PQ Responses - January 13th 2021

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PQ 1002-19 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which vitamin D is being used by the HSE to treat and or prevent Covid-19 in healthcare settings here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Emer Higgins

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PQ 1003-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing observational studies which are currently evaluating the role of vitamin D in preventing and treating Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Emer Higgins

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PQ 1007-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are being identified and analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 1018-21 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the use of community centres as vaccination centres given their accessibility and availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Brendan Griffin

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PQ 1029-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Limerick was not included in the first tranche of the Covid-19 vaccination rollout given the consistently and worryingly high numbers attending the hospital. -Cathal Crowe

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PQ 1048-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if fertility services can continue operating through level 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 1055-21 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated towards eating disorder treatment in the HSE in each of the past five years; the amount that was spent in each year; his views on the adequacy of the funding and the supports and treatments available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Martin Browne

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PQ 1057-21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if addiction services have been transferred from Navan to Drogheda, County Louth; the reason for same; the number of staff and service users affected; the alternative site and service options that were considered and ruled-out; the reason for same; if it is planned to return services to Navan and if so, the date for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 1058-21 - Chris Andrews

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists nationally; and the number there should be compared to international standards. -Chris Andrews

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PQ 1074-21 - Fergus O Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health his views on a news article (https://www.lmfm.ie/news/lmfm-news/hse-declines-comment-on-alleged-covid-19-outbreak-at-st-olivers-hospital-in-dundalk/ whilst respecting the identities of residents ) in relation to reported Covid-19-related deaths at a hospital if a Covid-19 outbreak took place; if so, the number of residents infected; the number of transfers to hospital as a result; the number of deaths; if other relevant details will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 1076-21 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of HSE funding allocated to the eating disorder treatment plan in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the actual spend on these treatments; the breakdown of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Marian Harkin

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PQ 1077-21 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of ambulance response times from time of call to arrival on scene in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Marian Harkin

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PQ 1078-21 - Cian O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on the health element of Housing First initiatives in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cian O'Callaghan

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PQ 1095-21 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health if an ambulance was called to a fur farm in County Kerry in December 2020; the reason for this call-out; if any workers at this or the other two fur farms have tested positive for coronavirus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Matt Carthy

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PQ 1121-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of positive cases that have been uploaded their random IDs to the covid tracker application on a monthly basis; the number of application users that were sent a close contact alert each month since the application went live; the number of active users each month; the steps being taken to increase the use of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Denis Naughten

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PQ 1126-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the process for nomination to the Diabetes Working Group; when it was last appointed; the process implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neasa Hourigan

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PQ 1127-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date plans for capital investment in neo-natal intensive care unit provision in Irish maternity and paediatric hospital departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neasa Hourigan

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PQ 1148-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential facilities for persons with disabilities that are currently closed due to Covid-19 infections; and the number of residents affected by county in tabular form - Sean Sherlock

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PQ 1152-21 - Sean Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the official title of the Covid-19 case management system that records daily cases; the date on which this system was activated; the total amount spent on this system in both its development and since activation; the persons and bodies that have access to this system; the daily capacity for the corroboration of positive swabs to individual cases; the way in which a backlog of approximately 10,000 cases was allowed to occur; the steps he is taking to ensure that a backlog will not occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Crowe

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PQ 1153-21 - Johnny Guirke

To ask the Minister for Health if addiction services have been transferred from Navan to Drogheda; if so, the reason for same; the number of staff and service users affected; the alternative site or service options that were considered and ruled out; the reason for same; if it is intended to return services to Navan; if so, the date for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Johnny Guirke

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PQ 1161-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the visiting procedures for HSE nursing homes in view of the new restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 1163- 21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that monies allocated for the development of eating disorder services are not averted to meet unfunded cost growth in other areas of the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neasa Hourigan

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PQ 1195-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic appendectomies carried out in the hospitals across Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 1196-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic cholecystectomies carried out in the hospitals across Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 1205-21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of public sexual health services in County Meath. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 1206-21 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time laboratory scientists employed in each hospital in the Ireland East Hospital Group as of 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2020, in tabular form. -Darren O'Rourke

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PQ 1224-21 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the additional mental health supports being made available during Covid-19 restrictions; the way in which communities are being reached if they do not have access to a mobile phone or internet for online counselling sessions; if there are measures for emergency in-person mental health support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Thomas Pringle

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PQ 1261-21 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which neurological service referrals are prioritised in Beaumont Hospital to ensure the more urgent cases are assessed as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Alan Farrell

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PQ 1271-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if drive-through vaccination clinics are being considered for part of the vaccination programme for Covid-19, similar to the testing structure. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 1272-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the therapies and procedures curtailed in each hospital since 3 January 2020. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 1277-21 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if funding for eating disorders has been diverted; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard Boyd Barrett

