PQ Responses - March 31st 2021

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PQ 16448-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been infected with Covid-19 by month from March 2020 to 22 March 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 16287-21 - Pa Daly front page preview

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the protocol for cervical screening under the CervicalCheck programme with particular emphasis on the protocol for detecting abnormal cells; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16288-21 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the vaccination hub in Athlone, County Westmeath is starting at the end of March 2021 but not happening in Mullingar, County Westmeath until mid-April 2021; and if there is a delay in Ireland receiving vaccines

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PQ 16301-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the six private providers that the HSE has engaged with to provide mental health services using surge capacity in private hospitals in relation to correspondence (details supplied); the costs in this regard; the details of same; and the services that have been delivered to date.

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PQ 16302-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the plans for Jigsaw to provide a service in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; the location of same; the regularity with which it will be physically in Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16304-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that vaccine clinics in Cork City Hall and Melbourne Road, Cork were closed on 20 and 21 March 2021, the opening hours of these clinics on the days in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 16306-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons vaccinated in the mass vaccine clinic on Melbourne Road, Cork on 20 and 21 March 2021, respectively

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PQ 16315-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health if staff will not be redeployed into other services under the PDS in a facility (details supplied).

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PQ 16337-21 - Charles Flanagan

To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the relocation of the children’s eye clinic from Portlaoise to Athlone; if comprehensive details will be provided of when this service will resume in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16348-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health if he will be publishing a report following the implementation of the Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021; when he expects this report to be published; his plans for a new breastfeeding action plan; when he expects this plan to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16359-21 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if the policy of not allowing partners of pregnant women attend scans will be reviewed given that staff are vaccinated.

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PQ 16380-21 - Aengus O'Snodaigh

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a delay with the release of funding to the Cherry Orchard primary care centre in order that they can provide much needed scooters.

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PQ 16381-21 - John Brady

To ask the Minister for Health when the primary school vaccination programme of the 4:1 booster and MMR for children in junior infants will be recommencing in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16391-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the service level agreements which the HSE is currently party to by organisation type, that is, private provider, section 39 organisation and so on; the annual cost of each agreement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16392-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the agreements made to deliver mass vaccination centres; the details of the cost, timeframe of agreement and options and conditions for extensions for each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16398 21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied) regarding the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16401-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 centres that have commenced mass vaccinations in tabular form; and the date they commenced.

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PQ 16413-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were treated for knife related injuries in Irish hospitals in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16428-21 - Ged Nash

To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly-qualified doctors at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda as a result of intern posts created in April 2020 which were designed to bolster the health service during an unprecedented pandemic; if he plans to retain all of the newly-qualified doctors and related posts as whole-time equivalents at the stated hospital given the continued seriousness of Covid-19 and the consequent backlog in terms of treatment waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16430-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the five year delay for orthodontic treatment in Cork city and county; if some of the work will be transferred out to private practitioners in order to reduce waiting times for this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16431-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a different approach in the Cork region compared to the Kerry region in respect of orthodontic treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16432-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health if persons waiting for over two years for orthodontic treatment as is the case in Cork city and county can apply for this treatment under the Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16433-21 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical intern posts at Wexford General Hospital presently up to July 2021; the number of intern posts which will be in effect at the hospital from July 2021 to July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16434-21 - Verona Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the steps actively being taken to provide a much improved testing system for Lyme disease here to ensure early diagnosis of the debilitating disease and to prevent misdiagnosis and late diagnosis which is resulting in the disease taking 12 months in some cases to diagnose; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16441-21 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a tender (details supplied) which was due to go out to public tender in 2017 has been extended each year since, with a further extension until May 2021; the way this was allowed to occur in the years before Covid-19; when the competiton will go back out to public tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16457-21 - Eoin O'Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of services and staff for diabetic children at Mullingar Hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the hospital has been forced to cease all diabetic paediatric clinics with immediate effect and is no longer in a position to accept new patients due to limited resources.

