PQ Responses - November 9th 2021

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PQ 53994-21- Brendan Howlin

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a lack of specialist palliative care for paediatric patients in the HSE south east region; his plans to put in place new paediatric palliative consultant post in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54001-21 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the ambulance services in Cork city and county are properly resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54002-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health if staff in the Covid-19 compliance unit within the HSE who monitor the hospitality sector are themselves fully vaccinated thus allowing entry to hospitality venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54008-21 - Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the provision of neurology specialist nurses at Cork University Hospital is significantly less than national guidelines (Recommended number 20, actual number 4, shortfall of 16.); and the steps he will take to address this.

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PQ 54012-21 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 739 of 27 January 2021 and 1676 of 21 April 2021, the status of the suspension of water birth services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54032-21 - Rose Conway-Walsh

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has received funding applications to appoint a consultant endocrinolist, a clinical nurse specialist for diabetes and a dietician for diabetes in pregnancy to Mayo University Hospital; if he will pursue the appointment of these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54036-21 - Violet-Anne Wynne

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff qualified to use insulin pumps and support patients to do same in each CHO broken down in tabular form.

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PQ 54045-21 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic beds designated for pelvic fractures in each of the seven hospital groups in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54046-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average number of staff by grade on duty or on call on night shifts in each model 3 or model 4 hospital for each month since January 2020 to October 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54072-21 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding appointing a clinical psychologist to the County Wexford acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team given the need for psychosocial support in diabetes care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54073-21 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a diabetes psychology resource to the County Wexford community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54074-21 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to the County Wexford acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54075-21 - James Browne

To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a clinical psychologist to the diabetes multidisciplinary team in Wexford Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54099-21 - Brian Stanley

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively who are providing services under the dental treatment services scheme.

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PQ 54102-21 - Brendan Griffin

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the additional nurses ( RE: 16 extra Neurology nurses urgently needed at Cork University Hospital. Please see full details of email below. Can you please advise what plans will be put in place to facilitate this) needed at Cork University Hospital; the plans that will be put in place to facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54127-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health when there will be full return of adult disability day services in the Cork North Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54128-21 - Colm Burke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare services including adult disability day services and respite services that have resumed at full service levels in the South South West HSE area to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54133-21 - Cormac Devlin

To ask the Minister for Health if a group (CARED Ireland) will be included as part of the advisory group to the national eating programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54157-21 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health if plans are being put in place to ensure that those who are issued immunosuppressants in their homes are referred for their Covid-19 booster shot given that referrals are underway for those who are administered immunosuppressants in hospital settings.

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PQ 54227-21 - Bernard J. Durkan

To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that the response times for ambulance services are as fast as possible with particular reference to the north County Kildare area; if the service has enough personnel on hand to adequately respond to all calls in a timely manner from the nearest National Ambulance Service station at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54269-21 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health if it is projected that there will be a sufficient number of homecare workers to further progress the Time to Move On from Congregated Settings strategy in 2022.

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PQ 54291-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if he is giving consideration to the campaign by an organisation (Neurological Association of Ireland’s) for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across Ireland which includes eight additional nurses for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54292-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health when chiropody services will be made available in Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54296-21 - Seán Canney

To ask the Minister for Health the dental services in County Galway that are currently taking on new medical card patients; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many pensioners in County Galway are reporting difficulty in accessing dental services through the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54297-21 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if the details of the costings for the renovations of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54298-21 - James O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it will be possible to assign an independent assessor to the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork to examine if the problems regarding the centre can be resolved in the short to medium-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54367-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the fair deal scheme by the primary care centre and primary health network catchment area in County Cork currently in tabular form.

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PQ 54438-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of palliative care teams and staff by CHO area.

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PQ 54440-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the current backlog of unreviewed safeguarding concerns in respect of the abuse of adults by CHO region.

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PQ 54444-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider putting in place mental health teams dedicated to supporting expectant and bereaved mothers and families.

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PQ 54446-21 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on recommendation 4 of HIQA Overview report of the HIQA monitoring programme against the National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Services ( The HSE should develop a plan for implementation of the recommendations of this national overview report. It should include clear actions and timelines for completion and include named persons with responsibility and accountability for implementation of these actions. Furthermore, each individual maternity unit, hospital and hospital group should act to address any outstanding opportunities for improvement identified within their individual maternity unit or hospital report.’. (Recommendation 8, HIQA Overview report of HIQA’s monitoring programme against the National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Services, with a focus on obstetric emergencies 12 February 2020).)

