PQ Responses - January 19th 2021

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PQ 2204-21 - Mairéad Farrell front page preview

PQ 2204-21 - Mairéad Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to differences in the pay and conditions for contact tracing staff located in centres in Galway relative to those centres based in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, particularly in relation in the working of 12 hour shifts three days in a row, the difference in pay between clinical and non-clinical contact tracers, various breaches of the CPSA codes of best practice in public service appointments and the alleged failure to adhere to the HSA return to work protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2229-21 - Noel Grealish front page preview

PQ 2229-21 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a community covid assesment hub for Galway; the time-frame for the opening of such a hub; if there are delays; if so, the cause of these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2231-21 - Sean Sherlock front page preview

PQ 2231-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) will be considered for mass vaccinations.

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PQ 2235-21 - David Cullinane front page preview

PQ 2235-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the spend on private ambulances by hospital in each month in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2237-21 - Fergus O'Dowd front page preview

PQ 2237-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of Sruthan House, Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2238-21 - Richard Boyd Barrett front page preview

PQ 2238-21 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the roll out of the vaccine to the staff in the Ireland East Hospital Group; the order in which the hospitals will be scheduled; the order in which the staff will be vaccinated by staff discipline and dates for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2294-21 - Violet-Anne Wynne front page preview

PQ 2294-21 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved filled and vacant consultant posts by discipline speciality and sub-speciality at University Hospital Limerick; the basis on which, that is, permanent, locum or temporary agency they are filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2347-21 - Patricia Ryan front page preview

PQ 2347-21 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each area of CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2372-21 - Michael Healy-Rae front page preview

PQ 2372-21 - Michael Healy-Rae

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

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PQ 2388-21 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 2388-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccines were administered to HSE administrators and managers who do not have direct contact with patients ahead of frontline healthcare workers; if so, the number; the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2417-21 - Thomas Gould front page preview

PQ 2417-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of Southdoc Blackpool.

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PQ 2452-21 - Mark Ward front page preview

PQ 2452-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with eating disorders to community health care teams relating to referrals in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the gender, age profile and county of residence of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2543-21 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 2543-21 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric rheumatologists who were employed in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2544-21 - Pauline Tully front page preview

PQ 2544-21 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the number times the HSE has advertised for the post of paediatric rheumatologist since January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2546-21 - Róisín Shortall front page preview

PQ 2546-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health when services for persons with disabilities will resume; the timeline his Department is working towards; if staff in these services have returned to their original roles following redeployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2554-21 - Matt Carthy front page preview

PQ 2554-21 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to increase the number of listings for mental health professionals qualified in the treatment of eating disorders in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2555-21 - Matt Carthy front page preview

PQ 2555-21 - Matt Carthy

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for the third year in a row much of the funding allocated for the treatment of eating disorders under the model of care for eating disorders has been diverted elsewhere by the HSE; the steps he has taken to help ensure the funding allocated to the treatment of eating disorders is not diverted once more in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2574-20 - Fergus O'Dowd front page preview

PQ 2574-20 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if a mass vaccination site will be established in Drogheda, County Louth as part of the national vaccination roll-out in view of its significant urban population and the fact that it is the largest town in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2652-21 - Neale Richmond front page preview

PQ 2652-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which birthing partners are currently permitted to attend the post-birth of a child and related maternity appointments as a visitor in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2654-21 - Niamh Smyth front page preview

PQ 2654-21 - Niamh Smyth

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will address the concerns in relation to the shortage of professionals in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2674-21 - Holly Cairns front page preview

PQ 2674-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health his views on making permanent the pilot service offering free at home test kits for STI screening to Dublin, Cork, and Kerry; and if the service will be extended to the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2690-21 - Cathal Crowe front page preview

PQ 2690-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the reason Bantry Hospital, County Cork was in position to vaccinate general practitioners in surrounding communities against Covid-19 but the same arrangements have not been put in place in the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2773-21 - Peadar Toibin front page preview

PQ 2773-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the temporary assistance payment scheme that has been drawn down to date; the geographical distribution of the funding; the number of nursing homes that have received funding; and the number of private versus public nursing homes that have received funds

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PQ 2794-21 - Bernard J. Durkan front page preview

PQ 2794-21 - Bernard J. Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take action to resolve any or all of the ongoing disputes personnel at certain levels throughout the mental health services given the Covid-19 emergency that currently exists and the need to address the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health services in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2816-21 - Pádraig O'Sullivan front page preview

PQ 2816-21 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the level of services to be provided at SouthDoc Blackpool under the proposed reopening of 18 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2828-21 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 2828-21 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing vacancies in Wexford General Hospital; the length of these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2830-21 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 2830-21 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that were placed on the waiting list for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in 2020 in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 2831-21 - Johnny Mythen front page preview

PQ 2831-21 - Johnny Mythen

To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in a service (details supplied) in County Wexford; the staffing vacancies in the service by occupation; when vacant positions will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2880-21 - James Lawless front page preview

PQ 2880-21 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements are in place to extract the maximum safe dosages from each vial of a vaccine (details supplied) given that it now appears five rather than four doses can be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2914-21 - Jennifer Whitmore front page preview

PQ 2914-21 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made by his Department to date to tackle outstanding issues in relation to the CAMHS service including addressing waiting lists, lack of investment and recruitment issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 2930-21 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 2930-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses and midwives in 2019 and 2020 who have been provided full-time permanent contracts

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PQ 2931-21 - Sorca Clarke front page preview

PQ 2931-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of job vacancies at Mullingar Regional Hospital by Department, job title and the length of time each position has been vacant.

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PQ 2941-21 - Cormac Devlin front page preview

PQ 2941-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing emergency funding to NGOs providing support to persons at risk of suicide given reports of an increase in suicide rates during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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