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PQ 16495-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to implement a report issued by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2011 with a series of recommendations on vaginal birth after caesarean birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16501-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff working from home that have received a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16509-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the short stay charges regime at St. Camilus’ Hospital, Limerick in order that medical card holders are no longer charged a weekly rate of €179; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16525-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the reasoning that led to the termination of the gender-identity adolescent service in Crumlin Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16526-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had and the plans he has considered to provide access to gender-identity adolescent service at Crumlin Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16527-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation and the progress being made to improve access to healthcare under the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy, the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy and the HSE’s Final Report of the Steering Committee on the Development of HSE Transgender Identity Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16565-21 - Eoin O'Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 70 years of age who are currently detained in prison; the number who have received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16569-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the current public health information campaigns available on accessing mental health support

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PQ 16570-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement a public health campaign on accessing suitable therapy services for mental health treatment.

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PQ 16571-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement a public health campaign on caring for mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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PQ 16585-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the current percentage of Covid-19 vaccines (details supplied) that have been administered versus the number in supply.

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PQ 16605-21 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the number of EU Cross-Border Directive applications that have never been finalised or completed; and the breakdown by year for the past four years.

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PQ 16612-21 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the reason diabetes care such as continuous glucose monitoring sensors are covered under the long-term illness scheme given flash glucose meters are more compatible for at-risk patients during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16613-21 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the costs per unit of continuous glucose monitoring sensors which are available under the long-term illness scheme; the efforts he has taken to explore other more cost-efficient products; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16614-21 - Noel Grealish

To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made to introduce a safer method of monitoring diabetes patients who are an at-risk category during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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PQ 16625-21 - Ducan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health the services currently provided from the new health centre in Athy; the services that will be provided; the estimate of the time involved in setting up new services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16627-21 - Duncan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the return dates for documentation for medical cards, applications and appeals where necessary given that many applications are depending on medical reports from doctors who are finding an increased demand on their workload due to the roll-out of the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16640-21 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health the status of neurorehabilitation services; the amount that has been allocated for neurological rehabilitation compared with the actual amount spent in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16645-21 - MICHAEL MOYNIHAN

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the HSE Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021; if there are plans in place for a new breastfeeding action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16646-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for cancer screening and cancer treatment on a national basis and by county.

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PQ 16649-21 - Peadar Tobin

To ask the Minister for Health the date on which nursing homes were fully vaccinated.

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PQ 16653-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the total receipts for hospital car parking charges in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021, nationally, by county and by hospital.

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PQ 16657-21 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health when a third paediatric rheumatologist is due to start work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16663-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts that exist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Louth County Hospital; and his plans to fill these vacancies.

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PQ 16664-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance wait across County Kerry in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 16666-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if all theatres at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 are opened on a full-time basis.

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PQ 16667-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts in the bariatric care team at University Hospital Galway that are currently vacant; and when these posts will be filled.

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PQ 16668-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the capital expenditure spend to date in 2021 on the second cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and the expected full-year cost.

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PQ 16669-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the dental services available at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and the number of staff employed in dental services.

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PQ 16671-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric endocrinologists at Cork University Hospital; and if this number will be further increased.

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PQ 16675-21 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will bring in staff on a contract basis with regard to the major issue in relation to the lack of a speech and language therapist in the midland region especially to assist children who need this facility in view of the fact that due to operational reasons the HSE cannot provide this facility through its own staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16682-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who were recruited as interns or newly qualified in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form

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PQ 16689-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the reason To ask the Minister for Health the reason prescriptions are again required to be collected weekly after being changed to monthly collections at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemicare again required to be collected weekly after being changed to monthly collections at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic

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PQ 16705-21 - Sean Fleming

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an eye clinic (details supplied) in County Laois; the arrangement in place for persons who attend this clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 16716-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the reason fully trained staff who have been distributing Covid-19 vaccines in care home settings must retake courses on vaccine administration in order to distribute vaccines in a vaccine hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16717-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to recognise pre-existing qualifications of vaccine administration from the HSE for staff applying to work in vaccine centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16719-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the reason those applying for the role of vaccinators in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine must submit a copy of their birth certificate alongside two forms of photographic identification given that this may cause delays to the application process and involves the sharing of deeply personal information which many persons do not have access to; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16721-21 - Fergus O Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE addiction treatment centre on the Donore Road, Drogheda, County Louth; if the centre is now operational again following its designation in 2020 as a Covid-19 assessment hub; the addiction services that have been put back into operation; the number of addiction-related service staff that are on site; the cost to date that the HSE has spent renovating the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16733-21 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to remedy the lack of service provision for adults with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16734-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the prevention and treatment of diabetes, in particular for the lower income area; if his Department has carried out studies in relation to the link between socioeconomic background and the prevalence of diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16738-21 - Eamon O Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of dental practices in County Galway that provide services to medical card holders under the dental treatments services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16763-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for determining eligibility on category 4 of the vaccine list given that there currently is no clear database, for example, on obesity, respiratory complications and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16765-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will take measures to ensure that all adults have access to a multidisciplinary team in the treatment of spina bifida and hydrocephalus; if he will remedy the lack of coordinated care for persons with these conditions that are transitioning from adolescence to adulthood by providing complex needs nurse specialists and administration staff to coordinate care across disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16766-21 - Alan kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department plans to meet the needs of persons with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in order that they can live independently with access to adequate supports, for example, occupational therapy and neuropsychology services instead of persons ending up in nursing homes from the age of 30; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16768-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide mental health services with a specific focus on understanding that hydrocephalus is akin to acquired brain injury and needs special support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16769-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the disability services for children and young persons in relation to children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus on accessing health services within their local area and equity of services received in CHI, Temple Street and CHI, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16770-21 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national model of care for paediatric services in relation to transitioning plans for adolescents with spina bifida and hydrocephalus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16774-21 - Ciaran Cannon

To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fill the vacant paediatric pain consultant post at Children’s Health Ireland; and the waiting time for referrals to the service.

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PQ 16777-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the reason vaccinators must register with third party agencies to work in vaccine hubs given they are already employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16786-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the delays in access to mental health services for children and young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16792-21 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent phycologists per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent phycologists per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16793-21 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent paediatricians per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent paediatricians per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16796-21 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO for a child to receive an assessment of need in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16797-21 - Pauline Tully

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO for a child who has received an assessment of need to access the therapies and services identified in the assessment of need in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16798-21 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Covid-19 vaccination at home for persons that are housebound; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16802-21 - Neale Richmond

To ask the Minister for Health the number of housebound persons that have been vaccinated at home since 1 March 2021 on a weekly basis; the geographical locations of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16882-21 - Martin Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing positions vacant in the South/South West Hospital Group as of 22 March 2021, in tabular form

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PQ 16887-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time contact tracers, respectively currently working within the Covid-19 test and trace system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16890-21 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the criteria the HSE used when distributing vaccines to general practitioner clinics to decide which clinics received the vaccine first; and if it was alphabetical or based on other criteria.

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PQ 16891-21 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health if the delay regarding general practitioner clinics that did not receive vaccines supplies on time will alter or affect future deliveries of vaccines to those clinics

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PQ 16901-21 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the process that will be used to identify persons with asthma for vaccine allocation; and the way persons in this group will access the vaccine

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PQ 16902-21 - Mary Lou McDonald

To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that will be applied in respect of persons with severe asthma who are currently categorised as group 7 in the COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy to determine continuous or repeated use of systemic corticosteroids; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16952-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the support being offered to parents of infants and young children with Down syndrome born during the Covid-19 pandemic who have not been able to access the same range of support due to restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16953-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the training given to public health nurses to support the parents of infants and young children with Down syndrome born during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16954-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the barriers that women with disabilities experience in accessing health screening services resulting in lower uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16956-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure Irish sign language interpretation services are available to all general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16957-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure Irish sign language interpretation services are available in all acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 16958-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the training offered to health professionals regarding the support needs of disabled persons accessing reproductive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16960-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which data is collected and examined regarding the provision of reproductive services to disabled persons including abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16962-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place to collect and examine data regarding rates of access to healthcare services by persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16963.21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who are accommodated in congregated settings by gender in each HSE region in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16964-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with psychiatric conditions who are accommodated in congregated settings by gender in each HSE region in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16968-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the data breach involving those registered for vaccination; the extent of the breach; the means by which persons impacted have been informed; the mitigation measures put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16970-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by his Department or agencies under his remit annually to family resource centres; the primary funding streams in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16971-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the details of the family resource centres in County Cork which receive funding from agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16973-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of grievances taken by CHO4 mental health service staff that were upheld at stage 1; the percentage upheld at stage 2 of the HSE grievance procedure in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 16974-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which clinical and ethical concerns involving service-users that have been raised by HSE mental health service staff members are dealt with and recorded by HSE management; the protections in place for staff members raising such concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 16975-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting lists for occupational therapists given 11,023 children have been waiting at least one year for their first assessment with an occupational therapist, including 1,727 in the Cork and Kerry regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17009-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the testing centre for Covid-19 on the south Douglas Road, Cork city

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PQ 17010-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of testing centres currently operating in Cork; and the days and hours they are open in tabular form.

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PQ 17012-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken a study to investigate the impact of Covid-19 and lockdowns on the provision of mental health services.

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PQ 17014-21 - Peadar Toibin

To ask the Minister for Health the number appointments for cancer screening, diagnostics, treatments or routine and follow-up appointments that have been cancelled or postponed since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17030-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to utilise resources to support the roll-out of the Covid-19 testing and vaccination strategies such as medical professionals who have been trained to provide localised responses in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17036-21 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of intern doctor positions by acute hospital group in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and the projected number for 2021, in tabular form.

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PQ 17064-21 - Catherine Connolly

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the temporary accommodation scheme for healthcare workers; if the scheme remains open and available for use by healthcare workers including healthcare workers who are in the international protection process and would ordinarily be living in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17100-21 - Niall Collins

To ask the Minister for Health if he has given instructions to the HSE with regard to plans for the future of the site of the former Crooksling Health Centre, Brittas, County Dublin; the discussions he has had in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17112-21 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health if all general practitioner practices in County Mayo have received their supply of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17114-21 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if break clauses were inserted into the HSE deal with a hotel (details supplied).

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PQ 17218-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if medical information and utilisation data is kept on a central register in the context of the MCAP; if clinical patient research is facilitated and recorded; if further amendments to primary legislation are required to further enable this process; if such legislation, if required, is being prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17219-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains a register to facilitate the enrolment and recording of certain data including patient identifiers prescribers enrolled in the programme and prescribed and supplied medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17224-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications to positions in the HSE relating to the MCAP due by the end of February 2021; the breakdown by position; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17256-21 - James Lawless

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no dietitian currently employed in the Maynooth community care unit; if there are plans to employ a dietitian in this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17265-21 - Louise O'Reilly

To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis by services provided in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17268-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health if a project team has been appointed to verse the introduction of two new palliative care units in the CHO8 region; if so, the person or body on the group; and the process in which the selection took place.

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PQ 17269-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expected cost of the work to take place in the introduction of palliative care units in CHO8 in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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PQ 17270-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on the proposed palliative care units in the Midlands Regional Hospital,Tullamore and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.

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PQ 17271-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the location of the proposed facility to be located on the site of the Midlands Regional Hospital,Tullamore; and if there is sufficient agreement that the proposed site will facilitate the new hospice and its future growth.