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PQ 54478-21 - Michael Collins

To ask the Minister for Health the plans are in place for the appointment of a HSE podiatrist to replace a person (details supplied) who retired in February 2021 in the Bantry area and who has not yet been replaced leaving hundreds of elderly vulnerable persons without podiatry services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54483-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 643 of 21 September 2021, if the HSE has sourced funding for the remaining four advanced nurse practitioners as part of the 2022 new service development process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54487-21 - John Lahart

To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for those who meet the criteria for a vaccine booster shot but are unable to leave their homes; the body that will be responsible for the delivery of these shots; when they will start rolling out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54493-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the length of time of the recruitment clearance and staff orientation processes for international and domestic recruitment campaigns across staff group or grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54508-21 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that disability services in County Cork are offering parents speech and language therapy courses instead of direct intervention with children and not as a complementary service.

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PQ 54516-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the investments and costs required for upgrading the two major trauma centres; the expansions of services which will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54517-21 - Gino Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the primary care centre proposed for the Collinstown site in north Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54529-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who leave the HSE within one, five and five years of taking up employment.

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PQ 54530-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors by level, that is, from trainee to consultant who leave the HSE within one, five and five years of taking up employment.

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PQ 54533-21 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the disability respite services that are currently available in Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54534-21 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service (Cashel Na Cor day service, Buncrana, Co. Donegal) was still operating until recently on a reduced two-day service despite Covid-19 restrictions being lifted; the reason it is currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54535-21 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the resources that have been put in place to support the families that are unable to avail of the day services at a location ( Cashel Na Cor, Buncrana, Co. Donegal); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54536-21 - Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to address the staff shortages in a service (Cashel Na Cor, Buncrana, Co. Donegal); and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54539-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of annual leave days foregone and unused by nursing, midwifery and medical staff in each of the years 2017 to 2020.

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PQ 54541-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in each CHO and sub-CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54542-21 - Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

To ask the Minister for Health the population of each CHO and sub-CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54550-21 - Éamon Ó Cuív

To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to set up a Covid-19 test centre in Connemara given the upsurge in cases in view of the long distances that persons from Connemara have to travel at present for a Covid-19 test; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54551-21 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit more genetic consultants in Ireland in view of the fact that presently there are only three and estimates suggest 15 are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54576-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital project applications which have been submitted by each hospital, by hospital group for new bed units and wards and treatment capacity expansion , for example, theatres; the number sought; the stage at which each of these applications is at; the estimated cost of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54577-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by staffing category and grade at each hospital by hospital group; the length of time these vacancies have been open; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54578-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to recruit a replacement for a vacancy; the average length of time it takes to recruit into a new post across medical and nursing and midwifery staff grades for each hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54587-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time each stage in the capital application process takes in the context of new build acute inpatient beds; the length of time of the application process, the funding approval process, the procurement process and the build process, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54589-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the operations of a centre (Geesala Healthcare Centre); when it will be fully operational to pre-Covid-19 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54590-21 - Alan Dillon

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider allocating a locum doctor to provide consistent cover for a practice and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54618-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment in the State; and the number of persons who underwent chemotherapy treatment in each of the past five years and to date in 2021.

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PQ 54619-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended BreastCheck clinics in each of the past five years and to date in 2021.

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PQ 54621-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State who contracted Covid-19 in a hospital setting; and the number of persons who died after contracting Covid-19 in a hospital setting since the start of the pandemic.

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PQ 54622-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State who contracted Covid-19 in a residential care setting and or nursing home; and the number of persons who died after contracting Covid-19 in a residential care setting and or nursing home since the start of the pandemic.

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PQ 54626-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has begun to outsource the final assessment of need paperwork to a private provider; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54627-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on speech and language therapy; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form.

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PQ 54628-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on occupational therapy; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form.

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PQ 54629-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on child psychology services; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form.

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PQ 54630-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on speech and language therapy; and the length of waiting time for a first appointment by CHO area in tabular form.

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PQ 54631-31 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have received the new SOP, assessment of need; the number of these children that have then received additional therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54637-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the 4,905 children who were referred to CAMHS in 2020 but deemed inappropriate; the reasons they did not receive treatment; the referral pathway for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54638-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the 4,905 children who were referred to CAMHS in 2020 but deemed inappropriate by the number in each CHO area.

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PQ 54675-21 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of authorised officers in each CHO nationwide in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 54757-21 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are currently only three neurology nurse specialists at a hospital (Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24); and his plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists at the hospital.

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PQ 54765-21 - Róisín Shortall

To ask the Minister for Health if St. Vincent's Healthcare Group is a section 38 or a section 39 organisation; if St. Vincent's University Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire are currently funded under section 38 or section 39; if the funding arrangements that currently apply are to continue into the future; and, if not, the arrangements that are envisaged including with reference to the planned new maternity hospital.

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PQ 54780-21 - Peadar Tóibín

To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff and workers working for the HSE at present.

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PQ Responses - November 9th 2021