remaining units. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5712-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity regarding suicidal persons or persons with mental illness who require psychiatric admission in the Dublin area; and if such persons are being admitted to hospital. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5713-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric beds available in the Dublin region. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5714-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the average and expected wait time for a psychiatric bed in the Dublin region in the week of 25 to 31 January 2021; and the contingency plans that have been put in place to deal with the crisis. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 5727-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health when full contact tracing will resume given the reducing number of daily cases of Covid-19; if full contact tracing will resume when cases reach a certain level; if so, the level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 5745-21 - Roisin Shortall

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PQ 5749-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current contracts with a hotel and a centre (the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre); the timelines and costs for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 5750-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if a hotel (the Citywest Hotel) is still in use as an isolation facility; the number of persons who have used the hotel as an isolation facility in each of the past ten months; the capacity of the hotel as an isolation facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 5751-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (Citywest Convention Centre) is still in use as a field hospital or allergy testing centre; the details of the current usage of the centre; the medical procedures for which the facility is being used; the number of persons who have been treated at the facility in each of the past ten months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 5756-21 - Eamon O Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications at hand at present; the number of applications waiting to be assessed; if the applications are being processed in date order; the number of applications that have been processed in the past four months by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Éamon Ó Cuív

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PQ 5794-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the projected shipments and deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines for each producer currently factored into timeline estimates on the provisional delivery schedule; the expected target numbers of roll-out per week, month and quarter to reach the provisional targets set for September 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 5807-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mental health supports being provided to persons during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -John Lahart

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PQ 5812-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State in legal fees since late 2018 in defending the 115 court cases brought by parents whose children did not receive an assessment of need in a timely manner set out in the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5848-21 - Martin Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health when x-ray services will be reinstated in Our Lady’s Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Martin Kenny

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PQ 5858-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive report on the mental health budget for 2020; the budget allocated; the way in which it was spent; the services it was spent on; the details of overspends or underspends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5864-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychotherapists employed directly in the HSE; the educational criteria required for psychotherapists to work for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 5885-21 - Malcolm Noonan

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is need for the return of the modular cath laboratory at University Hospital Waterford as an interim measure given that the completion of the second cath laboratory is likely to be 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Malcolm Noonan

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PQ 5898-21 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health if there is an imminent plan to cut a community lactation consultant position in south-east Dublin; the rationale for the proposed cut; if he will reconsider the decision given the increasing demand for lactations service in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Ged Nash

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PQ 5899-21 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if there was a breach of the Covid visiting policy at the HSEs Clonakilty Community Hospital on 30 December 2020, in which a group of eight persons allegedly visited a resident in the hospital, as indicated in a report in the media (Southern Star newspaper) on 16 January 2021; if four of the group of eight visitors subsequently tested positive for Covid-19; and if the resident who was visited by the group was moved into isolation on foot of the visitors’ Covid-19 test results; if that resident subsequently tested positive for Covid-19; his views on the implementation of Covid-19 visiting regulations for public and private hospitals and residential care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Paul Murphy

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PQ 5908-21 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to engage the services of general practitioner practice nurses who are skilled in the inoculation of patients to play a part in the programme in view of the engagement of general practitioners to assist in the community roll-out of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Ged Nash

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PQ 5914-21 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health the reason no funding was allocated to the National Eating Disorder Treatment Plan in 2020; the reason none of the €1.6 million allocated in 2019 was spent in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pearse Doherty

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PQ 5919-21 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the date for the finalisation of the HSE review of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system in view of the prevailing public health situation and HSE advice that if diabetes patients become infected with Covid-19 they are more at risk of serious complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Noel Grealish

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PQ 5920-21 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been made to the HSE for access to the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring devices other than children and young adults 4 to 21 years of age by consultant endocrinologists or a member of their team in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the number of applications that were deemed successful in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Noel Grealish

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PQ 5932-21 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines for front-line healthcare workers who are currently pregnant and carrying out their roles in hospitals; if they are being rostered to areas in which there is a reduced exposure to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Peter Burke

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PQ 5935-21- Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a senior clinician (Senior Clinician at the Midwifery Led Unit in Cavan General Hospital. Email sent at 17.13 on 28/01/21); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Niamh Smyth

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PQ 5950-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of PPCI procedures carried out at University Hospital Waterford for the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 5987-21 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the requirements for pharmacists who participate in the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine; if those whose CPR training is not up to date can self-declare; if provisions have been made to supply them with additional adrenaline autoinjectors for use in the event of adverse reactions; if consideration has been given to the disposal of items used during or as a consequence of the administration programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Martin Browne

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