PQ Responses - September 15th 2021

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PQ 43198-21 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow for a six-month extension for applicants to run the general practitioner practice in Templemore, County Tipperary which forms a vital service for the town and its hinterlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43200-21 - Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in persons waiting for an appointment with the National Gender Service; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that wait times have lengthened; and the steps he is taking to ensure increased resources and timely access to transgender healthcare for those who require it.

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PQ 43210-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health if steps will be taken to address the unacceptably long waiting list for the National Gender Service; his plans to revise the role of the National Gender Service in gatekeeping transgender healthcare to allow transgender persons access care in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43280-21 - Réada Cronin

To ask the Minister for Health if schoolchildren tested in walk-in centres as opposed to school contact tracing in which some parents are reporting in excess of 72 hour wait times and wish to proceed with testing on their own, will if they are positive be deemed community transmission or school transmission; and if they are deemed positive due to community transmission, if he will amend the classification in the interest of clarity regarding school transmission and virus presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43289-21 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts including posts filled on a temporary basis or by locum staff by hospital and by hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43298-21 - Willie O'Dea

To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no dietician provided for rheumatology patients in Ireland; his plans to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43301-21 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health the reason level 2 contact tracers are not paid the same as level 1 staff; if the quota will be removed for phone calls per day with the understanding that some calls are difficult and take longer than others in order to remove the pressure that staff face doing this important job; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43313-21 - Richard Boyd Barrett

To ask the Minister for Health if the public orthodontist in the orthodontic unit of St. Columcille's Hospital Loughlinstown, County Dublin is currently on sick leave; if so, the length of time they will be on leave; the provisions that have been made to replace and cover the position; if the orthodontist is still practising in their private clinicic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43326-21 - Emer Higgins

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for assessment by the HSE National Gender Service; and the action that is being taken to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43331-21 - Joe McHugh

To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider facilitating a vaccine roll-out in special schools in an effort to cater for some students who would otherwise find it stressful to attend large vaccine clinics that may be intimidating for some; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43346-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health when primary care services and a new primary care facility will be established in Tullow, County Carlow; the location of same; the timescale for this service to be established; the planned location of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43349-21 - Aodhan O' Riordain

To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists based in the Coolock area of Dublin and who are available to provide services for children with dyspraxia; the catchment area that is served by Coolock; if all physiotherapy posts for this area are currently filled; the current waiting times for children to receive physiotherapy services for dyspraxia in this catchment area; the way it compares with services in other parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43366-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients hospitalised following Covid-19 vaccination or hospitalised with suspected adverse reactions to a Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43369-21 - Mattie McGrath

To ask the Minister for Health if full body scans are available to all patients at Tipperary University Hospital; if MRI and CT scanners are available and in use 24/7 in the hospital; the number of MRI and CT scans provided to public patients at the hospital in each of the past three years; the number of scans provided to private patients for the same period at the hospital; if all scanning equipment based at the hospital is available to public patients; the arrangements including financial between a company (Alliance Medical) and Tipperary University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43374-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a resilience roster within hospital systems to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained to cover close contact exclusion and sick absent healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43375-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure healthcare professionals are subject to clear policies and procedures in relation to encouraging breaks and providing spaces to rest in order to help avoid burnout in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43376-21 - Neasa Hourigan

To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure healthcare workers themselves have access to appropriately resourced occupational health services including mental health supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43392-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff by job title working in the accident and emergency departments of the Mater Hospital, St. James's Hospital and Beaumont Hospital, respectively.

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PQ 43393-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant psychiatrists with a special interest in gender identity employed by the HSE; if this number will be further increased; and the locations in which these consultants are based.

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PQ 43395-21 - Catherine Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric bone densitometry scanners in each of the paediatric hospitals in tabular form; and if all scanners are sufficiently staffed.

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PQ 43428-21 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors on dialysis to date in 2021 as compared to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43429-21 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors awaiting a kidney transplant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43430-21 - Alan Farrell

To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors who received a kidney transplant in 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43481-21 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty at Letterkenny University Hospital from 10pm to 7am, seven days a week in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021.

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PQ 43482-21 - Padraig Mac Lochlainn

To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently awaiting a cervical screening test or smear test in County Donegal.

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PQ 43484-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of PPE has been included in the budget for appliances for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43485-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a student nurse has been rostered to work a shift of eight hours or greater since 19 October 2020, by hospital by one hour increments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43488-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if section 38 and 39 service providers have to provide a first aid qualified person at each location.

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PQ 43489-21 - Michael Fitzmaurice

To ask the Minister for Health if a training grant is provided to section 38 and 39 organisations to provide first aid services at each location.

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PQ 43536-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health when County Carlow will have an ambulance base which is fit for purpose; his views on whether it is acceptable for a town the size of Carlow to not have its own ambulance base and no communication from the HSE in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 43537-21 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase resources at the air ambulance service based at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of missions tasked in each month to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter.