PQ Responses - May 6th 2021

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PQ 23302 21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if a submission for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need in the National Service Plan 2021 was received from the HSE primary care reimbursement service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23310-21 - Peter Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the status of capital works planned for a hospital (Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar Can you provide individual updates on the following which have been announced:·Four new operating theatres, ·a new endoscopy unit· a new stroke unit · New radiology department to house the community funded MRI Scanner A new outpatients area (announced more recently)); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23316-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Protection Surveillance Centre plans to resume its reporting on underlying conditions in confirmed cases of Covid-19.

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PQ 23328-21 - Fergus O'Dowd

To ask the Minister for Health the process by which companies were selected by his Department and the HSE to carry out Covid-19 testing; if a public tendering process took place; if so, the number of applicants who applied; the number that were subsequently interviewed and so on; the names of the successful companies; the amount they tendered for; the total paid to date to any such companies; the marking scheme used to rank any such tenderers; the length of time the current tendered contracts are in place for; the expected date for when further tendering processes will open to companies in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23345-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide accessible information on contraception and family planning including information accessible to persons with intellectual disabilities, persons that are deaf, hard of hearing or non-verbal, persons that are blind or vision impaired and Irish speakers and non-native English speakers.

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PQ 23346-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide accessible information on informed decisions related to unplanned pregnancy including information accessible to persons with intellectual disabilities, persons that are deaf, hard of hearing or non-verbal, persons that are blind or vision impaired and Irish speakers and non-native English speakers.

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PQ 23355-21 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health when works to refurbish Monasterevin day care centre will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23361-21 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an audit in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly on the availability of dentists for those with medical cards with a view to addressing the inability of patients to find a dentist accepting public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23367-21 - Patricia Ryan

To ask the Minister for Health if the application process will be simplified for funding to groups assisting older persons for repeat applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23395-21 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23396-21 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if a submission for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need in the National Service Plan 2021 was received from the HSE PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23397-21 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health if he is expecting a submission for funding from the HSE PCRS to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need for inclusion in the National Service Plan 2022.

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PQ 23399 -21 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings held in 2020 and to date in 2021 between the manufacturers of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system and the HSE PCRS in relation to making the technology available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; the outcomes of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23400-21 - Jackie Cahill

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the decision to make the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23401-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for housebound persons under 70 years of age to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.

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PQ 23403-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medicine toilex for young children with bowel issues is no longer being approved for use (Toilex is no longer being approved by the HSE, Fleet is being considered as a replacement); when a suitable replacement will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23405-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23406-21 - Cathal Crowe

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PQ 23407-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he is expecting a submission for funding from the HSE primary care reimbursement service to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need for inclusion in the National Service Plan 2022.

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PQ 23408-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission from the HSE primary care reimbursement service recommending that the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is made available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23409-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have been held in 2020 and 2021 between the manufacturers of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system and the HSE primary care reimbursement service in relation to making the technology available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; the outcomes of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23410-21 - Cathal Crowe

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PQ 23434-21 - Sean Canney

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a transport scheme to assist older persons get to hospital and back home following treatment in cases in which they are too weak to use public transport and cannot drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23483-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place specifically to provide mental health services to island communities including the availability of counselling services for young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23485-21 - Claire Kerrane

To ask the Minister for Health the essential health and care needs that are in place to prepare for emergency situations on islands including pandemics and extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23489-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the health services staff temporary accommodation scheme (excerpt from correspondence) · I have been advised of a situation where staff at a nursing home in Galway, who are also applicants for International Protections, have been asked to leave their current accommodation at a regional hotel provided via the HSE's Staff Temporary Accommodation Scheme. · They have been asked to move due to "a review of the HSE's Staff Temporary Accommodation Scheme." · The single occupancy rooms on offer to them have no kitchen access. · Is there a review of the HSE's Staff Temporary Accommodation Scheme? · All public comment state that the scheme is still operational.); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23493-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 70 years of age who have yet to receive a vaccine; the timeline for completing this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23495-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 60 to 69 years of age who have registered for the Covid-19 vaccine online; the number who have registered by phone; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23500-21 – Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for persons who received their first Covid-19 vaccination in another country and have since moved to live in Ireland; if they will be facilitated with their second dose at the time it is due irrespective of the cohort they are in; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23502-21 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health the number of internship positions offered to medical graduates each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23518-21 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff the HSE has employed to carry out Covid-19 test and tracing activity; the number of additional staff the HSE has subcontracted through employment agencies to carry out Covid-19 test and tracing activity; the number from each agency; the number of staff the HSE has transferred from other HSE roles to carry out Covid-19 test and tracing activity; if he plans to request the HSE to carry out 14-day backward contact tracing as is done in Australia and Japan in order to protect against the spread of Covid-19 and new variants of the virus as the current restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23519-21 - Sean Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health when he will announce uniform access rights for birthing partners to maternity hospitals.

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PQ 23522-21 - Kathleen Funchion

To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to ease the restrictions for expectant couples using maternity services and ensure a consistent policy in all publicly funded hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23544-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the ECMO facilities that exist for the treatment of persons with respiratory illnesses.

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PQ 23546-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a fully funded single national cardiac and respiratory ECMO centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23547-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that seriously ill children are being put at risk by being transported abroad for treatment on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation machines which are already available in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23549-21 - Denis Naughten

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ECMO machines currently available within the State; the hospitals in which they are based; and the number of these operating at present.

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PQ 23561-21 - Roisin Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a Covid-19 vaccination centre (Covid 19 vaccination Centre at Croke Park, Dublin 1) in Dublin 1; if it is open and operating; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23584 -21 - Brendan Smith

To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment of vaccinators will be streamlined and unnecessary delays eliminated in the case of applicants such as recently retired general practitioners and other health professionals that are still registered with their professional body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 23594-21 - Michael Ring

To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that authorised the appointment of a company ( Abtran ) to run the contact tracing centres; the mandate the company was given; the position of the company in the corporate structure of track and trace; if managers of the company have the authority to overrule existing HSE managers already in place in contact tracing centres; the way in which the company is funded; the extent of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ Responses - May 6th 2021