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PQ 1398-21 - Matt Shanahan

To ask the Minister for Health the clinical protocols observed that required the South/Southwest hospital group to provide vaccination to frontline staff in its Cork city-based elective only hospitals some with no Covid-19 patients, while deferring vaccination to frontline staff in the second largest acute hospital in the group University Hospital Waterford in addition to acute settings in University Hospital Kerry and South Tipperary General Hospital all with Covid-19 cases; the transparent equitable analysis the hospital group will be offering in a real time and ongoing basis to demonstrate fair allocation of vaccine resources and rollout among the hospital group concerns and HSE south community sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Matt Shanahan

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PQ 1448-21 - Mairead Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that a number of oxygen generators purchased by University Hospital Galway in 2020 in response to the Covid-19 crisis have proven deficient and are not currently in use; if this matter is being investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mairéad Farrell

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PQ 1453-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels by staff group for the new palliative care centre in University Hospital Waterford; if there will be specialists in paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 1463-21 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if centres or premises have been secured in counties Laois and Offaly in relation to the roll-out of vaccinations. -Brian Stanley

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PQ 1464 21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility for paediasure in the powdered form to be added to the list for medical card holders (This is giving to children on the spectrum instead of the per-mixed shakes as they are overly sensitive to the UHT.). -Mark Ward

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PQ 1512-21 - Cian O Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is advising doctors to refer teachers for a Covid-19 test who show only one symptom of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cian O'Callaghan

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PQ 44872-20 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as semi-urgent, urgent and immediate are waiting for a MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ 1513-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to improve the track and trace operation in relation to Covid-19 in view of recent case numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cian O'Callaghan

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PQ 1519-21 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of boarding out facilities for the elderly by county in tabular form. -Marian Harkin

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PQ 1547-21 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health when the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Matt Carthy

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PQ 1608-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths that occurred as a result of Covid-19 in nursing homes, direct provision and meat factories by county in November and December 2020, in tabular form; the age and nationality of each person concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Connolly

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PQ 1613-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the restart date for dermatology services in St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny (the management for the which provided by St Vincent's University Hospital Dublin, but no staff have been provided and no service has been in place for a number of years ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 1619-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-establish local testing centres in north Cork for Covid-19. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 1630-21 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if any contact tracers are currently working in open plan office; if so, his views on whether this is safe and best practice given the current number of Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Gary Gannon

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PQ 1631-21 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing a statement to have all contact tracers work from home in line with current public health advice from the Chief Medical Office. -Gary Gannon

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PQ 1653-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the income disregards for blind welfare allowance applications taking into consideration the variations nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neasa Hourigan

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PQ 1657-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient validation exercises dated 1 January to 30 November 2020, the reason for a zero return from the outpatients list in both Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda and Louth County Hospital Dundalk; if both hospitals have an alternate plan to manage and reduce outpatient lists; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 1665-21 - Denise Mitchell

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to BreastCheck appointments being cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Denise Mitchell

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PQ 1667-21 - Richard O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding wait times for MRI scans at University Hospital Limerick; if funding will be secured for an additional MRI scanner for University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Richard O'Donoghue

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PQ 1679-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the October 2019 report of the HPSC Lyme Borreliosis Subcommittee; the action his Department has taken in the meantime to improve testing, diagnosis, treatment and management of Lyme disease on foot of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Connolly

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PQ 1680-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nasal spray child flu vaccines administered to date for each of the quantities due to expire on 13 and 14 January and 12 and 15 February 2021; the total cost of the vaccines; the number which have expired without being administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Róisín Shortall

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PQ 1686-21 - Michael McNamara

To ask the Minister for Health if persons continue to test positive for Covid-19 for up to three months after an initial positive PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael McNamara

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PQ 1702-21 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to treating persons with eating disorders in each of the years 2016 to date; the amounts that have been diverted from this area in each of those years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Thomas Pringle

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PQ 1754-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time of patients who present at accident and emergency departments in all of the acute hospitals nationwide by name of hospital, county and waiting time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 1761-20 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recruitment process for vaccinators to administer the Covid-19 vaccination; the number of vaccinators currently in place; his plans to escalate the further recruitment of vaccinators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Joe Carey

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PQ 1766-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise awareness of the importance of properly disposing of face masks to reduce the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Cian O'Callaghan

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PQ 1773-21-Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health when a design team will be appointed for the new 125-bed ward which is needed for St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Kathleen Funchion

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PQ 1783-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken to ensure the HSE has the capacity to process primary medical certificates from 1 January 2020; the outcome of the meeting on 9 December 2020 between the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability at his Department and the Department of Justice and the Secretary General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Denis Naughten

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PQ 1812-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy from 2016 to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44646-20 - Paul Kehoe

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary health centre (Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Paul Kehoe

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PQ 44659-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given that staff working in the integration, intervention services will not be redeployed when the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination commences. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 44661-20 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of disability services by county; the current capacity of each; and the plan to address the backlog of therapy sessions. -Sorca Clarke

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PQ 44670-20 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the deep brain stimulation service for Parkinson’s disease in the Mater Hospital, Dublin. -Paul Donnelly

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PQ 44694-20 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with tariffs on prosthetics in a hard Brexit situation; his plans to address the increased cost of same; if costs will be met by the State; his plans to develop new supply chains within the EU; and his plans to bring the discretionary medical card for prosthetics in line with articles in the Lisbon Treaty and the UNCPRD. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 44704-20 - Fergus O Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 50-bed new St. Joseph's Hospital in Ardee, County Louth; if he will provide other relevant details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 44714-20 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the relative cost of contact tracing centres (EY Consultancy and ‘Pop Up’ contact tracing centres ) to the 60 specialist public health doctors over the period of the Covid-19 pandemic; the party which is legally responsible for the management of all complex contact tracing such as all outbreaks in schools and workplaces and all prevention in vulnerable groups such as direct provision residents and the Travelling community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Colm Burke

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PQ 44750-20 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of public health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pádraig O'Sullivan

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PQ 44757-20 & 44758-20 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools in the country currently experiencing outbreaks of Covid-19. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 44773-20 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons residing in direct provision centres that have tested positive for Covid-19 in 2020. -Peadar Tóibín

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PQ 44778-20 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate psychology services for children in the Headford and Lackagh primary care psychology service area of County Galway given that the position has been vacant since June 2019 and children in this region of County Galway are losing out on vital psychology assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ 44798-20 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons in receipt of a personal assistance service in 2020; the hours received by each disabled person leading their own PAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Thomas Pringle

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PQ 44817-20 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital project contracts final accounts that have exceeded the tender value by more than 20% in each of the years 2010 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Seán Canney

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PQ 44822-20 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if research is being conducted by his Department on the physical and mental impacts on those diagnosed and recovered from Covid-19. -Sean Sherlock

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PQ 44880-21 - Bernard Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE drugs group has met in December 2020; if not, if it is scheduled to meet; the drugs being considered for reimbursement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Bernard J. Durkan

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PQ 44907-20 - Imelda Munster

To ask the Minister for Health the period of time under GDPR regulations a hospital must wait before passing the contact details for a patient whose bill remains unpaid to a debt collection agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Imelda Munster

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PQ 44911-20 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the average incidence rates of Covid-19 cases by local electoral area from the onset of the pandemic until the current date in tabular form. -Pa Daly

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PQ 44915-20 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved pharmacist posts at each hospital including CHI; the number of posts filled by tenure, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and so on; the ratio of approved posts-to-patient and filled posts-to-patient; the length of time vacant posts or posts filled by non-permanent appointments have been unfilled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -David Cullinane

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PQ 44927-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were subsequently placed in healthcare facilities and the category of work undertaken by successful applicants to the Be on Call for Ireland scheme to date; the number that applied; the number interviewed by the consultants; the cost of the scheme to date; the details of the procurement process including the successful company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Fergus O'Dowd

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PQ 44960-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 in transporting patients record across health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44961-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health when a national director of mental health will be appointed; the remit of the director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Mark Ward

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PQ 44967-20 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pádraig O'Sullivan

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PQ 44970-20 - Padraid O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths by suicide in 2020; the number in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pádraig O'Sullivan

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PQ 44993-20 - Joan Collins

To ask the Minister for Health if pay restoration applies to posts established by the drug and alcohol task forces and funded through the HSE with interim funding for the purpose of its costing exercise for pay restoration; if the HSE included all the posts and projects as section 39 funded (details supplied); if the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are committed to providing the additional funding needed to pay for pay restoration; if not, if the HSE is expecting the projects to find the funding from elsewhere; and if pay restoration is part of the deal as described in the media recently. -Joan Collins

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PQ 44995-20 - Pearse Doherty

To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will resume in Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Pearse Doherty

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PQ 45009-20 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health when patients awaiting CervicalCheck and mammogram appointments will be accommodated (As the Minister will be aware there are many patients who urgently require such tests ). -Robert Troy

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PQ 45011-20 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on medical devices and products that are purchased from the UK; if arrangements are in place to continue to purchase such items and products; if his attention has been drawn to potential issues with such purchases that may arise due to Brexit; the consequences of these impacts for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Martin Browne

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PQ 45041-20 - Michael Healy Rae

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce SouthDoc services in the Listowel area of County Kerry (Minister why is there a lack of Gp services administered by south doc in the Listowel area. Why do people have to travel to Tralee for visits to south doc. ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Michael Healy-Rae

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PQ 45104-20, 45105-20 & 45106-20 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if the progressing disability services plan will include supports for those children who do not receive their therapy in the home but in a special school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Neale Richmond

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PQ 45119-20 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to allow persons to receive therapy and counselling on a face-to-face basis under the current restrictions. -Mark Ward

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PQ 45147-20 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the public funding spent on HSE youth and adolescent mental health services in 2019 and 2020, respectively. -Cian O'Callaghan

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PQ 45201-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient services available for persons suffering from an eating disorder; the budget allocated for these services over the past three years; the amount of the budget that is underspent or exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 45202-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds available for persons suffering from an eating disorder per hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 45207-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding additional respite resources for carers in the home who are caring for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ 45208-20 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to manage and communicate the scheduling of the roll out of vaccines to all care settings such as nursing homes, congregated settings, group homes and hospitals for patients, staff and service users; his plans to issue timescales specific or non-specific; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -Catherine Murphy

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PQ Responses - January 13th 2021