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PQ 17273-21 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind ruling out Mullingar Regional Hospital as a possible sight for the proposed palliative care units

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PQ 17277-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the conclusions of the HSE investigation into a reported data breach in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine database; if this has been reported to the Data Protection Commissioner; the type of investigation carried out by the HSE; if a data protection impact assessment has been conducted since the breach; the steps taken to protect persons’ data and privacy in relation to the breach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17278-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have access to the Covid-19 vaccination database; the roles of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17283-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of Covid-19 vaccine by type held in storage (details supplied) as of 24 March 2021; if such data can be updated regularly on the Covid-19 data hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17283-21 - Neasa Hourigan

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PQ 17284-21 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which are being used in the Home Vaccination Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17290-21 - Joan Coillins

To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in hospitals nationally for persons suffering an acute episode of mental illness (details supplied); his plans to increase the amount of beds and doctors; and the timeframe for same.

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PQ 17310-21 - John McGuinness

To ask the Minister for Health the type of health services being delivered at St. Brigids Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; his plans for the future development of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 17311-21 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health if there is a paediatric eye clinic in Portlaoise at the moment; and if so, the location it is operating from.

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PQ 17312-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the cost the HSE pays for debt collection services for non or late payments of hospital fees; the amount of debt collected in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17318-21 - Aindrias Moynihan

To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to deal with the backlog of primary medical certificates due to application progression only recommencing recently due to recent High Court action; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17322-21 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the over 70 age group in one part of County Donegal is being vaccinated before the over 80 age group in another area of the county has been completed; if the countrywide roll-out will be done at different stages in different counties or local areas depending on the availability of the vaccinations in that county or local area; if there will be a concerted effort to ensure the vaccination roll-out will be carried out evenly nationwide with one group being finished before the next group commences; if vaccination teams will be mobilised and sent to areas which fall behind for a verity of reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17324-21 - Bernard J Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health when a dietician will be appointed to the Maynooth community care unit which currently does not have a dietician on either a part-time or full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17327-21 - Reada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the community care unit in Maynooth, County Kildare is without a full-time or part-time dietician (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17332-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide Covid-19 vaccines for all attendees and staff at a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17333-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mental health crisis house in Clonmel, County Tipperary which was due to go to tender in quarter 1 of 2021; when the tender process is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17334-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in all public hospitals; the length of time waiting in each hospital; if a record is being kept or will be kept of the number of bowel cancer and other serious illnesses picked up following the resumption of colonoscopies; if such figures will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17345-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports or other supports available for cancer survivors to avail of IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17347-21 - Thomas Pringle

To ask the Minister for Health if the ready, steady, grow programme will be reinstated in Ballymun, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17350-21 - Joe Carey

To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his plans to reduce the waiting lists for occupational therapy and physiotherapy in County Clare for all age groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17367-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the status of maternity restrictions in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; his plans to allow birthing partners attend scans and births; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17368-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ease the restrictions in relation to maternity visitation including the appointments for a scan in which the mother can have a parent, partner or supporting visitor attend with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17369-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals in which visitors are not allowed to attend the 20-week pregnancy scan; and the number of hospitals in which visitors are allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17379-21 - Padraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons not attending hospital regularly in the cohort very high risk group 4 will be contacted; the location they will be receive their vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17381-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the psychology staffing figures by grade staff, senior and principal across each CHO4 specialist adult mental health team; the population served by each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17386-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the process that was undertaken in order to reach the agreement in regard to the RCSI taking over operational management of Dealgan House nursing home in County Louth on 17 April 2020; the persons involved in the decision-making process; and the minutes or details of the meetings that took place to form and implement this decision.

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PQ 17387-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if the RCSI had to seek approval from the HSE and or his Department beforehand in relation to the operational takeover by the RCSI of Dealgan House.

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PQ 17388-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment was carried out on the tragic situation that was evolving in Dealgan House in advance of the takeover by the RCSI; if so, the conclusions of the assessment; and if the assessment can be made public.

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PQ 17390-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed directly from within the HSE in homecare services nationally in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by CHO area and subdivided by grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17391-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff directly from within his Department with responsibility for homecare services in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by grade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17395-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified surgeons with the competency to perform full and safe removal of mesh implants; the hospitals they are attached to; the types of mesh implants they can remove; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 17399-21 - Jennifer Whitmore

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the efforts undertaken by his Department to date to provide breast milk banks in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17418-21 - Dara Calleary

To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-acquired Covid-19 infections by month from March 2020 to February 2021, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17461-21 - Eoin O'Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if changes will be made to allow for partners to be present during childbirth and maternity appointments

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PQ 17462-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants to test and trace positions currently on a panel; the status of same on the panels in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17467-21 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the works to accommodate the new MRI scanner in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17468-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a review of current maternity restrictions; if consideration has been given to easing maternity restrictions as Ireland moves out of the current public health guidelines in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17469-21 - Ruairi O'Murchu

To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with maternity hospitals in relation to maternity services; the steps he has taken to ensure pregnant women are fully supported during any ease in the current restrictions; and the current situation in each maternity hospital.

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PQ 17485-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health when the school immunisation programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17535-21 - Mairead Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the total and average number of agency staff employed in each hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form.

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PQ 17550-21 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths in nursing homes and other residential care settings run by the HSE in the past year; the main causes of deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 17551-21 - Mick Barry

To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures or set of measures that the HSE brought in in advance of the third wave of Covid-19 that demonstrably reduced in the third wave mortality rate compared to the mortality rates seen in each of the first two waves in nursing homes and other residential care units runs by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17557-21 - Marian Harkin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason contact tracers that are working from home have received the vaccine while gardaí, postal staff, teachers and other frontline workers have not yet been prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17558-21 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be assigned to oncology screening services within the HSE to clear the backlog of referrals Covid-19 has created; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17574-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for birth partners in respect of attending all stages of pregnancy including check-up appointments; and his plans to allow partners to attend all stages in from 5 April 2021.

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PQ 17578-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the current position of cohort 7 persons aged 16 to 64 years of age that have an underlying condition that puts them at high risk of severe disease and death in the current vaccination strategy; the number of persons estimated to be in this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17587-21 - Eamon O'Cuiv

To ask the Minister for Health if an arrangement has been arrived at with general practitioners to provide the Covid-19 vaccine to the persons under 65 years of age with underlying conditions in group 4(b); if not, when he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17590-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that pregnant women can be joined by their partner during prenatal scans and childbirth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17595-21 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if transient groups such as persons that are homeless will be prioritised for single dose vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17599-21 - Gary Gannon

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent administration of vaccinations by a hospital (details supplied) which disregarded prioritisation and sequencing guidelines; if there will be an investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 17630-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that all adults have access to a multidisciplinary team in the treatment of spina bifida and hydrocephalus; his plans to remedy the lack of coordinated care for persons with spina bifida and hydrocephalus that are transitioning from adolescence to adulthood; if provision is being made to provide complex needs nurse specialists and administration staff to coordinate care across disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. -

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PQ 17631-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the National Model of Care for Paediatric Services in relation to transitioning plans for adolescents with spina bifida and hydrocephalus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17632-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if multidisciplinary teams will be provided to patients with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in the new children’s hospital; the steps he is taking to ensure all children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus receive the same level of services in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin presently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17635-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was a significant drop in the number of persons in cohort 1 that were recorded as having received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine between 21 March 2021 and 22 March 2021, when the numbers fell from 107,168 to 95,916; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17636-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the capacity of each of the five walk-in Covid-19 testing centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 17637-21 - Roisin Shorthall

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to complaints from homecare recipients that some agency carers have stopped wearing face masks after getting vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - March 31st 2021